From the Bruins website:.
” We had no injuries to speak of,” stated Cassidy. “Unfit to play – the league has asked us to continue along that line for the regard of the privacy of the players. Thats what well do … theres constantly different factors. Theres the quarantine rules, theres waiting on test results, theres a variety of different things that factor into this. It does not automatically presume that we have a favorable test.”.
Tuukka Rask, Nick Ritchie, Chris Wagner, Torey Krug, Charlie Coyle, David Krejci, and Sean Kuraly were all absent today, signing up with David Pastrnak and Ondrej Kase to create a quite decent UNFIT lineup.
Yes, 7.
The Bruins had another day of practice today, and were playing with a lighter squad than typical: 7 extra players were held out of practice today due to being “unfit to take part.”.
Today in “UNFIT NEWS …”.
Lest we believe the gamers had a tweak or a strain of some kind, Bruce Cassidy used clearness that in fact only contributed to the secret.
Well that settles that!
Ideally, the absences of the guys above will be more along the lines of Joakim Nordstroms lack, as the forward missed out on practice Friday however was back today.
In all honesty, none of this is Cassidy or the teams fault. Theyre simply playing by the leagues mystery rules.
” We had no injuries to speak of,” said Cassidy. “Unfit to play – the league has actually asked us to continue along that line for the regard of the privacy of the gamers. Theres the quarantine rules, theres waiting on test outcomes, theres a number of different things that factor into this.
Offered that Cassidy clearly stated none of the people was injured, he essentially validated that the absences are COVID-related – whether its quarantine, waiting on test results, positive tests, etc.
The weirdest part about it, nevertheless, is that the Bruins own website ran info about The Athletics story on Pastrnaks absence, consequently essentially validating it.
… the group can share it when other individuals leakage the news, but cant share the news themselves. Well done, NHL.
