I've become alot more okay with resigning Russell. This will take him out past first month of year (so not terrible) but won't train this summer so likely taking him a month to get back to speed. So 2/3 months of actual season missed
Out past the first month of the year would be on the early side of things. 9 months keeps him out until almost the trade deadline.
Could be a very significant loss. First 50 games or so of the year he was the best dman on the team. He's a legit #3. Hopefully 6 months opposed to 9.