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NY Rangers report that a broken finger will keep captain Chris Drury out four weeks

Tuukka Rask, Chris Drury

New York Rangers’ Chris Drury (23) takes a shot on Boston Bruins’ Tuukka Rask (40), of Finland, in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 21, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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The New York Rangers just announced that captain and highly paid center Chris Drury broke “a finger” during a Monday morning scrimmage and will miss a month.

#NYR captain Chris Drury broke a finger in this morning’s scrimmage and will miss 4 weeks of action

It’s nearly impossible to discuss anything about Drury without mentioning his massively bloated contract* which includes a ludicrous annual cap hit of $7.05 million and overall terms of 5 years, $35.25 million. You can throw all of the “intangibles” talk at me, but come on, there’s no way to say that hustle and character justify paying that kind of money to a player who scored only 32 points while registering a -10 rating last season.

* I’m also required to gripe about the fact that people constantly bring up his run in the Little League World Series. It’s part of the Snarky Bloggers Oath, actually.

Obviously, an injury that will only cost him a few weeks of the regular season (maybe a month if it lingers longer than the team reports) won’t give the Rangers much in the way of long-term cap relief, though. In fact, one scary scenario would be that Glen Sather decides to back up his “talent decides the roster, not money” talk by keeping Wade Redden on the NHL roster because Drury’s cap hit won’t register until he returns.

That nightmare situation isn’t highly likely, though, so step off that ledge, Rangers fans.