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Losing Johnson crushes Blues' rebuilding plans

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Injuries are unavoidable in hockey. It's a violent sport where rock-solid bodies collide at high speeds. So, when you're running an NHL team, you expect to lose a few bodies over the course of a season. But when you lose a player during a team golf event, it's a tough one to take. I just shake my head. Erik Johnson of the St. Louis Blues, a bona fide star in the making, tore his knee ligaments last week while stepping out of a golf cart. Mercy. "It's a curveball, I can tell you that," Blues p ...

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