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Originally Posted by catdaddy
Interesting situation for The Penguins tonight in their game against The Maple Leafs: They will be playing without their top 3 centers (Crosby, Malkin and Carter). Yesterday it was announced that Carter will not play due to being in "the disease which is not to be mentioned" protocol, while Crosby and Malkin continue to recover from off-season surgeries, and have no specific time table for their respective returns. The Pens will also be without the services of one of their best forwards as Bryan Rust is out with an injury that is described as requiring "week to week" re-evaluation. Essentially, half of their forward roster for tonight's game will be AHL calibre and 3 of their 4 centers did not play the position at the NHL level at all last year. So, instead of Crosby, Malkin, Carter and Blueger it'll be Blueger, Rodrigues, Boyle and O'Connor. Yipes!
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Toronto will have no excuse if they lose this game.
How about the Oilers 5-0 start? McDavid has had at least 2 points in every game and is tied for the league lead in both goals and assists and all alone with 13 points.