As the injuries begin to mount up around the league it is interesting to note how many of them are happening to teams in the Northeast Division. Already the Leafs have started better than they did last year, but it is only two games in, and they have to remain consistent to grab important points early in the season.
Every point they get now is one they don't have to make up at the end of the year when playoffs are on the line for every team, when the points are much harder to come by. There are no teams that the Leafs play more than the ones in their own division, so it is important that they grab every point possible against the weakened teams.
The Boston Bruins started their year with their perennial point-a-game player Marc Savard on the shelf, as he was still suffering from post concussion symptoms. Savard was hit with a blindside elbow to the head last year from Matt Cooke on the Pittsburgh Penguins, and still hasn't quite recovered from it.
Boston is lucky that they have a wealth of options in the centre position with Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and newly acquired Tyler Seguin, but it never helps to lose their leadi ...
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