Alex Edler to have back surgery
Edler will be out of the lineup indefinitely.
Thursday, 27.01.2011 / 12:15 PM
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Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that defenceman Alex Edler will have micro discectomy surgery on his back. Edler will be out of the line-up indefinitely.
“After consultation with our physicians it was decided that surgery was the best course of action,” said Mike Gillis. “The best long term decision for Alex and our hockey club was to have the surgery immediately.”
Edler will be available to the media at a future date following the surgery.
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