Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby desperately wanted to play in the All-Star Game in Montreal, so you know his injury must be pretty serious if Crosby decided against playing in the game.
The question now is: Will he be ready for the second half of the season? For the Pens that begins Wednesday night against the Rangers – bet on that game at WagerWeb.com.
Crosby was back on the ice Monday for the first time in nearly a week but is officially questionable for Wednesday’s game. He left a Jan. 14 game against the Washington Capitals with an undisclosed injury believed to be a bruised left knee.
“I can still feel it a bit, so I’ll see if it gets better,” Crosby said, while adding the he couldn’t have played Monday night if there was a game. “Five days (off the ice) is pretty long, and I was a little rusty. (I pushed it) as hard as I could, (because) if you can’t go hard in practice, you probably can’t go hard in the game.”
Crosby has 17 goals and 43 assists in 2008-2009 and ranks second to Evgeni Malkin in scoring in the NHL. The Pens have been one of the disappointments in the league and currently are outside the playoff race. He said it was the smart move to sit out the All-Star game, although he did travel to Montreal.
“It was just getting a little worse instead of getting a little better,” said Crosby. “So that meant we needed to try to get myself the best opportunity to heal.”
Pens forwards Pascal Dupuis and Max Talbot will be ready to play Wednesday. They were on the injured reserve before the All-Star break.
Pittsburgh had lost the first three games with the Rangers this season (two in shootouts) before beating New York 3-0 on Jan. 18.
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