With just a handful of teams at 10 games in, the 2016-17 season is still young, which means there's still a lot of hockey to be played.

But some teams are simply weathering the storm until their key players can heal from their injuries. Although early in the season, it's a long list.

Below are some of the biggest names in hockey with long-term injuries that have significantly impacted their respective teams.

Jack Eichel

The second overall pick in 2015, Eichel had a solid rookie campaign for the Buffalo Sabres with 24 goals and 56 points in 81 games last season.

Eichel is the biggest offensive weapon on Buffalo, a team that's been taking the right steps and making progress in the past few years. The Sabres are hoping to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2010-11 season.

After a painful fall in practice, the team announced Eichel would be out 4-6 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, which resembles a concussion in the sense that it can change on a day-to-day basis.

Eichel's teammate Robin Lehner had a high-ankle sprain last season and was given a 6-10 week recovery timeline before ultimately missing roughly three months.

More than two months after his return to action, Lehner acknowledged he still felt the pain and was not yet 100% recovered.

The franchise and city alike hope Eichel takes the fast track to recovery so their budding star can return to help the team fight for a playoff spot as early as this spring.

Jonathan Quick

Quick was the Los Angeles Kings' best player in 2011-2012 when the franchise captured its first ever Stanley Cup. He posted a 1.41 GAA and a .946 SV% before being awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.

Quick's Stanley Cup hangover resulted in his worst career save percentage during the lockout-shortened season of 2012-13.

He returned to form to backstop the Kings to another Stanley Cup in 2014, albeit without the same stellar numbers of his 2012 playoffs. The team has had its share of adversity since then, missing the playoffs in 2014-15 and then getting knocked out in five games during the 2015 playoffs after Quick recorded a career-high 40 wins.

Twenty minutes into the 2016-17 season, Quick re-injured his groin--the same injury that limited him to just 49 games during the 2013-14 season. After weighing his options, Quick chose to avoid surgery and is rehabbing his groin on what the team declared a 3-4 month timeline.

The Kings have a long road ahead of them without their two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Vezina nominee. Backup Jeff Zatkoff and third-string Peter Budaj have both struggled to find a groove in Quick's absence.

Jonathan Huberdeau

After making the playoffs last spring for the first time since 2011-12, the Florida Panthers had a busy offseason. They handed either a new contract or a contract extension to Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad, Reilly Smith, Derek MacKenzie, Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trochek. 

They rebuilt their blue line by adding Keith Yandle, Jason Demers, and Mark Pysyk, as well as giving Michael Matheson a roster spot out of training camp. They also shipped out defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and Erik Gudbranson. 

The Cats were expected to make some noise this season, and all things considered, still are. Huberdeau, a former first overall pick and Calder Trophy winner, was to play a big part of that as the top line left wing.

He was set to play alongside the ageless Jaromir Jagr and second-overall pick Barkov--a line he established chemistry with after a career year 20 goals and 59 points last season.

But Huberdeau had his Achilles tendon cut in the team's final preseason matchup against the New Jersey Devils. His recovery timeline is set at 3-4 months.

The Panthers have a large hole to fill, which has been plugged fairly well by newcomer Jonathan Marchessault, who picked up six goals and 11 points in the first nine games.

Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars don't have one superstar player on this list, but their plethora of injuries have assigned the team its own spot. The reigning Central Division champs are expecting a Stanley Cup in the near future, but it seems like it could already be slipping away. The team's injured reserve list features Patrick Sharp, Ales Hemsky, Cody Eakin and Mattias Janmark.

Sharp, a three-time Stanley Cup winner, who scored 20 goals and 55 points for the Stars last season, was diagnosed with a concussion in his fourth game this year. Hemsky, a depth player who recorded 13 goals and 39 points last season, injured his groin after just one game this season.

Injured prior to the start of the season, the Stars announced Eakin wouldn't return until mid-November at the earliest. The 25-year-old scored 16 goals and 35 points for the Stars last season. Janmark, the youngest of the injured players, scored 15 goals and 29 points in as a rookie last season and will miss the entire year after he had his knee surgically realigned.

Meanwhile, Jason Spezza, Jiri Hudler and Dan Hamhuis have all missed time, too.

Unfortunately, the rhyme and reason of the hockey gods is ambiguous; Dallas seems to be the chosen team to battle injuries across a patchwork roster more often than not.