A day after he had to be helped off the ice during the Florida Panthers' first training camp practice, captain Aleksander Barkov underwent successful right knee surgery on Friday and will likely miss the regular season and possibly the postseason as well.

The Panthers announced the timetable for recovery from the ACL and MCL surgery at 7-to-9 months, with the team's regular-season finale on April 15 less than seven months away.

The injury will almost certainly prevent the center from representing Finland in next February's Milano-Cortina Olympics, the first time NHL players will be participating since 2014.

"That's the big man," Florida head coach Paul Maurice said of Barkov. "He's such an important place in that locker room. What we're going to get to experience now is you'll get to kn

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