Breaking: Ryan Kesler may need career ending surgery.

This might be the end.

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Breaking: Ryan Kesler may need career ending surgery.
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If you have been paying attention to the situation in Anaheim this season then you probably already know that things have not been going well at all for veteran forward Ryan Kesler. Kesler has been dealing with a major hip injury for quite some time now and, although he was able to gut it out and make it to his 1000th career game in the National Hockey League, it seems like it may have finally gotten the best of him.

According to a stunning report from the National Hockey League's official website it now sounds like the career of the aforementioned Ryan Kesler may already be over. Now to be clear it has not been officially announced as of yet but according to the report there may now be a need for a surgical procedure that would put an end to Kesler's career. Kesler himself shared his thoughts on the matter and admitted that he had to look at his long term future, not just in hockey but in life as well. 

"We have to find some options for me. Not just for hockey, but for my life," the 34-year-old said Sunday, two days after the Ducks season ended. "Simple things, like putting on socks in the morning, are tough."

Kesler says that the intense grind of the season is what caused his body to break down, especially a stretch earlier in the regular season in which the Ducks had a pretty tough schedule.

"I was in a good spot, and it's just the grind of the season," said Kessler, who has 573 points (258 goals, 315 assists) in 15 seasons with the Ducks and Vancouver Canucks. "The back-to-back games, and the four games in six nights. That's what broke me down and broke my hip down over the course of the year."

The biggest take away however was when Kesler revealed that he believes the only surgery available to him is a complete hip replacement, a surgery that he admitted would mark the end of his time in the National Hockey League.

"It would probably be career-ending," said Kesler as per NHL.com.

I imagine the reaction to this will be somewhat mixed given that Kesler has made himself one of the most hated players in the league during his career, but if this is indeed the end we wish him well in his recovery.

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