Thanks to a fantastic surge post-new year and a near-perfect February, the Bruins are in great position for the postseason; 2nd in the Atlantic, A near-100% chance of making the playoffs, less than 20 games left on their schedule, and the only real challenge now is keeping that 2nd place spot so that they can go to the dance with the Toronto Maple Leafs...and keeping their stars at 100%.
Naturally, in a season that’s been defined by how many injuries we’ve seen over the past few months, there’s always some doubt as to how healthy the team will be by April, and Bruce Cassidy spoke at practice on Monday about being quite interested on giving his name-brand talent some lighter work before the playoffs:
“I think it’s on us as a staff to use everybody so you don’t run into those problems in April because [Patrice Bergeron’s] played 20 minutes for three straight weeks,” said Cassidy.