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Yet another gruesome injury for Max Pacioretty

Philadelphia Flyers Leafs  v Montreal Canadiens

MONTREAL, CANADA - FEBRUARY 16: Max Pacioretty #67 of the Montreal Canadiens reacts after being taken down by Kimmo Timonen #44 of the Philadelphia Flyers during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on February 16, 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Canadiens defeated the Flyers 4-1. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

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Last night’s Montreal-Philly game saw a pair of Habs players leave with injuries. Both Brendan Gallagher and Max Pacioretty left with “upper body injuries” and the update on Pacioretty shows he’s found a way to suffer yet another ailment that makes you wonder if he was born under a bad sign.

Renaud Lavoie from RDS says Pacioretty suffered a deep cut in the rib area courtesy of an errant skate blade and his status for Monday’s game is up in the air.

You’d like to think that for most people that would mean missing a fair amount of time, but this is Pacioretty we’re talking about here. He recovered from an emergency appendectomy in eight days and his incredibly fast return after his severe concussion in the Zdeno Chara incident makes him live up to his “Wolverine” moniker.

At this point, he’s more like the Black Knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” than anything. After all, it’s just a flesh wound. Just make sure to keep Mikhail Grabovski’s terrible, sharp, nasty, pointy teeth away from him.