Concussion for Kamper, personal issue for Bergeron — both out Sat.
Bergeron/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mas. — Bruins head coach Claude Julien said after practice today neither Steven Kampfer or Patrice Bergeron will be available against Pittsburgh Saturday at TD Garden.
Neither player practiced with the team today at Ristuccia Arena.
Kampfer suffered a “mild” concussion last night against Tampa Bay and could be ready to return in about a week, according to Julien. The rookie defenseman was rocked in the second period by a Mattias Ritola hit and didn’t play in the third period.
Bergeron left the club for “personal reasons.” Julien said the center had to travel to attend to the matter and would not be back for Saturday’s game with the Penguins.
While the Bruins are set at forward with 12 healthy bodies, they will require a call-up from the Providence (AHL) farm club on defense.
I’m guessing Julien will want Kelly’s defensive presence with Seguin & Ryder. Not that Peverley is a slouch in the area, but let’s face it, Julien is what you might call, risk averse.
They should put seguin in..cmon lets go.Another healthy scratch?Future sniper sitting..Claude is all about defense first.can’t grind out 3-2 wins all the time.Catches up sooner or later.Recchi should be taking time off he could be big in the playoffs if rested.Everybody is drinking the black and gold coolaid but remeber you need wins in the playoffs and consitincy is whats gonna count.Hopefully Thomas is gonna keep playing like this.If not grind it out hockey isn’t gonna work
It’s a bit of a stretch to have kelley as a 3rd line center on a contending team, so 2nd line seems likely too high. That said, Seguin should be getting more than 6 minutes on Sat.
I think you’ve got the 2nd and 3rd shuffled (I hope). I’d like to see Seguin on the other side of the circle from Ryder with Peverly in between. I think Kelly would be a good fit with Marchand and Recchi; his forecheck is very aggressive and he’d mesh well with those two.
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