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Jeff Carter Out Indefinitely After Sustaining Skate Cut to Left Leg

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The Los Angeles Kings (and the world) got a little less beautiful this afternoon with the news that Jeff Carter would be out indefinitely.

Carter left Wednesday’s game after Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry appeared to step on his left leg, just above the ankle. Via @KingsGifs, here is the play in question:

Bob McKenzie gauged the best-case recovery time, at an absolute minimum, to be 6-8 weeks. That would mean a return in 2017, which would be a good outcome.