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Erik Karlsson is hurt again.
According to head coach Bob Boughner, Karlsson has left the San Jose Sharks’ current road trip, along with Radim Simek, to get re-evaluated back in San Jose. Both Karlsson and Simek are fending with lower-body injuries.
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“This has been a nagging thing since the beginning of the road trip. After Vancouver, [Karlsson] was fine. But he played in Nashville, obviously not 100%.
He definitely wasn’t 100% in Chicago. So we had to make that decision,” Boughner said. “At this point in the season, we don’t want to put a guy like Karly in a risk situation where there’s going to be anything more dangerous. It’s more precaution.”
Hopefully, that’s the case.
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Last week, Karlsson talked about why it was important to finish this season healthy.