Post by Declan on Aug 12, 2009 9:51:15 GMT -5
Only some six weeks after being selected in the first round of the draft by the Bruins, winger Jordan Caron sustained a fractured collarbone last week while trying out for Canada's entry in the World Junior Championships, prompting Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli today to label Caron ''doubtful'' for Boston's upcoming rookie camp in Kitchener, Ont.
''It doesn't appear to be a [bad] fracture,'' Chiarelli said today, speaking by phone from his office at the TD Garden. ''We expect that it will be a 4-6 week recovery. I don't know the full extent of it yet, but given the standard 4-6 weeks for this kind of injury, and the start date for rookie camp, I would say he is doubtful.''
The Bruins, Senators, Leafs and Penguins will convene in Kitchener, Ont., for rookie camp Sept. 6-10.
According to numerous news accounts, the 18-year-old Caron was leveled by a hit from fellow Canadian Colten Teubert during an intrasqaud scrimmage. Teubert, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound defenseman, was chosen 13th overall by the LA Kings in the NHL's 2008 amateur draft. Caron, 6-2 and 205 pounds, was selected 25th ovearall by the Bruins this June 26.
''I haven't seen the video of the hit,'' said Chiarelli. ''A couple of guys told me it was dirty and a couple of others said it was suspect, and without seeing it I really can't say. Teubert's a big, aggressive defenseman, and from what I've been told Caron was looking over his shoulder for a pass and got hit kind of blindsided.''
Chiarelli said Don Sweeney, Boston's director of hockey operations and player development, had spoken to Caron and that right winger was in good spirits.
Caron was among 24 players the Bruins intend to bring to Kitchener, leaving Chiarelli to surmise that the club will extend an invite to another hopeful to fill out the roster. Boston's full training camp, to be staged this year as always in Wilmington, will open Sept. 12, which would be just about the time Caron would be expected to be fully healed.
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