Helene St. James has the latest on Andreas Lilja in today’s edition. The news isn’t good: he’s unlikely to return to action before the playoffs due to a combination of continuing symptoms and a loss of conditioning due to forced inactivity. Best case scenario seems to have him back in the first round.
This will mean an extension of Jonathan Ericsson’s stint with the team, which is good news for his development prospects, but not for the Griffins, who are now guaranteed not to get the big man back. Previously, they had a hope of seeing him back in GR, if only for a couple weeks until the end of the season and the cap restriction.