Fans of the Canadian will not be disoriented: the organization already announced this Thursday morning that a player was injured and that he would have to be absent for an “indefinite” period.

With a back injury, Chris Wideman will miss the start of training camp, which officially began Thursday with the first exercises on the ice. No additional information was provided by the team about it.

Wideman, 33, is entering the final season of a two-year contract with CH. He was limited to 46 games in 2022-23, sometimes spending long weeks in the stands without playing. At this camp, he immediately appeared as the club’s eighth, or even ninth, defender.

The other most notable absence from camp is that of Christian Dvorak. The center, who is recovering from knee surgery, will not play until November, general manager Kent Hughes revealed Wednesday.