This was supposed to be the year that Blue Jackets’ winger, Emil Bemstrom, cemented himself as a full-time fixture in the lineup and potentially even an impact player.
Unfortunately, for the third time in as many years, his season has been derailed by injury. Bemstrom impressed in the preseason, made the team, and pretty much immediately suffered an oblique injury in practice that was estimated to sideline him for approximately 4 to 6 weeks.
It has now been 11 weeks since Emil was injured and he has yet to play a game with the Blue Jackets.