Terrible update on Corey Perry injury.

There was a great deal of concern surrounding National Hockey League veteran Corey Perry on Friday night, and unfortunately the latest developments have validated those concerns.

On Friday, Perry was carried off the ice in a wheelchair after he suffered an injury during his preseason preparations on the ice. There were very little updates forthcoming regarding either the nature of the injury or even how it occurred, but on Saturday the Kings confirmed some relatively terrible news.

In an official announcement, the Kings confirmed that Perry had suffered a serious knee injury during one of their training skates. Additionally the Kings revealed that the injury was so serious that Perry was forced to go under the knife for corrective surgery in order to repair the damage that had been done.

As a result of that injury and the subsequent surgery, Perry will be out for the next 6-8 weeks as he attempts to recover from the incident. This of course means that Perry will miss all of training camp, the entire preseason, and even a significant portion of the regular season.

This would be bad news under any circumstances but it is truly devastating for a player in Perry's position. Not only is Perry in the twilight of his career at the age of 40, making him one of the oldest active players in the NHL, but he also just only joined the Kings as an unrestricted free agent on July 1st. This injury will give Perry no time to get acclimated to a new team and a new system, and instead he will have jump right into the thick of things in the middle of the regular season, should his recovery go according to plan.

It's a tough break for both the well respected NHL veteran and the Kings themselves, I wish Perry a full and speedy recovery from this unfortunate situation.