Halpern suffers serious knee injury: Tampa Bay Lightning C Jeff Halpern ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the World Championships on Tuesday and is expected to be sidelined until late December or early January. Halpern also sprained the medial collateral ligament and suffered a small tear to the lateral meniscus during the United States' 5-4 loss to Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lightning GM Jay Feaster said doctors recommended Halpern wait 4 to 6 weeks to allow the MCL to heal before undergoing reconstructive surgery on the ACL. The operation will require an additional 5 to 6 months recovery time. Halpern flew from Halifax to Washington, D.C., where he was examined Wednesday by Dr. Benjamin Shaffer, who also performed surgery on Halpern's left knee to repair a torn ACL in 2002. (Updated 05/08/2008).
Injury Report
Knee - Out until at least January 2009 (Updated - 5/10/08)
Fantasy Analysis
Ouch. Not only is Halpern out for at least the first three months of next season, he has to hobble around on a torn ACL for 4-6 weeks until he can have surgery on it. The center had 20 goals and 22 assists for 42 points last season, totals that make him a low-end Fantasy forward in deeper formats. He wasn't likely to be drafted anyway heading into the 2008-09 season, so ignore him until probably the new year. (Updated 05/08/2008).
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Halpern suffers serious knee injury: Tampa Bay Lightning C Jeff Halpern ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the World Championships on Tuesday and is expected to be sidelined until late December or early January. Halpern also sprained the medial collateral ligament and suffered a small tear to the lateral meniscus during the United States' 5-4 loss to Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lightning GM Jay Feaster said doctors recommended Halpern wait 4 to 6 weeks to allow the MCL to heal before undergoing reconstructive surgery on the ACL. The operation will require an additional 5 to 6 months recovery time. Halpern flew from Halifax to Washington, D.C., where he was examined Wednesday by Dr. Benjamin Shaffer, who also performed surgery on Halpern's left knee to repair a torn ACL in 2002. (Updated 05/08/2008).
Injury Report
Knee - Out until at least January 2009 (Updated - 5/10/08)
Fantasy Analysis
Ouch. Not only is Halpern out for at least the first three months of next season, he has to hobble around on a torn ACL for 4-6 weeks until he can have surgery on it. The center had 20 goals and 22 assists for 42 points last season, totals that make him a low-end Fantasy forward in deeper formats. He wasn't likely to be drafted anyway heading into the 2008-09 season, so ignore him until probably the new year. (Updated 05/08/2008).
