Fort Lauderdel, Fla. , Florida Captain Alexander Berkov Friday needs surgery to repair the anterior cruciate and average collateral ligaments in your right knee, injuries that will probably do her for the entire regular season and potentially as the playoffs tried to win the third consecutive stanley cup as the playoffs.
Barkov was hurt on Thursday in his first official practice of the training camp. He underwent surgery on Friday and the panthers said that the specific timetable for recovery from such a process is 7-9 months.
At least, it would suggest that he will not play before the start of the playoffs. And this ends any opportunity to represent her original Finland-as she expected and planned-in the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February.
Panthers coach Paul Maurice said on Friday, “He is an important person in that locker room.” “I think now what we are going to experience is that you will know some other leaders who are in our room.”
Barkov was hurt in 20 minutes of practice, while drilling a simple drill on a drama where he took minimum contact.
“I know the idea is the next man,” said Maurice. “The next man is not the next man for the skates of Barkey.”
Barkov assisted panthers with 51 in the previous season and finished second in the points of 71 – then six goals in the playoffs and 16 and assistance when Florida won its second consecutive Stanley Cup.
Berkov has appeared in more than 86% of all Florida Games, including playoffs in its 12 NHL sessions. This is the first time he is dealt with something that will probably keep him out for the entire season.
And now, Panthers-who have been in the last three Stanley Cup finals and have played more games in the last three sessions in the last three sessions than any team in the interval of three years in history, another missing star will have to be navigated as a view of the-seasine.
Apart from Barkov, panthers will also be without further Matthew While he receives offsen surgery to repair a torn additive muscle. There is no formal target for the return of Tkachuk; Given the specific return-to-play timeline for such procedures, it will not be possible that he plays in any game before December.
Since Tkachuk came to panthers in 2022, Florida has either played only five games without Barkov in the lineup – last October, the panthers won three of those five competitions. And Tomus consolidWho had a big role for the cup title in the previous season, is expected to remember a lot of time with a knee injury.
“It’s going to be difficult,” panthers forward Carter Verheghe When asked about Barkov news, he said on Friday. “He is our leader – not a place of Barki. Everyone has to move. It is not his place, but this is another challenge for our group. And we are usually very good in overcoming challenges.”
Barkov is a franchise leader of Florida in many categories, including sports (804), goal (286), assist (496), points (782), power-play goal (84) and game-winning goals (52).
