Post-Practice Buzz: Bylsma intrigued about Kennedy at the center position
MONDAY’S POST-PRACTICE BUZZ When Sidney Crosby went down Saturday afternoon vs the New York Islanders, Dan Bylsma’s first thought on who would replace him was Tyler Kennedy. “When Sid left the ice, I immediately thought {about} TK going to the center position,” Bylsma said. On Saturday Bylsma didn’t have the opportunity to plug Dustin Jeffrey into Crosby’s spot as Jeffrey was in the press box. Today in practice Bylsma had Jeffrey at his disposal but he didn’t go that direction and it was status quo on the lines as the Malkin (Neal-Malkin-Iginla) and Sutter (Morrow-Sutter-Cooke) units stayed the same and Kennedy centered Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis, a spot he saw some time at on Saturday. Kennedy is a former
Post-Practice Buzz: Letang could return vs Senators; Niskanen more of a longshot?
POST-PRACTICE BUZZ Kris Letang who has missed the last three games due to a groin injury, was a full participant in Tuesday’s practice at the Consol Energy Center. Letang skated as the 4th pairing with Matt Niskanen and also saw time on the second power play unit. If his injury responds well after today’s full skate, the chances are good of Letang returning to the lineup tomorrow night against the Ottawa Senators at home, but no decision on Letang is going to be made until after the morning skate. “We’ll talk right now and tomorrow morning after morning skate,” Letang said of speaking with his doctors on whether he might play tomorrow. Head coach Dan Bylsma was pleased with how