Malkin Injury

Penguins star forward has been injured for 6-8 weeks after getting hit awkwardly on his left arm by defenseman Dalton Prout. This is his second injury of the year since in February he had missed 10 games due to a lower body injury.  The Penguins are only 3 points ahead of Philadelphia for the second wild card spot and it looks like that won't last. The bad thing is, Malkin is having a good year since he's second on the team with 58 points, and the Penguins are not having a good year. Malkin will be out for the rest of the regular season and could be back potentially on April 23 if the recovery goes smoothly. The biggest concern should be how the Penguins will cope without him and if they will maintain a playoffs spot. This era of Penguins seems to be coming to a close so they are just going to have to play it out., and maybe make some moves this offseason, but that's for another time.  Will the Penguins be in the playoffs? Is this ere of Penguins over? When will Malkin return? stay tuned....