The Anaheim Ducks added two big points in the standings Sunday night, but the two stars they lost to injury —especially the one in net — are even bigger.
Not even 24 hours later on Monday afternoon, the club announced that their smooth-skating minute-muncher Cam Fowler would miss he next two to six weeks, while Vezina Trophy candidate John Gibson was announced day-to-day, both with lower-body injuries.
There’s really no way to sugar-coat it: both injuries are consecutive gut punches to this team’s post-season aspirations. A playoff berth is all but assured, but that’s just about where the assurances end.