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When your shutdown defenseman is checking a bag and not Sidney Crosby, there's a problem.

Montreal Canadiens defenseman Hall Gill is the biggest reason the Penguins' captain remains without a goal in the Eastern Conference semifinal heading into Monday night's Game 6.

But Sunday, Gill was at the Pittsburgh International Airport, getting down and dirty with the rest of the common folk and flying commercial.

Apparently, his pay grade doesn't warrant the private jet treatment teammate Andrei Markov received after injuring his knee after Game 1. Markov was hustled home after that game.

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So, Sunday, there was Gill at the airport. When you're 6-foot-7, it would be hard to travel incognito -- even less so when you're wearing a grey Montreal Canadiens T-shirt and track pants.

Gill was at the airport with Canadiens team physician Dr. David Mulder -- and not back in Montreal with his teammates who had chartered a flight home after the game -- because he sustained a cut to the back of his leg. He was stepped on by Penguins winger Chris Kunitz early in the third period of the Penguins' 2-1 win in Game 5 on Saturday night that gave the Pens a 3-2 series lead.

Gill's status for Burberry Fake Handbags his flight was confirmed -- his place in the Canadiens lineup for their fourth win-or-play-golf elimination game of these playoffs much less so.

"I hope so," Gill said, when asked if he thought he could play Monday night. "It's only a cut. We'll see."

Gill's condor-like presence on the blue line, along with partner Josh Gorges, was a big reason why the Canadiens were able to eliminate the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals in seven games in the first round and come close to battling the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins to a near standstill in this series.

With or without Gill, the Canadiens will have to win to force a seventh and deciding game Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.

There could be a saving grace for the Habs if Gill can't play.

Veteran defenseman Jaroslav Spacek, out since early in the first round with a virus that apparently left him with bouts of vertigo, is rumored to have been cleared by the medical staff to play. Leaving him out of the lineup for Game 5 Canadiens coach Jacques Martin's decision.

Spacek skated Sunday at the Canadiens' practice facility and looks ready.

Then, there's Markov.

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There was talk in the Habs' camp before Game 5 that he might be able to play if a brace could be made for his knee, which sustained suspected ACL damage early in Game 1.

A source close to the situation told the Ottawa Sun that a lot would depend on how Markov's knee responded to the light skate Sunday. If the swelling wasn't prohibitive, playing isn't out of the question, though his official status remains "out indefinitely."

"It all depends on how it responds," a source close to the situation told the Ottawa Sun before Game 5. "If you can get the swelling out, you can tape it up. Everybody's body is different. He wouldn't be the first guy to play with a damaged ACL

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