Anderson out, surgery does not seem required.

Grahame was called up.

I don’t know who to believe. If Buccigross is right it’s awful. But I would believe Haynes since he is actually with the team

And here is the quick note version from Terry Frei:

CALGARY _ Avalanche coach Joe Sacco Wednesday afternoon said Craig Anderson will be out "indefinitely" with a knee injury, but that the Colorado goaltender won’t require surgery.

"It’s going to require some treatment and rehab, and we hope to have him back as soon as possible," Sacco said after Colorado’s practice in the Saddledome.

The Avalanche has recalled veteran goalie John Grahame, 35, from Lake Erie of the American Hockey League, and he will join the team in Calgary in time for Thursday night’s game against the Flames.

It’s on the Avs official page now too:

Avalanche goaltender Craig Anderson is officially being listed as "out indefinitely" after suffering a knee injury during the pre-game warm-up on Tuesday night in Vancouver.

Anderson’s injury will not require surgery, but he will need to undergo treatment.

After sustaining the injury, Anderson did not sit on the bench with his teammates as they faced the Canucks. Instead of traveling with the team to Calgary for Thursday’s contest, he headed back to Denver on Wednesday morning to receive further evaluation.

The Avalanche is expected to recall a goaltender from its American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, to back up Peter Budaj until Anderson returns to health.

and Budaj will get all the starts unless he seriously struggles. Better to have Cash get the majority of starts in LE to help build that team’s confidence than to have Graham alternating with Cann and LE struggling in net.

David Jones ruptured his spleen.

Supposedly it was a “coaches decision” to send Grahame because he is “playing better.” Though the number seem to indicate a statistical tie.

When I was in high school I partially tore my MCL and severely sprained my ACL. I didn’t have to have surgery because it was such a minor tear. My experience was that my sprain hurt A HELL OF A LOT more than the tear and have had this confirmed by others who have had similar injuries. As for the swelling, there would have been ZERO chance of me playing on it because my knee felt like it was the size of one of those mini basketballs in the games at Chuck E. Cheese and my range of motion was so severely limited. Was on crutches for 3 weeks and in a walking brace for another 2 weeks after that. All said, I wasn’t back to playing for about 2 and a half months. That was me in high school with limited access to physical therapy and not seeing a doctor everyday telling me my progress. My guess, Andy is out til December. Hope I’m wrong though.

I am categorically opposed to Anderson having even a minor knee injury. Can we start a petition?

Entire conversation about Grahame and his mom on the cup disappeared.

If it’s a tear, it would almost certainly be a surgury repair. I sprained my MCL earlier this year, so I know it is possible to come back pretty quick. If that is all it is, he will be back in two or three weeks.

"I’m a pretty good goalie in the offseason, road hockey," Quincey said. "I was willing to put on the old pads."

So there you have it folks. Had it been necessary, it appears Thing 2 would’ve been in net against the ’Nucks.

I’m a pessimist but if this weren’t Anderson’s big contract year, I wonder if he would have had surgery?

Just tossing this out, but a sprain can mean a tear or just over extension of a ligament. If the injury is a level 1 or 2 sprain, then it usually take 4-12 weeks for full recovery. Level 3 sprains need surgery and recovery. Since Andy is not getting surgery, it seems it is more level 2 injury, thus 4-12 weeks. That is just athletic trainers guidelines and definitely not a doctors evaluation.