Updated at 8:30 pm

I just got off the phone with Brent Burns.

“I’m feeling great. I’m just at home watching Big Brother 10 and reading Russo’s Rants!” Burns said.

Safe to say Burnzie’s back to his old self, eh? Star Tribune might need to start cutting Burns some checks for all this continued good pub (don’t count on that Brent).

Burns, according to the team, will miss about four weeks after undergoing surgery earlier today to remove loose bodies from his left elbow. He says he’s a quick healer and hopes to be back sooner.

Burns was feeling pain in his elbow last season, assistant GM Tom Lynn said, and it returned when he hit the ice last month.

But Burns tried to play through it the last few weeks. In fact, he even scrimmaged Wednesday morning before his doctors’ appointment. According to Burns and Lynn, Burns could have perhaps gotten through the season without the surgery, but if it got worse, he definitely would have missed time.

So the Wild made the decision to operate on Burns now to fix the problem and prevent missed time this season.

The Wild’s best defenseman will likely miss the start of training camp Sept. 20, but he said he’s a quick healer and won’t miss the start of the season, which is Oct. 11.

In other news, check out the Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight on Comedy Central at 10 p.m., replayed at midnight.

My buddy, who’s a senior producer with the show, hooked me up with tickets, and it’s hysterical. It’s been a fun couple weeks. Hung out with the Counting Crows last week, and took some friends back stage before the show. Also got to meet and hang with Daily Show’s Wyatt Cenac over the weekend.

Not to give too much away, but the Minnesota Wild sweater makes a Daily Show cameo, only instead of the Wild emblem in the middle, it says, “Hockey Mom!”

And as some astute readers have pointed out, it turns out the hockey mom is Mikko Koivu’s mom, Tuire. You can see yesterday’s episode on dailyshow.com to see what I’m talking about.

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