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LetangInTheSO · Mar 25, 2014

WhatsaMaatta said:
You can't change luck, but you can change coaching.

Yeah yeah yeah. It's just so ****ing frustrating to watch an unending streak of long-term injuries to our top players. This hasn't been going on for a season, or two, or three...it's more like four or five at this point.

Tasty Biscuits · Mar 25, 2014

Waffle Fries said:
Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Coach Bylsma: Malkin got hurt playing St. Louis near the net on his first shift. #Pens
https://twitter.com/penguins/status/448486997632753665

...okay then..

WhatsaMaatta · Mar 25, 2014

Waffle Fries said:
Pittsburgh Penguins ‏@penguins
Coach Bylsma: Malkin got hurt playing St. Louis near the net on his first shift. #Pens
https://twitter.com/penguins/status/448486997632753665

Lesson learned. Don't crash the net. Stay out of the slot.

ByeBye · Mar 25, 2014

Why can't this happen to someone useless?

WhatsaMaatta · Mar 25, 2014

LetangInTheSO said:
Yeah yeah yeah. It's just so ****ing frustrating to watch an unending streak of long-term injuries to our top players. This hasn't been going on for a season, or two, or three...it's more like four or five at this point.

Agreed. I would have enjoyed watching Malkin get on a role before we got to the playoffs.

cheesedanish87 · Mar 25, 2014

I hope this injury makes Shero and DB realize it might be a good idea to give some of these players some rest over the next 11 games.

Playing good hockey and getting chemistry going is good, but for the most part only bad things can happen for the pens these next 11 games.

Shrimper · Mar 25, 2014

Oh good...

I think there must be only a few players that haven't been injured with this year.

Penguins23 · Mar 25, 2014

Man, I got trolled by gamecenter. I got a notification and before I opened it, all I could see was "Pittsburgh Penguins' coach Dan Bylsma..."

I thought he resigned or something.

Tumty · Mar 25, 2014

cheesedanish87 said:
As long as Malkin is back and 100% for the playoffs this really isn't a big deal, Malkin missing meaningless regular season games isn't going to effect the pens in the playoffs.

Yup. And we get rested&hungry malkin back.

Shockmaster · Mar 25, 2014

cheesedanish87 said:
As long as Malkin is back and 100% for the playoffs this really isn't a big deal, Malkin missing meaningless regular season games isn't going to effect the pens in the playoffs.

Which means the Penguins can't use this injury as an excuse if they underachieve in the playoffs again.

jinx33 · Mar 25, 2014

I assume Sutter is taking place on the second line then ? Hell, his last games with Gibbons were really nice, he actually showed that he cares and those two made the third line looking better. Tonight he's got Neal and Juicy, expecting a good performance, if those two quit the lazy train. Unless i'm wrong and DB troll us with Adams. Jinxed it ?

UnderratedBrooks44 · Mar 25, 2014

It probably is 2-3 weeks, but never fully trust what's coming straight from the Penguins. Again it's probably true, but it's also a really convenient "don't worry, he'll be fine for the playoffs" time frame. Then game 1 comes and goes, game 2, and woops he had a broken foot or torn tendon or something the whole time

BlindWillyMcHurt · Mar 25, 2014

Yeah... but a guy just coming back from injury who is rusty and missing his timing could make for a nice excuse. I appreciate the optimism about having Malkin back for the post season. Probably. But that completely ignores that missing nearly a month of games isn't exactly the best way to prepare for a seven game series.

It's pretty **** news, no matter how you slice it. And it seems really weird, to boot. A guy gets hurt bad enough in his first shift to necessitate missing three weeks worth of the season but continues to play 24+ minutes that night? OK.

BlindWillyMcHurt · Mar 25, 2014

UnderratedBrooks44 said:
It probably is 2-3 weeks, but never fully trust what's coming straight from the Penguins. Again it's probably true, but it's also a really convenient "don't worry, he'll be fine for the playoffs" time frame. Then game 1 comes and goes, game 2, and woops he had a broken foot or torn tendon or something the whole time

I tend to agree that the timeframe seems awfully convenient.

cheesedanish87 · Mar 25, 2014

UnderratedBrooks44 said:
It probably is 2-3 weeks, but never fully trust what's coming straight from the Penguins. Again it's probably true, but it's also a really convenient "don't worry, he'll be fine for the playoffs" time frame. Then game 1 comes and goes, game 2, and woops he had a broken foot or torn tendon or something the whole time

When i heard foot injury and 2-3 weeks i did wonder what type of injury you could have to your foot that would be 2-3 weeks.

Shrimper · Mar 25, 2014

Shrimper said:
Oh good...

I think there must be only a few players that haven't been injured with this year.

Decided to look at this. The only players who haven't been injured this year are Crosby, Jokinen, Sutter, Adams, Niskanen, Maatta, Engelland, Zatkoff and Fleury.

This is players who have spent most of the season with the Penguins. Stempniak had a Broken foot in Calgary, Goc has not been injured this season.

MrBurghundy · Mar 25, 2014

So much for Bennett getting a chance with Malkin and Neal, or developing chemistry with Sutter for that matter.

WhatsaMaatta · Mar 25, 2014

UnderratedBrooks44 said:
It probably is 2-3 weeks, but never fully trust what's coming straight from the Penguins. Again it's probably true, but it's also a really convenient "don't worry, he'll be fine for the playoffs" time frame. Then game 1 comes and goes, game 2, and woops he had a broken foot or torn tendon or something the whole time

I don't think he could have played with a torn tendon. Maybe a broken toe or something like that could cause discomfort putting a skate on after the game's over.

WhatsaMaatta · Mar 25, 2014

MrBurgundy said:
So much for Bennett getting a chance with Malkin and Neal, or developing chemistry with Sutter for that matter.

Bennett Sutter Neal?

MrBurghundy · Mar 25, 2014

WhatsaMaatta said:
Bennett Sutter Neal?

I'd do it... but... yeah.

Shrimper · Mar 25, 2014

Kunitz-Crosby-Stempniak
Jokinen-Sutter-Neal
Megna-Goc-Gibbons
Glass-Vitale-Adams

IcedCapp · Mar 25, 2014

what's a foot injury you can sustain in hockey that requires exactly 2-3 weeks?

sprain, bruise, break are the only foot injuries I can think of, and a sprain and bruise COULD fall in that time period, but it would be dependent on some future factors...

Break would be 4-6 weeks.

all seems a little too neat and tidy to me.

MrBurghundy · Mar 25, 2014

Shrimper said:
Kunitz-Crosby-Stempniak
Jokinen-Sutter-Neal
Megna-Goc-Gibbons
Glass-Vitale-Adams

If this team loses its all on Crosby and he should be burnt alive at the stake.

...or so I'm told by the media.

WhatsaMaatta · Mar 25, 2014

MrBurgundy said:
I'd do it... but... yeah.

Then you can at least gauge whether Bennett has chemistry with Sutter.

Bennett-Sutter-Gibbons would be probably generate some offense, too.

Randy Butternubs · Mar 25, 2014

GDT is up:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1631803

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