Michael Bunting will be sidelined for the foreseeable future after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix on Wednesday.
Mike Sullivan didn’t have a timetable — Bunting still has to meet with the Penguins’ doctors, and Sullivan said he had never experienced a player having a midseason appendectomy before.
Boko Imama is healthy and available tonight, but Sullivan said an additional forward recall is a “possibility.” That likely will be impacted by what happens with Matt Nieto, who remains on waivers until 2 p.m. today. If Nieto clears, he does not have to be sent down.
Assuming the recall does come, it’ll be Emil Bemstrom. He had a stall in the Penguins’ locker room on Thursday.
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Taylor Haase
10:56 am - 02.27.2025Cranberry, Pa.Bunting has appendectomy
Michael Bunting will be sidelined for the foreseeable future after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix on Wednesday.
Mike Sullivan didn’t have a timetable — Bunting still has to meet with the Penguins’ doctors, and Sullivan said he had never experienced a player having a midseason appendectomy before.
Boko Imama is healthy and available tonight, but Sullivan said an additional forward recall is a “possibility.” That likely will be impacted by what happens with Matt Nieto, who remains on waivers until 2 p.m. today. If Nieto clears, he does not have to be sent down.
Assuming the recall does come, it’ll be Emil Bemstrom. He had a stall in the Penguins’ locker room on Thursday.
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