Injury Report: Bruins Injury Thread II

[Bruinfanatic]

I can't remember a season that was this bad for injuries.

Pastrnak, Schaller and Kuraly as the only guys that haven't missed a game up front, Nash has missed 1, and Heinen has missed 5. Next healthiest? DeBrusk with 64 GP, and good luck getting another game in for him. Looks like Marchand will finish with the 6th most games played at 68 if he's able to stay in the line-up. Freaking Bergeron is probably going to be next best at 64.

On the back-end, Carlo has played all but 1, and then Krug is next up, who will hopefully finish with 6 games missed. It's dependent on Z, but you're looking at 68 games as the next best at the moment.

Jets were trying real hard to take out Pasta last night,that’s for sure.Not sure Bruins would survive a series against the Jets.

 

[caz16]

How many of the injuries have been caused by dirty plays against the Bruins and how many are unfortunate circumstances of just regular game play? It would be interesting to see how that works out.

 

[maxbme]

I'm more bewildered than anything. (Don't get me wrong, I'm pissed off too) All we hear is that Gryz turned (including Andy Brickley) or generally "keep your head up". I'm not sure anymore what this has to do with a clearly predatory hit. The league is talking out both sides if its ass if they want everyone to believe that player safety is important then their own self-titled Department of Player Safety determines that it's the victim (yeah that's right word here) that's at fault because he turned.

How many more times does this need to happen before the NHL gets serious about these types of hits and applies consistency to judging whether the outcome is suspension worthy? Are they waiting until (God forbid) someone gets paralyzed and carted off on a stretcher?

This is the truth.

 

[spylogic3]

Morrissey got nothing for boarding Grzelcyk ... no fine, no suspension.



Morrissey ran from the top of the other circle and jumped in the air. If Grzelcyk was partially responsible by turning his back, then why was Morrissey not partially responsible, too?

 

[Number8]

Morrissey got nothing for boarding Grzelcyk ... no fine, no suspension.



Morrissey ran from the top of the other circle and jumped in the air. If Grzelcyk was partially responsible by turning his back, then why was Morrissey not partially responsible, too?

DOPS is at best inept. At worst they don't care and all this talk about reducing illegal play that causes concussions is cover for the upcoming suits. Gary Bettman is a hypocrite. Judging from this and the headshot on Krejci it's clear that the boys need to buckle up their chin straps and they are on their own. Open Season has been declared by the League by their inaction. Disgraceful.

Get well soon Gryz..... we need you back.

 

[Gotta Jet]

Winnipeg fan here....

Was hoping to get any news on Gryz. Terrible hit by Morrisey. Before the game I was saying to some buddies that we don;t need anyone on either side going down in a seemingly nothing game for either team. Morrisey made a bad decision and it was not good. Just wanted to come on and see if I could get any news on Gryz.

Just heard Morrisey will get nothing for the hit. I am shocked. I figured because of the way it was handled by the refs and Morrisey's clean history, he might get a couple of games. Not good for the game as we would no doubt be crying for a suspension as well if the shoe was on the other foot.

Know this though Bruins fans....Morrisey is one of the most intelligent young players we have and more importantly a very nice young man. He is not a goon and made a very poor decision. Please try not to paint him with the goon brush. He likely will never ever do this again in his career. He's that kind a guy.

Anyway, hope Gryz is ok and I really am hoping the Bruins make it to the finals. You are my pick in the East. I hope we can with our first playoff game(s) and if luck and the stars line up....maybe we will see you at the final dance.

Good Luck !

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

It's absolutely open season on Bruins players. There's no doubt anymore.

 

[bbfan419]

It's absolutely open season on Bruins players. There's no doubt anymore.

You know it, had that been a Bruin that did that to Morrissey it would be all over the headlines everywhere and how he should be suspended, but it was a player on a Canadian based team hit a bruin player, so no problem that is ok.

I talked with an anti-Bruins person at the gym the other day and all he kept ranting about was how Marchand should have been suspended for the play with Duclair and Backes for his hit on the Red Wings, yet when I mentioned Krejci getting a hit to the head and McAvoy getting a vicious elbow to the face from that punk Hornquist oh he had nothing to say about that, of course his two fav teams are the Habs and Pens, nuff said.

 

[Baddkarma]

It's absolutely open season on Bruins players. There's no doubt anymore.

Agreed but only because the Bruins have conformed to the NHL's idea of letting the refs and DoPS handle bad hits.

The Bruins have had players miss significant time because of "upper body injuries" this year. Bjork, Machand, DeBrusk, Backes, Nash, and now Grz.

I hope the Bruins will learn how to address this in the future and we all know that means the Bruins need a guy who can play and enforce at the same time. Those players are out there. The Bruins need a couple.

 

[Bruinaura]

I was glad to see Bergy pull that one guy away from Grizz. I hate when there's a huge scrum and the injured player is still underneath and about to get stepped on or landed on.

 

[spylogic3]

Winnipeg fan here....

Know this though Bruins fans....Morrisey is one of the most intelligent young players we have and more importantly a very nice young man. He is not a goon and made a very poor decision. Please try not to paint him with the goon brush. He likely will never ever do this again in his career. He's that kind a guy.

He may be a nice young man, but he can go bonkers at a moment's notice. After Marchand hit a Jets player, he decided to go from his d-man position on the other side and nail the first Bruin he saw with the puck. Why else would a d-man go into the corner from the opposite point in the offensive zone.

