Friday afternoon, Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour dropped a bombshell update on goaltender Frederik Andersen, stating that he was going to be out way longer than his original week-to-week diagnosis.

Robby Fabbri is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks after he had arthroscopic knee surgery Friday. The forward sustained the lower-body injury during the third period of a 4-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Nov. 10.

The Carolina Hurricanes are contemplating surgery for Frederik Andersen as a means for the goaltender to recover from his lower-body injury, head coach Rod Brind'Amour announced Saturday.

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is now out indefinitely, head coach Rod Brind'Amour confirmed.

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Suffering an upper-body injury during the team's game in Colorado on Saturday, Brind'Amour didn't confirm nor deny that it was a re-aggravation of last year's shoulder injury, rather just saying that the team is "being really cautious" with him.

So it seems like the Carolina Hurricanes are going to be without goaltender Frederik Andersen for much longer than originally anticipated. After the Canes practice on Friday, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour gave an update on the team's Danish netminder.