The Penguins’ mini-renaissance of going 6-2-1 in their last nine games could be experiencing a stress test without a viable solution as a result of the injury suffered on Saturday night by Marcus Pettersson.
The team was off yesterday while returning from a road trip, so we’ll all wait with baited breath today for more insight on Pettersson’s status. There’s always the chance that today might not bring anything particularly useful, since the team may hide behind a vague “still under evaluation” non-update. That might be preferable to straight up announcing significant time missed, but then again ripping the band-aid off and disclosing the tough-to-digest news is going to have to happen at some point if the injury is as tough as it looked.