Even when you slow down the video of the hit, he was still travelling at a high rate of speed compared to the other players. The bottom line is that Grzelcyk was not his responsibility and he took it upon himself to take him out.

 

[TCL40]

So once again the DOPS has decided that it’s the Bruin players fault.

Makes me sick because the message has been sent that Bruins players are free game.

 

[remer]

Time for management to say something.
Bjork, Nash, Krejci, McAvoy, Grez., all hits that could have been suspendable, but somehow all were Bruin players to blame.
Backes and Marchand hits are suspendable by DHO.
If there is not a massive bias, not sure what to believe.

 

[Grimey]

So once again the DOPS has decided that it’s the Bruin players fault.

Makes me sick because the message has been sent that Bruins players are free game.

Oh so that explains why Boston's always getting penalized when committing to a hit where the other guy turned at the last second. Oh wait nevermind, only in the instance where a Bruin turns, it's 100% the Bruin's fault. f*** this league is pathetic. But yeah, let's keep adding franchises while the NHL continues to flush itself down the toilet.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

Time for management to say something.
Bjork, Nash, Krejci, McAvoy, Grez., all hits that could have been suspendable, but somehow all were Bruin players to blame.
Backes and Marchand hits are suspendable by DHO.
If there is not a massive bias, not sure what to believe.

Agree or Bruins need to get a goon,throw him on the forth line .They got anyone in Providence?

 

[TCB]

George Parros is an absolute joke!

He was just on NHL Network trying to justify his decisions. Stating that a player who is in the crouched position,that its OK to make contact to his head. Using the Hornqvist hit on McAvoy as an example as well as another hit on Patrick Kane. This is total BS and opens it up for players to go head hunting. If the NHL really wants to stop hits to the head, it should be on all hits to the head no exceptions!!!

Not to many hockey players carry the puck in an up right position. They bend for better control and balance and by justifying a hit to the head because the player was crouched/bent over is ludicrous and is taking two steps backwards in player safety.

He went on to show the hit last night by Morrissey and said it was a legal hit because Grizz changed direction at the last second, not giving Morrissey time to stop. What he failed to see or mention was the fact that The hit was still from behind as Morrissey was chasing after Grizz. He was always looking at his numbers when Grizz turn quick Morrissey planted him into the boards if Grizz didn't turn quick to try an avoid Morrissey the hit still would of been from behind and possibly caused more damage to Grizz.

The NHL player safety is becoming a joke and the NHL players union and Owners should be all over this, in an attempt to fix .

 

[ORR2Sanderson2ORR]

George Parros is an absolute joke!

He was just on NHL Network trying to justify his decisions. Stating that a player who is in the crouched position,that its OK to make contact to his head. Using the Hornqvist hit on McAvoy as an example as well as another hit on Patrick Kane. This is total BS and opens it up for players to go head hunting. If the NHL really wants to stop hits to the head, it should be on all hits to the head no exceptions!!!

Not to many hockey players carry the puck in an up right position. They bend for better control and balance and by justifying a hit to the head because the player was crouched/bent over is ludicrous and is taking two steps backwards in player safety.

He went on to show the hit last night by Morrissey and said it was a legal hit because Grizz changed direction at the last second, not giving Morrissey time to stop. What he failed to see or mention was the fact that The hit was still from behind as Morrissey was chasing after Grizz. He was always looking at his numbers when Grizz turn quick Morrissey planted him into the boards if Grizz didn't turn quick to try an avoid Morrissey the hit still would of been from behind and possibly caused more damage to Grizz.

The NHL player safety is becoming a joke and the NHL players union and Owners should be all over this, in an attempt to fix .

How did Parros go right from being a Professional NHL GOON to the Head of player safety?

Another bad decision by the NHL, why not put a more reputable source in that position in stead of a player who's main responsibility in his entire NHL career was to dish out rights and lefts to another players head.

I think Parros is on a power trip in his new role, even though he stated its a committee who makes the decisions, he made sure he stated that he has the final say in what ever decision is made.

 

[TCB]

Agree or Bruins need to get a goon,throw him on the forth line .They got anyone in Providence?

Maybe they talk George Parros incoming out of retirement.
It would be a Win/Win.

 

[sooshii]

Can we move the non-injury updates discussion to a more appropriate thread?

 

[wandk128]

Why is it so hard for these guys to respect their opponents! Some hits/ injuries are unavoidable, but some are downright unnecessary

 

[Numbah4]

Why is it so hard for these guys to respect their opponents! Some hits/ injuries are unavoidable, but some are downright unnecessary

They’ve got no fear of getting their arse kicked. A player like Taz would have spanked that boy.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

I don't want to get into a "big and heavy' or "tough guy" debate with their forwards, but you can't deny that teams are taking more liberties feeling confident there will be no repercussions.

I think it's clear (and has been for years) that the Bruins aren't allowed to respond. Look at the penalty Miller got called for last night. When it gets chippy, they tighten up on the Bruins because they don't want it to get out of hand

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Any updates on Chara or McAvoy ? Could they play tomorrow night ?

 

[TCB]

Any updates on Chara or McAvoy ? Could they play tomorrow night ?

Sweeney: B's eye returns for Backes, Chara, DeBrusk & McAvoy "sooner than later"

 

[Hamilton Brian]

I have been warned about speaking to the stripes as they walk by me. I will probably get tossed from the next game (tomorrow).

If you can live without the seeing the game live, it ...well, what would it really do. Hmmmf!