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Penguins’ Hallander Diagnosed with Blood Clot, Out Months
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Penguins’ Hallander Diagnosed with Blood Clot, Out Months
The injury news did not get better for Filip Hallander or the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday.
The team announced via social media that doctors diagnosed Hallander with a blood clot. His injury was originally termed a lower-body injury, and he was slated to be out day-to-day, but now he will miss at least three months.
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Hallander, 25, restarted his NHL dreams this season after signing with the Penguins following playing the last two seasons in the Swedish league. The Penguins originally drafted him in 2018, but he played only three NHL games (one in 2021-22, and two in 2022-23).
Hallander was also traded twice. First, the team traded his rights while he was still playing in Sweden to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of acquiring Kasperi Kapanen following the 2020 bubble playoffs, and then the Penguins reacquired him in the Jared McCann trade before the 2021 Expansion Draft.
Hallander made the Penguins out of training camp and played in 13 of the first 14 games, scoring one goal and registering three assists before the injury.
Hallander will rehab with UPMC and the Pittsburgh Penguins doctors in Pittsburgh.
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