According to Vascular Web, thoracic outlet syndrome is caused due to “pressure against the nerves or blood vessels in the thoracic outlet area”, which is by the collarbone.

That’s good news for the team who announced on Friday that they are losing 21-year-old goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy for 2-3 months after he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot.

Vasilevskiy joins Kimmo Timonen, Pascal Dupuis and Tomas Fleischmann among the NHLers who have dealt with blood clots over the last several years. Vasilevskiy is expected to fully recover and he should be able to return to the ice in 2-3 months.

The Lightning seemed comfortable at least leaving the door slightly ajar for Vasilevskiy to push Ben Bishop for starts, even with the latter commanding a $6 million salary cap hit and some pretty nice accomplishments over the last two seasons.

Yzerman was encouraged Vasilevskiy’s surgery, while ill-timed, would not impact him long-term.

The interesting part of this whole ordeal is that this is not a common injury among hockey players; rather, this is a condition usually seen in baseball pitchers, swimmers, tennis players, and people who have more over the head movement in their arms.

Vasilevskiy also appeared in four games in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Gudlevskis had a 2.81 GAA and.900 save percentage in 46 AHL games in 2014-15. September.

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