Crucial Jets' player out multiple months with injury.

The news has gone from bad to worse for Tyler Myers and the Winnipeg Jets.

According toTSN's Sara Orlesky, the big Jets defenseman underwent surgery to repair a lower-body injury on Monday. Barring anymore setbacks Myers will be out another six-to-eight weeks of action for recovery.

The behemoth D-man has been absent from the Jets' lineup for nearly three months after suffering the injury in a loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 11. In total he has missed the last 39 games of the season, and may only return with a few weeks remaining in the campaign.

It is worth noting that this surgery is unrelated to the one that Myers underwent last season.

This puts the Jets in a difficult position, as they are now thin on the blueline. 

The Jets remain in the hunt for a wild-card spot, three points back of St. Louis.

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