Nashville Predators defender Luke Schenn will miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury, the team announced Wednesday.
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Schenn hasn’t played since the season opener last Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Schenn finished last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who acquired the veteran blue-liner in a deal with the Vancouver Canucks.
The Predators signed Schenn to a three-year, $8.25 million contract in the offseason.
It represented a significant promotion for the blue-liner, whose supporting role in Tampa Bay during the Lightning’s back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and strong performances with the Vancouver Canucks and Maple Leafs last season led to his retiring career could revive. The 33-year-old jumped up the league after his first stint in Toronto and his time in Philadelphia, spending the last five years on short-term contracts worth less than $1 million per year.
The Maple Leafs selected Schenn fifth overall in the 2008 NHL Draft.
