As of this past Saturday, the Boston Bruins know that defenseman Zdeno Chara will miss each of their last two games before the Olympic break. Head coach Claude Julien told the New England hockey press corps that the captain will take off for his opening ceremony duties sometime between Tuesday’s tilt with Vancouver and Thursday’s visit to St. Louis.
That will mean deleting the minutes-played leader from a blue-line brigade that is already missing Dennis Seidenberg and Adam McQuaid. Seidenberg is out for the season and both WEEI.com’s DJ Bean and CSNNE.com’s Joe Haggerty wrote on Monday that Julien is declaring McQuaid “very doubtful” for game action this week.
Haggerty quoted Julien as elaborating, “He hasn’t started skating yet” and that “He’s been out too long for me to throw him out there, so I’d be very surprised to see him.”
That is an admirably prudent approach on the skipper’s part. At this rate, the Bruins might as well rid McQuaid of any pressure to return until after the Olympics. The “very doubtful” outlook Julien pro ...
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How Should the Boston Bruins Fill Zdeno Chara’s Void Before the Olympic Break?
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