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I don’t get the complaints guys. Lining up guys without the puck who are looking up ice in the NZ and finishing with a head shot has always been kosher in my book.
 

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6'6 former 1st rounder washout goon wannabe. I'm skeptical as hell on the wheel of justice but that'd get at least 4-5 in the NHL, and should be more
 

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Bjork sent down today for cap purposes. Cassidy won’t guarantee he’ll be back for Saturday but thinks he played well enough last night to earn another look.

Krejci skated, they’ll see how he is Friday after an off day tomorrow.

Nordstrom fully back.

Miller and Moore are also skating. They’ll drag it out as long as they can but something will have to give if/when they come back.
 

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More (not Moore) on Miller:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/bruins/2019/10/31/bruins-kevan-miller-could-nearing-return/4noltshHOnqAZ3tyKbueMO/story.html
Veteran Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller, still recovering from a pair of kneecap fractures he sustained over a two-month stretch last spring, could engage in full-contact practices with the team next week, a substantial step toward returning to the lineup.
“Progressing well,” said Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy following Thursday’s workout in Brighton, where Miller skated in a red (noncontact) sweater. “He looked good out there. There’s still a timeline, and I don’t think he’d be available for the next three games, anyway.”
 

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Miller and Moore’s eventual returns is going to cause some roster pressure points.

Miller is closer, probably in the next week or two. They have 7 D now, he’d be 8. They will probably have to send Clifton down when Miller is ready. Clifton loses his waiver exemption in 12 games, so the timing seems to match up even though Clifton is playing well. If they decide to keep both and roll with 8 D, a F would have to be IR’d, traded or demoted. Bjork is the only F they can send down without waivers. Nordstrom and Lindholm could be IR candidates. Sending an F down and carrying 8 D seems unlikely though. I think they would probably prefer Clifton get regular minutes with Providence then playing in some kind of timeshare with Miller and Kampfer. I suppose they could waive Kampfer but they signed him for 2 years and both he and the team seem happy enough with him in the emergency D role.

Moore is further off but he has been skating as well. They are over the cap and using his salary for LTIR. Injuries will likely take care of this but if they are healthy when he is ready to return something will have to give. They would probably have to make a trade.
 

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practice lines:

Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
DeBrusk - Krejci - Heinen
Bjork - Coyle - Clifton
Wagner - Kuraly - Backes

Chara - McAvoy
Krug - Carlo
Grzelcyk - Kampfer
Miller (red)

Rask
Halak

*Brett Ritchie is not practicing this morning.
 

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Clifton probably volunteered to jump up for the practice. Providence is playing in Utica tonight and Ritchie was probably a late decision to not practice. I’m sure if the P-Bruins were sitting at home there would be an emergency call up.
 

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Clifton played a little F for Providence last year.

Cassidy said Ritchie had a maintenance day but they think he will play tomorrow. My guess is Kampfer is going to play tomorrow which left Clifton as the only extra skater and they used him as just a place holder.
 

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I really hope that Backes takes a long look at his quality of life after hockey before deciding to come back from this one. If it were me, I’d walk away.
 

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I really hope that Backes takes a long look at his quality of life after hockey before deciding to come back from this one. If it were me, I’d walk away.
Maybe I'm reading too much into what may just be the usual non-answers about injuries, but I wonder if Backes is doing exactly that. IIRC, Cassidy's first comments referred to him as "rattled." I thought at the time that was odd phrasing. Maybe it's just wishful thinking that Backes *isn't* concussed again, but that he did see his life flash before his eyes, can get out before he's the guy laying face down, and needs a day or three to consider his next move.
 

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My take is that he is concussed, or if he’s not officially diagnosed with one he is at least displaying some kind of symptoms that’s enough for them to pull him from that game and then essentially rule him out for a few more. I’ll try to dig up the quote, but I believe after the game on Saturday, Cassidy’s answer to the what happened to Backes question from the press was “upper body, you can do the math on that.”

FWIW, I think the spotter pulled him. The collision happened, Backes stayed on the ice for the duration of the treatment to Sabourin. As soon as he got back to the bench he seemed to sit down and get ready to keep going before leaving. He was visibly upset at the time but showed no other signs of physical discomfort.

Anywho, hope for then best for Backes. The contract sucks but by all accounts he is a real good guy and teammate. Given his history it is very scary to see him go through it again.
 

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Anywho, hope for then best for Backes. The contract sucks but by all accounts he is a real good guy and teammate. Given his history it is very scary to see him go through it again.
My wife worked with him a bit on his Atlhetes for Animals thing, and said he couldn't have been a nicer or more genuine guy. Anecdotal, I know - but it's something.
 

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Seems like he needs to take a real long think about his future. LTIR for the season and he gets his money and the Bruins get some cap relief right? He has a big future in his animal advocacy stuff to keep him occupied with the benefit of no more concussions. Hate to see it and I hate that it's part of hockey that guys have to think about.
 

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Senyshyn up, Lindholm to IR. Not sure how this is working cap wise but they announced the call up.

Edit: Cap Friendly has Miller to LTIR to open up cap space for Senyshyn
 
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I thought Senyshyn played a strong game last night.

