Updated 08.24 | Published 07.09
NEW YORK. Not a morning without bad news for Tre Kronor…
Overnight, the Anaheim Ducks announced that Leo Carlsson had surgery on a thigh muscle and will be out three to five weeks.
This means that the young star center can take part in the Olympics.
There is really no measure of the amount of gloomy news Sam Hallam and the rest of the Tre Kronor management woke up to every morning at the end.
Of the 22 outfield players selected for the Olympic tournament, no less than eight are on injury lists with their NHL teams, and tonight it turned out to be worse for Leo Carlsson than expected and hoped for.
The Ducks announced shortly before their derby against the LA Kings that the 21-year-old Värmlander – who was a regular success last fall and was seen as a possible first center in the Olympic team – was forced to undergo surgery to deal with an ailment in a thigh muscle.
Olympics in danger
He will, it is said, be back in action in three to five weeks at the earliest.
This means that the start of the Olympics, in less than a month, is in danger even in Leo’s case.
Better yet, there’s some good news from the night to report too.
Young defender Philip Broberg, who last week underwent the so-called concussion protocol, made a comeback when St. Louis broke Tampa’s eleven-game winning streak with a penalty victory (3-2), played over 25 minutes and was plus two.
