Rangers Adam Edstrom injured again and placed on long-term IR

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.CHICAGO — Less than a year after suffering a season-ending injury, Adam Edstrom has another injury just 30 games into a new campaign.The Rangers placed Edstrom on long-term injured reserve Wednesday morning with a lower-body injury, marking his second such injury in the span of 10 months.

It is not the same lower-body injury he sustained on Feb.1 last season, which sidelined him for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign, per a source.After continued evaluation and the injury not progressing the way they had hoped, the Blueshirts opted to put their fourth player of the season on LTIR.Edstrom, who was scratched with “bumps and bruises” in early November, left practice on Dec.

1 to be evaluated for a lower-body injury.Word is that was the same issue Edstrom is dealing with now.“He was continuing to be evaluated here over the last few days,” head coach Mike Sullivan said after the Rangers were blanked 3-0 Wednesday night at United Center.

“I think our medical team came to the conclusion that this was the best course of action for him moving forward to try to get him to the point where he’s healthy and he has the opportunity to be at his best when he goes in the lineup.”The Rangers lost Edstrom last season just as the 6-foot-7 wing started to hit his stride.His injury ultimately required surgery, which he underwent last season in order to be fully healthy and ready for training camp.This season has gone a little differently for Edstrom, who served as a healthy scratch on Nov.

18.In 24 games, the big-bodied Swede has collected two goals and two assists while skating on the fourth line in all but one contest.Defenseman Urho Vaakanainen served as a healthy scratch for a seventh straight game.Additionally, Taylor Raddysh was a healthy scratch for the second game in a row after appearing in the previous 30.�...