BRIGHTON, Mass. — Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is out week-to-week because of an upper-body damage. Marchand was hurt on March 1 when the Pittsburgh Penguins’ P.O. Joseph hit him from behind at PPG Paints Area. Marchand had bother attending to his skates shortly and wanted assist skating off the ice.
Interim coach Joe Sacco declined to reply whether or not Marchand had suffered a head damage. Marchand missed two video games within the playoffs final 12 months due to a concussion.
Marchand’s in-limbo standing makes a commerce earlier than Friday’s deadline unlikely. Possibilities have been already slim due to Marchand’s want to remain a Bruin for his profession. Common supervisor Don Sweeney concurred with that sentiment.
If Marchand will not be traded, the perimeters will proceed to debate an extension for the pending unrestricted free agent. Sweeney signed Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci to one-year offers for 2022-23. The GM signed Zdeno Chara to 2 straight one-year contracts in 2018 and 2019. The Bruins would favor to return to this template with the 36-year-old Marchand. All of these offers included efficiency bonuses as Bergeron, Krejci and Chara have been 35 and older on the time.
Georgii Merkulov changed Marchand on the No. 2 line subsequent to Elias Lindholm and Charlie Coyle throughout Tuesday’s morning skate. The Bruins are two factors behind the Detroit Pink Wings for the No. 2 wild-card place. Nonetheless, the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens are forward of them.
“Brad looks like he’s at all times in good spirits,” Coyle mentioned. “He’s at all times bought his head down and simply placing in work it doesn’t matter what it’s — whether or not he’s injured or taking part in that night time, no matter. He’s placing in work doing one thing, getting higher or getting proper. That’s how he was in the present day after I noticed him.”
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