Bruins Forward David Pastrnak Reveals Offseason Injury
'The problem was mainly mental'
Nov 10, 2024
“I was injured for a month and a half in the summer,” Pastrnak said in an article published in Czech and translated into English. “Not so much physically, because then there was still a lot of time, but the problem was mainly mental. Because in the summer, I normally prepare for the season, and I haven’t been injured for so long.
“And mentally, it’s hard when you can’t work for a month and a half at this stage nothing to do. But I feel better and better with each match.”
“I had a couple of bruises and bumps during the summer that I couldn’t train for a little bit, so I had to take a couple of weeks off,” Pastrnak told McLaughlin during Bruins’ training camp in September. “But at the same time, it was kind of lucky timing. It was during my wedding and all that stuff, so it kind of worked out. Obviously not ideal, but now I’m back to 100 percent and glad that I got it over with.”