Notice of a possible operation comes when the NHL has decided when the next season will begin.

- If it is in December, it is not good, if it is in February, it gives us another three months.

There is a lot that is unclear, says Holland who is well aware of Klefbom's significance for the team.

- If we can not use Oscar, it will be a big break and I do not know right now how we would act then, he says about the Swede who during the past season had the fifth most playing time of all backs in the NHL.

What damage the Swede has is not published.

At the beginning of the year, he missed nine games due to a shoulder injury and then came back just before the whole season was paused.

In the playoffs, he was on the ice in all four games that Edmonton played in the loss to Chicago.

CLIP: Here the Tampa Stanley Cup wins - for the first time in 16 years

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Here the Tampa Bay Stanley Cup wins - for the first time in 16 years Photo: TT News Agency