Penguins to investigate the excess of injuries following Crosby’s surgery

The Pittsburgh Penguins were handed a huge blow on Thursday morning, when it was confirmed that captain Sidney Crosby will miss a minimum of six weeks after undergoing surgery on a core muscle injury.

The star forward has five goals and 17 points in 17 games this season. Crosby has appeared in at least 75 games in each of the past six seasons.

It has been a tough start of the Penguins, who have dealt with many injuries since the start of the 2019-20 calendar. So much that NHL insider Darren Dreger reports they might look into the players’ process and training to see if something could be causing the injuries. 

Here is what Dreger had to say about Crosby’s absence and the questions being asked in the organization on last night's Insider Trading on TSN: 

“They plan to take care of it internally. Now, Jim Rutherford is adamant that he is not shopping for a replacement. I mean, you’re talking aboutSidney Crosby. But, there are other injuries specific to the Pittsburgh Penguins as well that are somewhat concerning, too. Sidney Crosby has been dealing with this since training camp and it was aggravated on Saturday versus the Chicago Blackhawks. And ultimately, a decision was made to have the surgical procedure on Wednesday. Now, it’s not necessarily related, but because of the rash of injuries over the past five years in Pittsburgh, the Penguins, I believe, are going to take a hard look at how their players train, how they maintain , are they overtraining, all of those things. This isn’t a sinister act. They’re not pointing fingers at their training staff or their medical people. They just want to make sure that there is no correlation”

Evegni Malkin also missed a good chunk of the season. Defenseman Kris Letang is now sidelined and forward Patric Hornqvist is dealing with some undisclosed injury… 

Many more players were also injured ever since the season kicked off just over a month ago. 

Let’s see if the Penguins can protect their players and find out what’s up.