Pavel Kubina will be lost for at least 4 weeks with a strained MCL in his left knee. Although it's never good to lose your number three defenseman and top off-season free agent acquisition, but the damage could have been a lot worse. If the ligament was torn, which was my initial thought, it would require surgery and months of rehab. Instead, no surgery is currently required, only rest and rehab.

It looks like in the short term, Wade Belak will move back to the point. Brendan Bell may not be ready for Thursday. If they were to call someone up from the minors, it would probably be either Brad Brown or Mark Moro.