LAS VEGAS -- Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Kesler said Tuesday it could take 4-5 months for him to recover from hip surgery earlier this month, calling the procedure an "extensive cleanup."
"It's going to take awhile," Kesler said on the eve of the 2017 NHL Awards and NHL Expansion Draft presented by T-Mobile. "Gotta be patient with that. ... It [stinks], but it had to be done."
Kesler said he will be re-evaluated in 12 weeks.
Ryan Kesler of Ducks says recovery from surgery could be 4-5 months
Center had bone fragments removed from hip, will be re-evaluated in 12 weeks
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