Marchand/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — This should give the Sedin twins a false sense of security going into tomorrow’s Vancouver visit to the TD Garden.
Bruins forward and Canucks killer Brad Marchand missed practice at Ristuccia Arena today, probably with the same flu that kept him out last night’s game against Calgary.
Marchand, the Bruins’ third-leading scorer right now, was a thorn in the Canucks’ sides last June with his production and his irritating in the Stanley Cup Final.
After practice, head coach Claude Julien said that Marchand would probably skate on his own at some point during the day. The coach “doesn’t seem him being a question mark” to play against Vancouver.
The rest of the Bruins were all on the ice, with Benoit Pouliot again skating with Patrice Bergeron and Tyler Seguin, while Zach Hamill skated with Rich Peverley and Chris Kelly.
Alex
I mentioned Sauve more from his training camp, I have lost touch with him at Providence. I would take Caron in a hearbeat over Hamill. If the work ethic of Hamill’s was that strong, we should have seen it long ago.
Bruins16
Sauve is 3 goals, 5 points, and minus 7 in 20 games, you would rather see him in the lineup? I agree that Hamill needs to be stronger on the puck but with his work ethic that will come the more NHL games he sees. I hope Caron and Sauve have great Bruin careers but right now Hamill is the better option.
Rickinnh
Hamilton did look pretty good out their, I was also very impressed with Koko, he looked like he will turn into a real second round steal.
James
Hamill is 23, he’s not going to get any bigger. I think he’s fortunate to play with a team that has the size and strength of the Bruins. Otherwise, he would be invisible. I don’t who fell in love with him, but he should have never been drafted in the first round.
the great thing about the Van game is that this is regular season. who cares who wins. because of where we are in the standings we can pound them through the ice and not have to worry about a loss or a suspension or 2. I hope Van calls up some real men otherwise look to our B’s to lay a real beating on them win or lose. – can’t wait!
Sadly James, you wont get to see Lu leave deflated. AV just announced Schneider as tomorrows starter. And it makes perfect sense for them too. Hide behind “We are giving Corey his first start in Boston since college” instead of the real reason: portect Lu’s fragile psyche.
I also have been impressed with Pouliot and he has outplayed my expectations. Now if only i could see him go an entire shift without landing flat on his……..
I have to agree with bruins16 when it comes to the ingestion of millinery: when they signed Pouliot I was very hostile to the bloke, and had signed him off before his skate even touched the ice. But has indeed proved us wrong since. But go easy on Hamill, the kid is young still and on the shifts he has played he has shown genuine skill and talent above his level.
As for Saturday, I hope to Orr (i.e. God) that Marchand plays, that someone DESTROYS Burrows and the Luongo leaves the Garden feeling ‘deflated’. WE WANT VAN!
Rickinnh
I have to disagree with you regarding Hamill. He still looks slow, to me, and not strong on the puck. He has had two good passes, since being called up. I can’t see him being part of a championship team. If he is up in Boston, because he can play center, then have Caron or Sauve take some shifts at both wings and centre.
I do have to eat my hat on Pouliot. He has looked far better than I thought he would.
Hamill and Kampfer are looking like the best backups these days, Hamill is playing especially well.
Hamilton looked good in the WJC….