A bad sign for Marc-Andre Fleury and the Penguins.

The Pittsburgh Penguins caught a big break when Matt Murray returned to the line up for Game 4 of their first round Stanley Cup playoff match up against the New York Rangers, and now it looks like Murray's return could be even more important.

After participating in practice just a few days ago, and in fact practicing in the starters net, Marc-Andre Fleury was noticeably absent from practice on Thursday, and the first thought on everyone's mind was whether or not this was an indication of a possible setback in his recovery. Fluery's agent has denied any such setback.

"He's not there yet," Fleury's agent, Allan Walsh, told Sportsnet Thursday morning. "He hasn't had a setback. He's been progressively and incrementally improving on a daily basis."

"He hasn't been getting worse. But he's not 100 per cent yet."

Despite the reassurances from Walsh, we are not at all convinced when it comes to Fleury's health status, and the Penguins have either been playing coy, or don't know the answer themselves, as Fleury has seemed on the verge of starting several times in this series already.

He has not played since suffering a concussion back on April 2nd, and now has not even been on the ice in the last two days, not a good sign for the Penguins, and more specifically for Fleury.

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