A bruised knee is what the Pittsburgh Penguins are calling the injury that Evgeni Malkin suffered this weekend. Malkin left Friday night's game against the Flyers in the third period after suffering the injury and the injury was bad enough to keep the Russian superstar out of the line-up on Saturday night against the Hurricanes, but a bruised knee shouldn't be considered too serious and I think we should all expect to see Malkin sooner rather than later.
Malkin has yet to be that offensive force we got to know him as a couple of seasons ago, but you can't really argue with his numbers either way. In the first 11 games of the season, Malkin has posted 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points, which isn't too bad, but he isn't running with the big boys in the league at the present time. He currently ranks 4th on the team in pool scoring, where there are expectations of him being in the top two all year long.
Malkin was the 9th overall selection in the draft this year, taken by Leon in the 1st round and he hasn't quite been the 1st round kind of scorer yet this season. Leon currently sits 11th in the draft standings, 10 points out of the money and if Malkin can come back from this minor injury and start performing like we all know he can, it should put Leon back in the race with the other big teams in the pool.Link to the Injury/News Page
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