Defencemen injuries are already piling up early in the NHL playoffs

That attrition is already showing early in the first round this spring on defence, from Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev and Colorado’s Samuel Girard being out long term to Carolina’s Brett Pesce going down Monday night and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill its many voids.

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