Good news emerges from the Florida Panthers camp this morning: Aleksander Barkov will not need surgery for the broken bone in his hand. Instead, he will be back in the line-up as soon as he can comfortably grip a hockey stick.
#FlaPanthers Sasha Barkov will NOT need surgery on broken bone on hand; expected to be out 2-4 weeks.
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) October 26, 2015
Needless to say, this is great news for the Panthers. Some rumors indicated that Barkov’s broken bone would put him on a month-long timetable for return, at least.