Courtesy of Peintures MF, 10 Fan Club members and their parents will get priority access to the Bell Centre rink for the Paint the Ice event!#GoHabsGo
– Canadiens MontrĂ©al (@CanadiensMTL) April 17, 2023
![Bruins: A nasty virus is spreading through the organization](https://cdn.buminteractif.com/2023/04/Patrice-bergeron.jpg)
The NHL playoffs begin tonight. Four “first” games are on the schedule, including the one between the Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers. Obviously, the Bears are seen as the series favourites. That’s understandable, given that they’ve just broken the record for most wins in a single season and are the team to beat this year. But… things could get complicated pretty quickly for Jim Montgomery’s men. In fact, it’s the coach’s comments that are causing concern just a few hours before the first match-up against the Panthers. The coach confided this morning that a nasty virus is spreading within the organization… And that could force a few players to miss tonight’s game. Of the lot, Montgomery wouldn’t say whether Patrice Bergeron and Linus Ullmark will be in the lineup in a few hours.
Several players are suffering from a virusđšhttps://t.co/JC5Nnc7rch –
TVA Sports (@TVASports) April 17, 2023
It’s not an ideal situation for anyone on the Bruins’ side, but the team will have to find a way out. They’ve got the talent and the arsenal to do it, though, and the big guns will have to step up to compensate for the loss of the players who won’t be able to play tonight. David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and company will have big shoes to fill, and they’ll have to answer the call if they don’t want to be surprised by the Floridian outfit. It’sa shame, because the expectations are huge for the Boston team… But that’s part of the game. It’s up to the Panthers to take advantage one way or another. We know that anything can happen in the playoffs, and that’s even more true now that the Panthers could be facing an unhealthy Boston team. That’s why we love the spring tournament.
In Brief
– A great initiative.
– He’s right.
Lions: a complicated year, says Marc-AndrĂ© Bergeron#ECHLhttps://t.co/kIasPluPJE–
Matthew Vachon (@MatthewVachon_) April 17, 2023
– Connor Bedard with the Flyers? The NHL would love to, according to Elliotte Friedman.
Friedman on 32TP: “I think the NHL would be very happy if Connor Bedard ended up in Philly, that’s a big time field hockey market…Philly is a big, big intense, sports-loving, hockey-loving market, near, sorry West Coasters, the East Coast media hub of North America”
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) April 17, 2023
– The Ducks have lost their last 13 games of the season.
Freidman on 32TP talks about how Pat Verbeek didn’t like the compete level of the Ducks especially towards the end of the season, they talk about during Verbeek’s playing days, win or lose, he’d leave bruises on you, Anaheim might want a coach that can instill that in the roster.
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) April 17, 2023