There are just under two weeks until the new NHL season begins. This is not the time that you want to be dealing with injury news. However, that is what we have here for the New York Islanders. The team announced today that their captain, Anders Lee, will be sidelined for one-to-two weeks with an upper-body injury.

Anders Lee Injury

Head coach Patrick Roy stated that the injury occurred on Sunday night during their pre-season game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Lee went down hard to the ice and into the boards. He played 16:03 minutes and did shoot in the shootout. Coach Roy said this is a precautionary timeline, and Lee is set to skate on his own tomorrow. However, with that timeline, it is a possibility that the team could be without him for their season opener. This is not what Lee

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