10:49 5x5 TOI
50% ozone start
10-5 attempts
7-4 shots
5-2 scoring chances
2-1 goals*
75% xGF%

* 3-1 in goals without the horseshit offsides

He didn’t make it on the scoresheet but I thought he could’ve had a secondary assist on the Bjork goal (if memory serves- I think he fed the puck to McAvoy who took the shot that created the rebound for Bjork) and obviously he had the primary assist on the disallowed Coyle goal.

Encouraging season debut and I thought he didn’t look out of place. Obviously we’ll have to see if he can bring that kind of performance on a nightly basis. Don’t expect him to morph into a bonafide top 6 wing but he at least looked like someone who could contribute.
 

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Agreed, beyond the analytics which paint him positively, he seemed pretty decisive too (Eye Test (tm)). Very encouraging for him.
 

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I thought Senyshyn played a strong game last night.

10:49 5x5 TOI
50% ozone start
10-5 attempts
7-4 shots
5-2 scoring chances
2-1 goals*
75% xGF%

* 3-1 in goals without the horseshit offsides

He didn’t make it on the scoresheet but I thought he could’ve had a secondary assist on the Bjork goal (if memory serves- I think he fed the puck to McAvoy who took the shot that created the rebound for Bjork) and obviously he had the primary assist on the disallowed Coyle goal.

Encouraging season debut and I thought he didn’t look out of place. Obviously we’ll have to see if he can bring that kind of performance on a nightly basis. Don’t expect him to morph into a bonafide top 6 wing but he at least looked like someone who could contribute.
He also drew an interference penalty on Mete with his speed before the game winning goal that inexplicably went uncalled. He looked pretty good. I want to see more.
 

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He drew the penalty that led to the Pastrnak PPG too.

Edit: Also, to put a bow on it, the league went back and gave him an assist on Bjork’s goal.
 
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LBI for Senyshyn, re-evaluated in 4 weeks. That’s too bad, I thought he looked good in his brief stint, but perhaps that could be because the bar was set low.

Nothing major at this point but the injuries are really piling up on the wing. Ritchie, Backes, Senyshyn, DeBrusk, Kuhlman. All RW too (except for DeBrusk) which is their biggest weakness.
 

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Maybe it was a low bar thing with Senyshyn, he wasn't a world beater, but nothing was glaringly bad. They scored a couple times and didn't give any up at even strength. That's about all you can ask for out of a young kid who has struggled to this point. Limited minutes but his Corsi stuff is all okay. Sucks he got injured just as he was kind of settling in and as you said they are really really thin down the RW.
 

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Poor Danton Heinen.

Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Bjork - Krejci - Coyle
Nordstrom - Kuraly - Wagner
Frederic - Lindholm - Heinen

Chara - McAvoy
Grzelyck - Carlo
Vaakanainen - Clifton
 

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Heinen was their best player Tuesday night. I don't understand that one.
 

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Maybe it was a low bar thing with Senyshyn, he wasn't a world beater, but nothing was glaringly bad. They scored a couple times and didn't give any up at even strength. That's about all you can ask for out of a young kid who has struggled to this point. Limited minutes but his Corsi stuff is all okay. Sucks he got injured just as he was kind of settling in and as you said they are really really thin down the RW.
Different position, but he reminded me of Spooner, with fewer fly-bys.
 

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Frederic, Carey and Vaakanainen were sent down yesterday. Vaakanainen and Brendan Gaunce called up today. Gaunce has played in 117 NHL games, all with Vancouver. 6-9=15 totals. 4-3=7 in 11 games for Providence this season.

Likely means they are getting one or two of the injured F’s back for tomorrow.
 

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Ritchie and DeBrusk are back at practice taking contact. Krug skated earlier. No Bergeron.

Moore is also back at practice, wearing a no-contact jersey. I’m not really sure what’s going on with Miller. He had been skating/practicing earlier this month but has seemed to disappear recently.

Edit: Ritchie and DeBrusk back tomorrow, Bery is a GTD
 
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Krug is probable for tomorrow. Ritchie could return as well. Lindholm has an 18-stitch cut, but could play as well.

John Moore is back at practice with no restrictions, but Cassidy says he’s still a few weeks out. Miller had a minor setback and they’re being cautious with him.

The Miller news is a bit interesting. Clifton loses his waiver exemption in 3 games. Seemed like things were lined up for Clifton being demoted when Miller was ready but now that is not the case. These things tend to sort themselves out with injuries and such but they theoretically could end up in a scenario where they have a 9 D logjam on the roster.
 

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Bergy isn’t traveling to Montreal or Ottawa, so out 2 games minimum. Ritchie is also not traveling and could be out longer than the 2 games.

edit: Gaunce or Studnicka will be called up
 

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Gaunce and Studnicka both called up.

Studnicka didn’t look great in the preseason to me, but has been tearing up the AHL. They generally don’t like to jerk the younger guys up and down until they think they’re ready to earn a spot, so it’s not insignificant he’s getting called up.

I’m very happy for Gaunce that he’s 1) alive, and 2) playing hockey again. He actually came back less than 3 weeks after that hit which seems insane.