There are some horrible ways to get your season off on the wrong foot, or in this case, the wrong shoulder.
24-year-old defenseman Christian Wolanin was looking forward to his third year with the Senators and hopefully some more playing time on a team in rebuild mode. Instead, on the first day of training camp, Wolanin awkwardly fell on the ice and will miss four months with a torn labrum. Wolanin had just signed a two-year deal worth $1.8 million total and will now have to fight to get back into the lineup when he returns in late January or early February.
Wolanin was fourth round pick of the Sens back in 2015, and over the past two years has played in 40 NHL games, with 5 goals, 10 assists, 36 blocked shots and -1 rating. He is the son of former NHLer Craig Wolanin who was a part of the 1996 Stanley Cup winning Colorado Avalanche team.
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