Don Sweeney Gives An Update On David Backes.
The Boston Bruins have been having a great season despite dealing with a slew of injuries.�
One of the Bruins players who's been having a tough time dealing with injuries is David Backes. The injuries aren't a conditioning issue, rather just really flukey incidents.�
The latest of course happened against the Tampa Bay Lightning when he had to be helped off the ice after getting cut on his leg by a skate.�
Backes obviously didn't return to the game and Bruins general manager Don Sweeney gave an update on the veteran forward.�
"David Backes returned late [Saturday] night with the team. He did meet with our doctors, and they reevaluated the cut. They did some work on it. Obviously, you've got great medical care down in Tampa; we're thankful for that, but our guys wanted their own hands and eyes on it," said Sweeney. "A timetable hasn't been set for him.
"You can imagine it was a pretty significant cut, and now that it's been, sort of, re-cleaned and addressed accordingly, we'll just let nature take its course, let it heal. I don't have a definitive timetable on that one, certainly not day to day. I would suspect he'll be out for a couple games, and then we'll reevaluate."
"You can imagine it was a pretty significant cut, and now that it's been, sort of, re-cleaned and addressed accordingly, we'll just let nature take its course, let it heal. I don't have a definitive timetable on that one, certainly not day to day. I would suspect he'll be out for a couple games, and then we'll reevaluate."
Backes already missed 17 games earlier this season because of a bout with diverticulitis and a couple more because of suspension.�
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