Mark Stone, the captain of the Vegas Golden Knights, had back surgery today and is expected to be fully recovered in time for the 2022-23 NHL season, according to the team. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1527327338718908417?s=20&t=lt1lAtngJYAxfVsNZzLeCg'>https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1527327338718908417?s=20&t=lt1lAtngJYAxfVsNZzLeCg</a></blockquote></div> Due to a back injury, Stone was limited to just 37 games last season and was clearly never 100 percent healthy.