Goaltender Pekka Rinne will miss at least four weeks with hip arthroscopic surgery because of a bacterial infection. The surgery was done to clean the infection, deemed successful, and he'll be out to recover from the surgery. He originally returned to Nashville from his Tuesday game in Minnesota but started experiencing a fever and soreness in his hip. That apparently was enough for GM David Poile to officially say he's out for those four weeks.
Meanwhile, to make up for the loss of Rinne, the Predators have recalled goaltender Magnus Hellberg from the American Hockey League. Carter Hutton, the backup to Rinne, will start Thursday against the Jets.
In all honesty, I have no clue of any of the players outside of Pekka Rinne and Mike Fisher that play for the Predators. I don't even know if they're doing well or not. So in either way, I don't know if the Predators can survive the loss of Rinne. He's arguably their best player and he needs to be in the game in order for this team to go anywhere. My guess would be maybe, but then again, I don't know the Predators' problems. They're the one team in this league that seems to be in hiding while everybody else is always in the news.
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