Yesterday the Dallas Stars announced that Tyler Pitlick had undergone surgery in his left wrist to repair some tendon damage. The forward will end up missing at least eight weeks, which would make his return the last week of the regular season at the earliest:
“It was just something over time,” Montgomery said following Tuesday’s optional practice in Frisco. “I don’t know if it was the Brown hit or something in that Kings game that turned it, but it’s a tendon, and you never know when they go from being a nuisance to being painful.