Coach Mike Sullivan was murky as ever with his injury update on Evgeni Malkin. Sullivan only deemed the injury as “longer term” which, for him, is the classification above “day-to-day”. However, more details and reports are beginning to emerge to help fill in the gaps of Sullivan’s typically vague updates.
Malkin suffered a soft tissue injury to his leg. Expected to be out at least a month.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) October 7, 2019
We’re not doctors, but play one on the internet, so did a little research on just exactly what a “soft tissue injury” is.