Galchenyuk injury won't affect draft status 
The new NHL season already is a week old, but some of the top prospects in next June's draft are already a month into the 2011-12 campaign. The big news early is the knee injury Sarina Sting center Alex Galchenyuk suffered in an exhibition game, which has kept him out of action thus far.
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