Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom has had a “minor lower body procedure,” the team announced Wednesday afternoon.
The team is still calling it a lower-body issue, but it’s believed the star netminder is dealing with a minor meniscus tear in one of his knees.
Sources suggested Monday that Markstrom was likely to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks. Asked about the timeline on Monday, Canucks general manager Jim Benning didn’t deny it, instead saying that Markstrom would see a specialist on Wednesday when his timeline would be clearer.
Benning said in a statement released via the team’s official twitter account that Markstrom would be re-evaluated in two weeks.
The recovery time for a meniscectomy, the common surgical procedure required to trim partial meniscus tears, is three to four weeks, so Benning’s Wednesday statement fits the projected recovery timeline.
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