Boston Bruins Confirm Interesting Roster Changes Due To Recent Injury News
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The Boston Bruins are gearing up for another game tonight, and had to make some roster changes due to some recent injury news.
Boston was just hit with some terrible injury news as a recent report today revealed that they are going to be without Trent Frederic who is expected to miss some significant time after suffering an injury in their last game against the Maple Leafs.
They are already without two key defenseman in Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm.
Although McAvoy is expected to be back in the Bruins lineup at some point to finish out the year, Hampus Lindholm is not.
Don Sweeney confirmed that Lindholm is going to miss the rest of the year after having surgery on his knee.
With the recent loss of Trent Frederic in the lineup, Boston Bruins head coach Joe Sacco has made some interesting roster changes, and it's started some controversy.
Bruins Make Roster Changes Due To Recent Injury
Today at practice, Joe Sacco revealed that Riley Tufte was going to take the spot of Trent Frederic on the third-line, and fans are not happy with it.
Here are the lines the Bruins are running today at practice:
Bruins lines at morning skate:
Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-Lindholm-Coyle
Tufte-Poitras-Brazeau
Koepke-Beecher-Kastelic
Wahlstrom
Zadorov-Carlo
Lohrei-Peeke
Callahan-Wotherspoon
Oesterle
Swayman
Korpisalo
Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-Lindholm-Coyle
Tufte-Poitras-Brazeau
Koepke-Beecher-Kastelic
Wahlstrom
Zadorov-Carlo
Lohrei-Peeke
Callahan-Wotherspoon
Oesterle
Swayman
Korpisalo
There has been some controversy over this move that Joe Sacco made as fans believe that Georgii Merkulov deserves to play over Riley Tufte.
Tufte over Merkulov is absolutely criminal
Tufte has played in 4 NHL games this year for the Bruins and has 0 points.
Merkulov on the other hand has played in three games and has 1 assists but has been lighting it up in the AHL.
Merkulov currently sits tied for first for points on the Providence Bruins and sits tied for 12th in the league for scoring in the AHL.
Fans feel like the Bruins are disrespecting Merkulov by not giving him a chance to play with the Boston Bruins.
Previously on Bruins Insider
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