West Notes: Zaitsev, Athanasiou, Vlasic, O’Brien, Stecher, Kuzmenko

8 months ago  /  Pro Hockey Rumors  /  Read Time: 44 seconds

Blackhawks defenseman Nikita Zaitsev’s knee injury sustained in January was more severe than previously assumed, head coach Luke Richardson said Saturday (via Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times). Zaitsev sustained a bone fracture along with his knee injury and, while he’s returned to off-ice workouts, won’t return until mid-March. The 32-year-old sustained the injury in a…...

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