Sidney Crosby to miss Thursday's game vs. Flyers

by Travis Hughes on Dec 7, 2011 4:51 PM EST in Philadelphia Flyers News

Sidney Crosby was supposed to make his first visit to the Wells Fargo Center since last December on Thursday night, but that won't be happening.

Crosby will be out of Thursday's game against the Flyers, as well as the Penguins' next game on Saturday against the Islanders, as a precaution after taking a hit from teammate Chris Kunitz on Monday night.

He took some tests today and they came back fine, but he's not feeling 100 percent. Let's be happy that it doesn't appear to be a serious setback, and let's hope it doesn't become anything serious. But I guess we don't have to pretend that we're upset he won't be playing against our team, either.

Now, this means we won't get to see that much debated showdown between Crosby and Claude Giroux. But, I mean, Max Talbot said Giroux is at the same level as Crosby, so I guess that's been settled already anyway.

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by Chemistry66 on Dec 7, 2011 4:52 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I actually am annoyed he isn’t playing. I’m going and the games are a lot more intense when he’s involved.

by mantis toboggan on Dec 7, 2011 4:59 PM EST reply actions

I’ll be there myself, and I’ll admit the games are better when he plays.

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by jello44 on Dec 7, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

Only positive thing is that at least an orange & black wearing, goon/criminal isn’t responsible for re-concussing Crosby. The league has a grudge against the Flyers enough without that hanging over our heads.

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by MJDII on Dec 7, 2011 5:02 PM EST reply actions

1. Is Kunitz getting suspended?

2. Isn’t this a sign he came back too early?

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by Snevik on Dec 7, 2011 5:18 PM EST reply actions

I don’t think Crosby’s issue now is his knee, not his head.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Dec 7, 2011 5:45 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t understand how knees got involved in this.

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by Snevik on Dec 7, 2011 6:00 PM EST up reply actions

Is this a joke?

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Dec 7, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

No. I may just be missing something. These precautions are concussion-related, right?

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by Snevik on Dec 7, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions

Crosby and Kunitz collided in the neutral zone; both went down and were slow to get up. Crosby was heavily favoring one leg on the way off the ice. Replay shows some sort of knee contact. Wasn’t direct knee-on-knee like Kunitz did to Timonen a few playoffs back. But Sid’s knee def hit something hard, like maybe a shin bone or a plastic pad.

by Georgia_Flyer on Dec 8, 2011 7:20 AM EST up reply actions

Maybe he caught Prongervirus.

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by iJewJitsu on Dec 8, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions

I figured it might have something to do with the hit. I couldn’t find video (granted, I didn’t try very hard), so I just assumed they were testing for head reasons.

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by Snevik on Dec 8, 2011 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

it comes right after shoulders

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by Cillo stache on Dec 7, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Best of luck to Crosby, hope he gets better

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by Cillo stache on Dec 7, 2011 5:19 PM EST reply actions

Bit of a shame really, you always want to play the best players the other team has to offer and Crosby is a fine talent, regardless of your feelings towards him.

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by UKFlyer on Dec 7, 2011 5:26 PM EST reply actions

Pens are still a good team, with or without him. Still gonna be a dogfight.

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by doubleh on Dec 7, 2011 5:28 PM EST reply actions

who could have predicted this

by reaper1221 on Dec 7, 2011 5:37 PM EST reply actions

Where the hell is the game thread already!?!?!?!?

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by MJDII on Dec 7, 2011 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Photo props, Mr. Hughes.

by j reed on Dec 7, 2011 5:44 PM EST reply actions

Anyone watching DNL? Lappy is on there and he just said that the one thing he is worried about is how many minutes G is getting and that they need to find a way to cut it down.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

That is all.

by EREX21 on Dec 7, 2011 5:45 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, 27 minutes is too much. He also said G plays hockey like guys do in the summertime, effortless.

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by doubleh on Dec 7, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah it’s amazing.

It amazes me that Lappy see’s these things and I guess Lavy doesn’t. Or Lavy figures he doesn’t have a choice with all the injuries.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

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by EREX21 on Dec 7, 2011 5:50 PM EST up reply actions

Or Lavy’s a stubborn sunuvabitch.

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by doubleh on Dec 7, 2011 5:53 PM EST up reply actions

Well that to. I would hope he isn’t too stubborn to deliberately sabotage his team but that is essentially what he is doing. It’s going to catch up to him(G) at some point.

Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.

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by EREX21 on Dec 7, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

Hmmm … note that Berube is a benchmaster now … consider Lappy’s status … hmmm.

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by MaximumTalbot on Dec 7, 2011 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

Same thoughts.

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by ww2b on Dec 7, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions

Giroux “only” avg 22 minutes of ice time for the year, with him playing both PP and PK

by Anders Jensen on Dec 7, 2011 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

I LOVE LAPPY!

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by doubleh on Dec 7, 2011 5:48 PM EST reply actions

It’s cuz he’s afraid of Rinaldo.

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by hintzy64 on Dec 7, 2011 6:00 PM EST reply actions

Why woudl anyone be afraid of Rinaldo? He hasn’t done anything wrong in four games! I hear he’s actually telling people that he’s modeling his game after Jordan Staal for the rest of the season.

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