COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was a few minutes after his fight with Ottawa’s Mark Borowiecki on Dec. 14 that Blue Jackets forward Josh Anderson first felt the wave of pain radiating through his right shoulder.



“I could feel it hurting in the penalty box,” Anderson said. “But the next day when I woke up, I couldn’t even move it. It was way worse.”



It was expected to be a four-to-six week injury, but Anderson hasn’t yet had a full practice with the Blue Jackets more than 8 1/2 weeks later.



He’s been skating mostly on his own with assistant coach Jared Boll, trying to keep his lungs and lower body in shape while he waits for his upper body to heal.



“It’s been two months now,” Anderson said. “I’m just tired of it. It sucks.



“It’s been way longer than I expected. You don’t want to come back early because you don’t want to hurt it again. So you have...