Penguins provide updating crisis after the heart surgery

Pittsburgh Penguins Defenseman Chris Letang won’t play in the final match of the team’s regular season After a veteran It is subjected to heart proceedings GM Kyle Dubas confirmed on Tuesday.

“Pittsburgh Penguins Defenseman Kris Letang has been subjected to successful surgery, the president of the Hockey and General Manager of Kale Dubas,” said team in the official announcement.

“The flying had a successful closure of the patent foramen Ojale (PFO; a small hole in the heart). The procedure was performed at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Intervention Cardiologist Dr. Conrad Smith. The expected recovery time is four to six weeks.”

The operation was first discovered after a flier had a stroke in January 2014. yearsHe confirmed the Athletic Rob Rossi Rossi on Wednesday. Letting suffered another stroke 2022. Years It cost him over a month in season.

“According to the upmc, all people have this hole before birth, but for most people, the hole closes at birth or shortly afterwards,” Rossi wrote. “When the open hole was first discovered, Cardiologist said he could delay the operation of the third extended offs after the playoffs after being able to operate regularly this summer before he was regularly coached in September.”

Lethang played a season without a season on Sunday from 4-1 in case 4-1. On Tuesday she missed the practice for what the main coach of Mike Sullivan called “medical appointment”.

Penguras will miss the playoffs Stanley Cup in the third consecutive time in 2024-25 – It is the first time that this happened during the LETANGNOME almost 19-year career.

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It was a difficult campaign for Letang, which was admitted into only nine goals and 30 points over 74 games this season. These are its lowest offensive total values ​​of the year when it played 70 or more games since 2009-10.

Pittsburgh is trying to hit the balance between transmission to fly and remaining competitive in dusk at Twilight flyers, Sydney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin’s career.

But it turns out to be easier said than done; Penguras will end with other lost records and the seventh place in the Metropolitan Division.

At 33-36-12, no one is happy as the season went to Pennsylvania. After making playoffs in each of the first 16 flight seasons, it will be the third consecutive he and the franchise missed.

It is 17 years old, Lethang has been signed for three more seasons and will earn $ 6.1 a million on a hat in each of those years. He owns a full real estate clause and will probably retire the penguin, regardless of how to go several campaigns.

Pens will finish your season 2024-25 on Thursday night – Last day of NHL schedule – against Alek Ovechkin and Vehingington Capitals on PPG Baints Arena. Puck is placed to fall into the past 19:00 et.