What's that you say? David Krejci has swine flu? Oh, cool.
So now the Bruins' second-most dangerous forward is quarantined, and will likely miss at least a week, if not more.
Adding to the Bruins' woes in this situation is the fact that Krejci could have spread the virus to his teammates before being isolated. It appears that he told the team as soon as he felt sick, as GM Peter Chiarelli instructed the players to do, but let's face it: this is a hockey team. There's sharing of towels, food, water bottles, and who knows what else.
Best wishes to Krejci for a speedy recovery, and let's hope the other players don't get sick. In the TSN link above, Chiarelli is quoted as saying that the players are on the list to receive vaccines, but are below the high-risk population. The team will probably get them eventually, but in waiting has avoided an embarrassing situation like the one that is currently plaguing the Maple Leafs and Flames (see the link on the BHN home page).
In better news, the B's and RFA-to-be goalie Tuukka Rask agreed to a two-year contract extension yesterday.
There was some speculation on HFBoards (from credible sources, mind you) that it was something around $1.2-1.6 million a year, meaning the Thomas-Tuukka tandem would be costing the B's around $6 million for the next two seasons. Considering that both are fairly solid in net, that's not a bad sum.
In re-signing Rask now, Chiarelli crossed another item off of his summer "to-do" list, after also re-signing Milan Lucic earlier this season. Blake Wheeler is a remaining RFA, but having to re-sign one is better than having to re-sign three.
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