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Micheal Ferland has been dealing with a nagging upper-body injury (it's not a concussion) that appeared to be reaggravated during his fight with David Backes on Tuesday night in Boston. Brind'Amour did not have any further update to pass along after the game, so that's all we know at this point in time.
The unfortunate part of all of this is that it began with a clean hit. Yes, the hit was heavy and devastating. Yes, Marcus Johansson unfortunately left the game injured. But it was shoulder-to-shoulder, as clean as they come. Boston's response was foolishly running around on the very next shift, followed by Backes challenging Ferland.
"Just because you hit a guy clean doesn't mean you have to fight every time," Justin Williams wisely pointed out after the game. "[Ferland] certainly doesn't back down from anybody."
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