Injury Plague Strikes NHL

The NHL is without a large number of its brightest stars due to injury entering the 2009-2010 season.
Injury Plague Strikes NHL
Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, one of the NHL's brightest stars, has been out of action since Oct. 25. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
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Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, one of the NHL's brightest stars, has been out of action since Oct. 25. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images )