Mattias Ohlund hasn't laced up his skates since November 2011 because of his surgically-repaired knees and his career may be over. He said he is "not close to working out or even skating" and his recovery has not gone the way he hoped or expected. "Clearly I have to be realistic. I haven't played for a year and a half," he said. "Nobody has told me it's impossible to ever play again but, clearly, the longer it goes the chances of that are getting tougher and tougher. ... Clearly, you have to be realistic that the chances are not great." Ohlund is still owed $11.75 million on his contract that runs through 2015-16 and since he is injured he doesn't qualify to be bought out by the team. He's expected to talk with GM Steve Yzerman at some point this season about his future.