The New York Rangers announced today that Chris Kreider had a successful surgery on his wrist.
UPDATE: Chris Kreider underwent successful surgery today to remove a small bone fragment from his wrist. The expected timeline for recovery is 2-4 weeks. The surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Hotchkiss at Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC.
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The point of focus here is that this was a small bone fragment in his wrist, and by all accounts a minor surgery.