The Carolina Hurricanes will be without defenseman Brett Pesce for the foreseeable future.
"I was hoping he'd be a day or two away, but that's definitely not the case," head coach Rod Brind'Amour told team reporter Walt Ruff on Wednesday. "Way more than (week-to-week). It's not good."
Pesce has missed two games with a lower-body injury. He's collected a goal and two points in five contests this season.
The 28-year-old is in the final season of a six-year, $24.15-million contract he signed with Carolina in 2017. He's set to become an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign.
The Hurricanes also remain without star forward Andrei Svechnikov, who has yet to make his season debut while recovering from a torn ACL sustained in March.
Carolina is 3-4-0 to start the season and ranks fifth in the Metropolitan Division.
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