Monday Practice Report: Kunitz misses practice

Monday Practice Report: Kunitz misses practice

11:38am - Monday, April 5th, 2010 by DePaoli

Pittsburgh -- The Pittsburgh Penguins returned to the ice this morning at Mellon Arena after having an off-day on Easter Sunday.

Following the teams win Saturday afternoon against the Atlanta Thrashers, the team went out on the town Saturday night for Marc Andre Fleury's girlfriends birthday.

All of the Penguins (except Sidney Crosby), incluidng their wives and girlfriends, spent most of the night in the VIP section at Club Diesel on the South Side.

Word is Evgeni Malkin was having himself a good time and was the life of the party. Club Diesel is a common hang out for a number of players.

Meanwhile, as the Penguins went back to work today, a good sign for Pittsburgh is that Malkin participated fully in today's practice. Malkin returned to action on Saturday against the Atlanta Thrashers.

He had a goal and an assist to lead the Penguins to a 4-3 overtime victory.

*Winger Chris Kunitz did not practice and remains sidelined. He is not expected to play Tuesday night.

In Kunitz absence, Ruslan Fedotenko and Pascal Dupuis skated with Sidney Crosby on the top line.

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Comments

deesh138

Hey D, Club Diesel wouldn't happen to be a sponsor of yours would it? lol

04/05/2010 11:42am

Jeff2266

LOL Geno is the man i bet hes a waste case

04/05/2010 12:10pm

jeffed

I guess Sid was busy hanging out with Mario's kids.

04/05/2010 12:35pm

mwalluk

alcohol is bad.......

04/05/2010 12:36pm

cityofchampions

I think that he waorries about his image to much and will be burnt out by 28 at this hate he needs to party a little but not with Ben lol

04/05/2010 12:41pm

wolfman

i don't care if Geno tucks a flask in his glove during games, but hanging out with Big Ben would lead to tears

04/05/2010 1:24pm

2_spucks

Is Sid not well-liked by his team mates?

04/05/2010 2:27pm

Schmidty0818

Anyone know the extent of the Kunitz injury? Hopefully it's not something that will hold him back in the playoffs. He needs to knock some people on their asses ala Kimmo Timonen last year.

04/05/2010 2:34pm

seabs926

spucks, that's not the reason why he doesn't go out. Sid chooses not to go to clubs. He's a bit of a nerd to be honest. Absolutely nothing wrong with that and I much prefer that to Ovechkin's off-ice habits. Even when about 10 players went to party a couple days after the Stanley Cup win at Diesel Sid decided not to join them.

04/05/2010 3:25pm

Jeff2266

Also if Talbot goes out gets drunk and parties its funny and alright but if Sid were to do the same he would be setting a bad example

04/05/2010 3:37pm

CM2005

Crosby is focused on the playoffs and winning, at least that's my opinion. I hope Fleury doesnt have a bad game any time soon, this won't go over too well. Then again, last year he went to the Dominican Republic and when he came back he played fantastic!

04/05/2010 4:32pm

Jeff2266

Goin out have a few drinks with 4 days off in between will have no impact on anyone

04/05/2010 4:35pm

tkoui73

tkoui73: As a lifelong non-drinker, I still would have been with my teammates. Maybe other times he is and this is the anomaly.

04/05/2010 5:12pm

so crosby is on the 3rd line apparently , at least give him guerin

04/05/2010 9:02pm

Besa

Fedotenko should be a heathly scratch forever. I cannot wait till July 1st. Ray is too smart ton bring that non productive dude back.

04/05/2010 9:09pm

gopens

2Besa - you'll take your word back - because fedEx is the Beast in PO

04/05/2010 9:14pm

Monrovian12

Anyone watch the Caps Bruins game? I'm still not sure about that first goal...Man was it close...

04/05/2010 9:43pm

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seabs926

Not a chance that was a goal. Officiating was horrible. Bruins got robbed. As long as they don't switch that 2nd goal to OV. They've gone back and forth with, but it looks like they're gonna keep it as Knuble's goal.

04/05/2010 9:56pm

jeffed

@ Monrovian - I don't think it went in to be honest with you, but they called it a goal on the ice somehow and there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it I guess.

04/05/2010 10:03pm

zerocool6687

"I think he worries about his image too much"... are you kidding, the kid is under a microscope... he goes out and the boneheads out there will have a field day... ya he didnt hang out with the teammates... so what, they were out getting screwed up and he decided to remain focused on the playoffs around the corner and stayed home. Im sure if it was a team function not a party disguised as a team function in the article he would have been there.

04/05/2010 10:45pm

jeffed

Yeah heaven forbid he goes out and has a couple brews with his teammates.

04/05/2010 10:58pm

Monrovian12

I thought the same jeffed...I didn't like any of the replay angles shown, but that'll happen I suppose...I really don't believe that it was completely across...

04/05/2010 11:12pm