Jets release a brutal update on Kyle Connor

This just in, according to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman by way of head coach Rick Bowness, Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor is expected to be out of the team's lineup for 6-8 weeks after suffering a knee injury at the hands of Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Strome.

From Friedman:

“Kyle is heading back to Winnipeg. He’ll be re-evaluated by our doctors tonight when he gets in, and we’ll go from there," Bowness told the media after Tuesday morning's skate in San Jose. "But as of now, obviously he’s not playing tonight or tomorrow and we’ll know more tonight when our doctors have a chance to examine him themselves.”

- Rick Bowness

Connor took an absolutely brutal knee on knee hit from Strome in Sunday's 4-2 victory over the Ducks, an infraction that earned Strome a five minute major but no supplemental discipline from NHL Player Safety.

Here's the hit in question:

The 27 year old Connor has 17 goals and 28 points in 25 games for the Jets so far this season. Needless to say that his absence from the lineup is going to be a HUGE blow for the Jets.

Meanwhile, Strome has served his punishment in the eyes of the NHL and he can continue to go about his business. Just another day at the office for NHL Player Safety head George Parros...