Welch recalled

Noah Welch has been recalled from the Baby Pens. While this was going to happen at some point this year, it is a little strange that they would recall Welch after Malone went down. This most likely means that Letang is going to be sent back to his Junior team in the coming days. Sending Letang down will leave the Pens without a single Right handed Defenseman in the system. The question is how long this stay will last for Welch with Orpik and Cairns to return from the injury list before too long.

I think the most likely move for the Pens to replace Malone will be to move Ouellet up to the top line and either insert two of Stewart, Roy, or Thorburn on to the 4th line. Ouellet seems to have good chemistry with Crosby on the Power Play and it would be easier for him to move into that role then anyone else outside of the second line. They could also call up Talbot until Petrovicky returns from injury.