Two years, two major surgery required on two injuries.
Poor Juolevi. This doesn't write him off for me though. He has to be pissed off by this news, and I hope he finds a way to make lemonade out of this and come out of the gate strong next season. It's not a recurring injury, it stems from a hit last month, it sucks, but I still have hope for the kid. To me this probably means that Hughes will signed after his seasons as cavalry for this team ala Boeser.
If Benning is trying to compete this year, he needs to correct our D via trade or signing then. I don't know if that is the best move, but I would be more then a little worried with Benning "needing" to make a trade. That would be more worrisome then the prognosis for Juolevi missing another year of development.