I thought he had a good practice today. We'll visit with the medical team and with Kris and see how he responds and make a decision tomorrow on whether or not he plays. Dumoulin is usually on the top defense pair with Letang, who was with Mike Matheson in practice. Letang skated on his own after practice Monday and again during the day off Tuesday. First four days, you can't even do anything because you're so tired and you have all the symptoms. The last five days, I wish I could have exercised, but per protocol, I had to wait and get all my screening done.
The fact that I coughed a lot during those days probably didn't help either. But I felt like yesterday, I cleared up all the bad stuff inside me and today, I felt really good. Carter replaced Crosby at first-line center Wednesday, skating with Guentzel and right wing Danton Heinen. Forwards Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust are not available because of injury.
Malkin, usually the second-line center, is expected to be out until at least December after having knee surgery June 4; Rust, usually the first-line right wing, wore a no-contact jersey in his first full practice Wednesday since sustaining a lower-body injury Oct.
We are trying to do all the right things. We do have a discussion, if not daily, a few times a week about it. I know our players and our staff, we're all trying to do the right things as far as mitigating the risk.
I feel, as an organization, we're trying to do everything we can to mitigate the risk, and yet, we're still getting it. Hextall said Crosby rested the injury after the season while weighing if he could withstand playing with it for another year. Crosby and longtime teammate Evgeni Malkin will both miss the start of the season. Malkin is recovering from right knee surgery in June.
The team has declined to get specific on how long Malkin will be out other than to rule him out for training camp. Hextall declined to give an update on Malkin's status, saying the team will have a better idea once training camp starts.
Hextall said beginning the year without the two franchise cornerstones is "not ideal" but added the team would not feel sorry for itself. The Penguins were relatively quiet in free agency over the summer. Hextall said looking for help on the open market at this point is not an option because he does not anticipate Malkin or Crosby to be out for an extended period. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.
Crosby has wrist surgery, to miss start of season. Why there's a surprisingly bright future for the Sabres, post-Jack Eichel. Hextall declined to give an update on Malkin's status, saying the team will have a better idea once training camp starts. Hextall said beginning the year without the two franchise cornerstones is "not ideal" but added the team would not feel sorry for itself. The Penguins were relatively quiet in free agency over the summer.
Hextall said looking for help on the open market at this point is not an option because he does not anticipate Malkin or Crosby to be out for an extended period. A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.
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