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Penguins star Evgeni Malkin faces costly financial setback after being suspended by the NHL
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Tonight, Evgeni Malkin was officially handed down a suspension by the NHL and now it has been confirmed he will suffer a significant financial setback as well.
Evgeni Malkin was ejected from last night's game against the Buffalo Sabres after slashing Rasmus Dahlin.
The ejection opened Malkin up to a mandatory meeting with the NHL's Department of Player Safety led by George Parros.
After the hearing, it was confirmed that Malkin would be suspended for five games a frustrating setback for the Penguins.
Now, reports have confirmed that Malkin will also suffer personally after losing a significant amount of money from this suspension.
Evgeni Malkin facing costly financial setback due to recent suspension
According to NHL insider Chris Johnston, Malkin's suspension means he will now forfeit his game check for each of the five games he will miss.
As a result, Malkin will lose over $150,000 during his lengthy suspension assuming the ruling is upheld.
Evgeni Malkin suspended five games by NHL Player Safety. He'll forfeit forfeit $158,854.15 in salary
While this would be a sizeable loss to most people across North America for Malkin it's just a drop in the bucket of his 6 million dollar per season salary that he enjoys with the Penguins.
With Malkin's contract ending after this season the more frustrating part for many Penguins fans is that this will cut down on the number of opportunities fans will have to see Malkin in a Penguins uniform.
Over the next 24 hours it will be interesting to see if Malkin decides to appeal the suspension ruling or just serve the five games and move on.
As more news on Malkin's suspension surfaces we will pass the latest details along to you.
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