EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers left-winger Raffi Torres will miss the rest of the NHL season.
The team said Monday that he will undergo right knee surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
The six-foot, 216-pound Toronto native hasn't played since suffering the injury during a game at Detroit on Dec. 13.
Torres has five goals and six assists for 11 points in 32 games this season.
The Boston Bruins' first-round elimination by the Carolina Hurricanes leaves general manager Don Sweeney facing some interesting off-season decisions.
Sweden and Switzerland are still looking strong, while Norway and France both scored big wins, in Wednesday's World Championship action in Finland.
Since there was nothing in the National Hockey League's 1950-51 rulebook that forbade the Rangers from drinking a "magic elixir" to gain a playoff berth, the Blueshirts did sip -- and sip and sip.
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