{"id":479907,"date":"2025-12-12T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=479907"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:38:50","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-injury-news-star-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/12\/12\/tampa-bay-lightning-injury-news-star-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning have Injury to Veteran Milan Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> are using the injured reserve today. One of the best defencemen of the past decade Victor Hedman has an elbow injury that required surgery. He will be out until about February.<\/p>\n

Defenceman Victor Hedman Injury Required Surgery<\/h2>\n

There is some irony to the timing. It was announced that he will be out until early February. Interestingly enough, the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics<\/a> start on that very same timetable. In any sense, he would clearly be ready for the elimination rounds, you’d have to think worst-case scenario, for such an anouncement. Hedman is one of the potential difference makers for Team Sweden. If he is playing at the level he can, that is a huge elevation to the Swedish lineup. Not to say the likes of Gustav Forsling and Rasmus Dahlin don’t have the top-end covered. At a tournament like this, against Canada<\/a> and Team USA, you need more than one first-line calibre.<\/p>\n

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Victor Hedman will have an elbow procedure on Monday, according to the #TBLightning<\/a>, and is expected to return in time to play for Sweden at the Milan Olympics.<\/p>\n

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n