Good News on Health Front

Équipe: 2018-19 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 4 mars 2019

Publié: 4 mars 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Happy to see Letang, Maatta and Dumoulin all making good progress with their respective injuries. Letang and Maatta skated before practice, and Dumo skated with the team practice wearing a non-contact jersey. Huge additions for the Pens during their crucial upcoming schedule.

My estimated returns (guesses) for the players would be:
Letang - out for the next week, possibly returning on Sunday vs Boston or Tuesday vs Washington

Dumoulin - could possible return tomorrow night if all goes well at practice today and tomorrow. I feel like it would be best to let him rest tomorrow and be ready to go on Thursday vs Columbus, but every point matters right now so if he is feeling up to it I can see him playing tomorrow night.

Maatta - Glad to see him skating again less than 20 days after his shoulder injury. Good sign that he doesn't seem to require surgery. I don't think he will get back into the lineup until the end of next week at the earliest. Next Tuesday vs Washington would be exactly one month since his injury, but it's against the Caps who are pretty tough to play against. I think he either plays next Thursday vs Buffalo or that Saturday.

Rust/Ruhwedel - I don't think we see either of them until the end of the month or until the last game or two of the season. Both have pretty bad ailments that will require 4-6 weeks.

The lineup below would be when all 3 defensemen are back, so probably not until next weekend. A lot can happen from then and now, but lets just pretend to be optimistic and happy for the duration...