The Washington Capitals are making a questionable call heading in to Game 4 of their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It has been revealed that injured forward Marcus Johansson will be back in the line up for Washington after taking a days rest to recover from his "upper-body injury," an injury that was in reality a hard blow to the head delivered by Penguins defenseman Kris Letang.
Johansson was obviously rocked on the play, and it's hard to imagine a scenario in which his brain was not a little rattled by such a hit, and although he will in all likelihood be fine this evening, one has to wonder if he is putting his long term health at risk by stepping back in so quickly.
The Capitals currently trail the Penguins by a game in this series, and perhaps they feel they need Johansson in the line up in order to get an all important victory this evening.
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