Evgeni Malkin involved in morning skate fight with Craig Adams

So there was apparently a fight at Pittsburgh morning skate before the Penguins game against Tampa? And then there was a trade, so all attention was diverted from Evgeni Malkin and Craig Adams throwing ... wait, what? Evgeni Malkin got into a fight with a teammate.

Yes, it is apparently true.

From the Twitter handle of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Josh Yohe:

To Craig Adams ... What. Are. You. Doing? You don't fight with arguably your team's most skilled player, a former MVP, and yeah, list other superlatives to describe Malkin. Follow the peaceful teachings of Gandhi. Discuss your problems, hash them out -- especially when the other dude is making $9.5 million per-year according to CapGeek.

And if all else fails, freaking turtle. Do you want to be known as the teammate who injured Evgeni Malkin in a fight?

We know, tempers flare in hockey in practices. It's a contact sport, players are intense. But when a fight involves a star player, you have to take more notice especially when the other player is making $700,000 per-year.

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