The Winnipeg Jets will wait longer for the return of Tyler Myers.

The towering defender underwent surgery Monday to repair a lower-body injury, which will reportedly cost him another six-to-eight weeks of action, according to TSN's Sara Orlesky.

At the earliest, this puts Myers on track to return with only a few weeks left in the regular season. He's already been absent from the Jets' lineup for nearly three months after suffering the injury in a loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 11.

He's missed 39 games.

Orlesky notes that Monday's procedure was unrelated to the one Myers had done last year.

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