David Pastrnak He was declared “unfit to participate” for the Boston Bruins and missed practice Thursday, a day after making his debut at training camp.
“As for the League, it is ‘not fit to participate’ at the moment,” coach Bruce Cassidy said of the forward. “Hopefully that will change in the near future. Every time the players miss a session where we expect them to come back at full speed, until he is out there is a concern for us as a team. But we are just going to keep going.”
Pastrnak, who returned to the Czech Republic after the NHL season stopped on March 12 due to coronavirus-related concerns, missed the first two practices of training camp. General manager Don Sweeney said Sunday that Pastrnak’s return was delayed due to quarantine rules for players arriving from Europe.
Ahead Ondrej Kase, who skated after practice for the first time on Wednesday after serving quarantine, was also declared unfit to participate.
Pastrnak scored 48 goals this season, tying the NHL forward with the Washington Capitals forward. Alex Ovechkin.
The Bruins will play in the round-robin portion of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers in Toronto, the central city of the Eastern Conference, against the Capitals, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Flyers to determine the qualification for the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup. Boston’s first game is against Philadelphia on August 2 at 3 p.m. ET.
“Am I thinking before I was without those guys in the round robin or the playoffs? No. That would be speculative,” Cassidy said. “Obviously two guys are missing who play in your lineup, and a guy like David who is the leader of your league [goal]scorer, you want him there, you want him to get back in shape, you want him to get back on the ice and be with his teammates. But is not “.
Goalkeeper Tuukka Rask he left practice early.
“I think he was stung the other day with a shot (Tuesday), he hit him in the wrong place,” Cassidy said. “So maybe that was working again today. I’m going to get an update in a moment … [The trainers] You have not come to me. So that’s usually a good sign if they don’t get you right. “
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