Rangers Prospect News: Ethan Werek Leaves Kingston Playoff Game With Torn ACL

mleetch and mjbnyr had the story as well, but I took their Fan Posts down on it since we were able to get a little inside info from Ethan.

this is a huge damper on what otherwise was a pretty good day in rangerland to this point.

based on what i have read and heard about werek and listening to his interview with Jim and Eddie is that i have no doubt he will bounce back from this and continue his rise to Broadway. Shame or potential shame is just that instead of spending his offseason growing up and working on his game he has to fight through this adversity and spend a lot of time rehabbing, but i have doubt about his ability to do it and come out stronger on the other side.

I guess Werek will have a pretty uneventful off-season. I didn’t expect Werek to compete for a roster spot next year, so if there are no lingering effects, this shouldn’t be a major setback. Hopefully he will be back in time for the OHL’s next season and he can pick up where he left off.

Mich just got hosed by the early whistle

Jim pullin’ strings and makin’ calls… no big deal.

Sucks, hopefully he gets some good karma on the comeback trail.

Well, there’s always next, next, next, year.

For some reason, I’m not surprised. I hope he makes a safe recovery.

Not to step on Jim’s sources which he burned me with last night, lol, but Jess over at theprospectpark.blogspot.com said he just talked to Ethan and the news is good that it is no ACL, but it is an MCL tear. Shraga is right on the timetable of 4 weeks, just different in that it is an MCL tear not strain.