Tyrone have suffered a blow with the news that goalkeeper Niall Morgan has broken a bone in his hand and will miss the Division 2 final against Cavan on 24 April.
The netminder suffered the injury playing outfield for his club Edendork St Malachy's at the weekend and is now a doubt for Tyrone's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Derry in Celtic Park on 22 May.
Mickey O'Neill has featured in the league this year and is expected to replace Morgan for the league decider.
Donegal manager Rory Gallagher will not pick goalkeeper Paul Durcan this summer if he's still based in Qatar.
The two-time All-Star flew back to help Ballyboden win the All-Ireland club SFC championship last month but Kavanagh says that would not be possible for the inter-county schedule.
Danny Rodgers, Peter Boyle and Mark Anthony McGinley have played between the sticks in Durcan's absence.
"Paul is out in Qatar and he was flying in and out. It's not a runner to fly in and out for inter-county football, so while it worked out very well for Ballyboden, he's just weighing up to see is it possible for him to come back," Gallagher said following his side's Allianz League semi-final defeat to Dublin.
"As soon as Paul knows, we'll know, but at the minute we just move on. We're very comfortable that we've got two keepers who have shared eight league games between them."
Kerry's league final date with Dublin on 24 April will come too soon for long-term absentees Anthony Maher (hip) and James O'Donoghue (shoulder) but Paul Geaney is close to a return.
“Anthony and James won’t feature in the next two weeks," said manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice. "They’re getting there but they won’t have enough competitive football, if any, under their belt at that stage.
“By the time they get back in with us, they’ll be fully fit and the only thing they’ll need is football sharpness. James has been a bit of a freak of nature in the past in that he can survive on very little football and get to a high level straight away.
“Anthony has never really been out for any length of time and he has always been a constant in our set-up so we’ll have to see how he gets on. They will be physically fit but in terms of getting up to levels of football sharpness we’ll just have to wait and see.”
Kerry's first championship game will be against Limerick or Clare on the weekend of 11/12 June.
Meanwhile, Kilkenny forward Eoin Larkin has returned from a six-month UN tour of duty with the defence forces in Syria and could potentially be involved in the county's Allianz Hurling League semi-final against Clare on Sunday.
Michael Fennelly, Colin Fennelly and Brian Lennon are all doubtful after sustaining hamstring injuries in the quarter-final win over Offaly. Paul Murphy picked up a shoulder injury in the same game.
