Wednesday, November 04, 2009

More Back Surgery for Lehtonen

There was an update posted about Thrashers goalie, Kari Lehtonen today on Twitter by the Thrashers play-by-play man, Dan Kamal. He reports that Lehtonen has undergone even more surgery on his ailing back, which will now keep him out of the line-up, a further 6-to-8 weeks. Lehtonen has yet to play this season.

ImplicationsWell, this is terrible news for Larry in the Draft, as his gamble will not pay off this year. There is no question that Lehtonen is a great goalie, when healthy, but he is one of the biggest risks in the fantasy game, in my opinion. You play that card, you'll take your chances. Larry is currently sitting in 13th, does have Miikka Kiprusoff in his stable, but a second goalie could be what's keeping him from reaching the top ten at the moment.

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