1.   Belanger was examined by team hand specialist Norman Zemel, who told the Kings on Wednesday that Belanger might need more time.

2.   Blade returned to Dallas on Wednesday night to see a hand specialist and will likely have surgery to insert screws in his wrist.

3.   Brian Jordan paid a second visit to a hand specialist on Monday and was reassured his right hand was getting no worse physically, though the pain undoubtedly was.

4.   Brown is scheduled to see Dr. Norman Zemel, a hand specialist, today in Los Angeles.

5.   Carr will meet with a hand specialist to determine whether surgery would be the best option.

6.   Ceballos is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday.

7.   Donato said he will see a hand specialist when he gets back to Boston.

8.   Dr. Larry Pedegana, who performed the delicate surgery along with hand specialist Dr. Ed Almquist, will examine Griffey Friday in Seattle.

9.   Dr. Charles Melone, the Manhattan hand specialist who performed wrist surgery on Kenny Anderson last May, told Coleman he suffered a tear in the ligament.

10.   Hand specialist Dr. James Herndon and Patriots physician Bert Zarins examined Bledsoe Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital, then launched this new course of treatment.