Andrei Markov meets with surgeon to determine the severity of his injury
When a player who has proven to be an asset to a National Hockey League team goes down with an injury, the only thing the team can do is wait for a status update from medical staff.
Such is currently the case with the Montreal Canadiens, who are awaiting an update on the severity of star defenceman Andrei Markov’s knee injury
According to
TSN.ca, Markov travelled to Cleveland, Ohio to meet with Dr. Anthony Minachi, a prominent orthopaedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic on Tuesday 23 November.
Meeting with Dr. Minachi was supposed to give the Canadiens an idea of how severe Markov’s injury was, but the only answer given was that the veteran defender would be required to undergo
further assessments in order to determine a time frame for his recovery.
Reports have circulated that state that Markov could miss up to six months of action with his injury, but due to Markov’s situation, the team has yet to release the amount of time he would
be shelved for.
Montreal radio station CJAD has reported that Habs head coach Martin has not ruled out the possibility of Markov returning to the line-up later in the season.
Markov sustained the injury during a 7-2 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday 13 November. He had a knee-on-knee collision with Hurricanes captain Eric Staal, which knocked
him to the ice. With the help of team-mates and trainers, Markov left the game, and did not return.
During the offseason, the 31-year-old native of Voskresensk, Russia underwent successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament that he had suffered after taking a hit during
last season’s playoffs. Markov missed the team’s training game and the beginning of the regular season as a result, and returned to action on 30 October. He would then play in the Habs’ next seven games before suffering the second injury.
During that seven-game span, Markov tallied one goal and two assists for a total of three points, and had a plus-minus rating of +2.
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