The hits just keep on coming for the Pittsburgh Penguins. This isn't an injury bug anymore. This is an injury plague, with the team seemingly losing an important player on a weekly basis. While the blue line has seen its fair share of troubles in the last two months, the forward core has mostly remained intact.
Evgeni Malkin hasn't played since December 14, but the top line of Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis had stayed healthy and effective. That changed on December 23. Ottawa Senators defenseman Marc Methot launched Crosby into the air with a check, and "the Kid" ended up taking out Dupuis.
He didn't return for that contest, and the Penguins have played in three games since without the top-line forward. Sources such as USA Today have all but confirmed that the 34-year-old is done for the year with a knee injury.
The team has seemingly settled on the notion of losing Dupuis for the season as well.
So what does this devastating injury mean for Pittsburgh moving forward? And what do they have to do to absorb the blow? The first thing that comes to mind is replacin ...
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