The Carolina Hurricanes road to the Stanley Cup got much harder yesterday after the team announced that Andrei Svechnikov would be undergoing knee surgery and as such will miss the rest of the season and playoffs.
The initial news was that it was an ACL tear and if that is the case he might not even be ready for the start of the 2023-24 season.
Even with the Canes holding a two point lead in the Metropolitan Division and a game in hand, their road is still difficult.
The timing of the injury could not have been worse.