Boston Bruins: David Krejci Likely To Return To Face Canucks
The Boston Bruins have found themselves with a three game winning streak, in spite the loss of second line center David Krejci. The Czech forward has spent the last three weeks out of action since taking an odd upper-body injury against the Ottawa Senators. The Bruins have missed Krejci these last ten games, (going 5-4-1 without him), but it looks like David Krejci could be ready to go for Thursday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks.
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“Still day-to-day with David. So we’ll see,” offered Coach Claude Julien after Wednesday’s practice. “Today was his first day with contact. We did a little bit extra there at the end, and we’ll see how he feels tomorrow, and just continue to evaluate that way.”
That little bit extra involved drills. Those drills involved positing battling, and puck capturing. He also spent time on a power play unit, working with fellow forwards Patrice Bergeron, Loui Eriksson, and Matt Beleskey. Still, knowing that David Krejci was taking contact means his return is imminent. That’s good news for the 29-year old Krejci.
A healthy David Krejci is a dangerous David Krejci. The Bruins alternate captain has put up 33 points (11 goals) in the 35 games he’s played this season. Krejci had to battle against serious injury that seriously hampered his production and was one of the big reasons why the Bruins failed to reach the playoffs last season.
“As a player,” said Krejci after practice. “It’s never fun to be watching games, so you want to be on the ice, even if you’re 50 percent. But it’s just — that’s not smart — so if I’m at 90 percent, then that’s not good enough. I’ve got to be 100 percent.
“It’s a better possibility than yesterday [in Montreal]. But [today] was the first day doing some battle drills, so sometimes, things like that you wake up the next day. Sometimes it gets sore, sometimes it doesn’t, so the next 24 hours is going to be big, so hopefully I can take care of my body.”