Eleven days. It’s a long time between any hockey game, let alone a timeframe between the Round 3 finale and Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Boston Bruins took two of those 11 days off following their sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night in Raleigh. They returned to the Warrior Ice Arena surface on Sunday sans Zdeno Chara (day-to-day, undisclosed injury), Steven Kampfer (undisclosed injury), Kevan Miller (right knee), Chris Wagner (arm) and David Krejci (maintenance).
Bruce Cassidy’s bunch won’t know their Cup Final opponent — the Blues or Sharks — until Tuesday at the earliest.