Dan Arritt of NHL.com: The words no athletes want to hear are career-ending surgery. Ryan Kesler faces that possible reality over the coming months, maybe weeks. Since hip surgery two years ago, Kesler has just 22 points in 104 games. The defensive side of his game deteriorated in this time frame along with any speed he had left.
“We have to find some options for me. Not just for hockey, but for my life,” the 34-year-old said “Sunday, two days after the Ducks season ended. “Simple things, like putting on socks in the morning, are tough.