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Found February 16, 2013 on Sports-Glory: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Matt Cooke,  Sidney Crosby,  Evgeni Malkin,  Marc-Andre Fleury
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins
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Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson will be out for the rest of the season due to surgery on his Achilles tendon, which was sliced by the skate blade of Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke. Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is pissed about losing the defending Norris Trophy winner, and thinks Cooke is a "goon," who shouldn't be in
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