Florida captain Aleksander Barkov could miss the entire regular season because of a knee injury, a major blow to the Panthers and their quest to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup.
Barkov was injured Thursday in his first official practice of training camp and was undergoing surgery Friday, coach Paul Maurice said.
The star center is expected to miss several months, which calls the entire season into jeopardy and essentially ends any chance of Barkov representing his native Finland -- as he hoped and planned -- at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February.
Via ESPN.com