Round 1 Bruins-Leafs
- Thread starter The Napkin
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One day someone will explain to me this organization's love of Forbort. Today will not be that day.
I just don't understand it.
I just don't understand it.
steve conroy
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Looks like Grzelcyk is back in. Forbort, Shattenkirk and Lauko are out late with Ullmark
@conroyherald
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Looks like Grzelcyk is back in. Forbort, Shattenkirk and Lauko are out late with Ullmark
That makes a little more sense. Grzelyck and Shattenkirk are like-for-like. If Forbort was returning, I think it would be for Wotherspoon.
This is another weird one. I assume he'll play, especially since their season is on the line.
Odd sequence though. I know teams aren't forthcoming with details, but I believe I read that he got sick prior to game 3. Played all of that game, then got 2 days off before being playing in game 4 and being pulled after 2 period despite not missing a shift (~14 minutes TOI through 2). I kinda wonder if he would've continued to play had the Bruins not scored the 3rd goal. Even still, two more days off and his availability still seems a bit in doubt. I know illness' can kick everyones ass but the handling seems a bit weird.
Might have caught one of those stomach bugs, thought he could do it, then turns out he was wiped. I wonder if we will hear after the series is over that Matthews dropped 10 lbs... I forget who it happened to on the Bruins last year, but I do remember it coming up at one point.
Yeah, or COVID and respitory issues. I'm not saying he's faking or whatever just the handling has been odd.
Kinda like whatever happened to Nylander. Played all 82 regular season games then suddenly out for 3 games, including 2 after he had been skating/practicing.
What's odd to me is the "it's up to the doctor" comment. If it's the usual "sick" (flu, stomach bug, feeling shitty, puking, whatever) the player will play if he can convince the coach he can make it through the game. The involvement of a doc to make the call suggests the possibility of further damage if he just "goes out there and gives it everything he has." Like some kind of thing affecting an organ. I'd pay a dollar to hear Al Michaels say that Matthews is "out with a liver."
I seem to recall a story of an NHL player passing a kidney stone during an intermission and playing the next period. Can't find the story, though, so maybe just an urban legend.