From NESN.com
BOSTON --While the Bruins played the entire postseason without Marc Savard and the last four games of the Final without Nathan Horton, they were remarkably fortunate on the injury front this year. That doesn't mean there weren't some ailments that players played through and will need to have treated in the offseason.
"Well I know Nathan, before he was hurt with his concussion was actually hurt," Chiarelli said. "He had a serious separated shoulder. I think, I can't remember the game, but I think you can recall if you go back it was like, it was, he got hit, he had scored the winning goal that game. He got hit on the boards. So he was hurt significantly."
The parade hasn't happened ye, and we have already got our first hidden injury of the offseason. I love this time of year. Like clockwork, as soon as the season ends, the medical staff of each team will submit their injury reports and let the fans know just how bad ass hockey players really are. A few years ago it was David Krejci with the cracked ribs, now it's playoff hero Nathan Horton playing 20 playoff games with a separated shoulder. So bad ass.
For a city that saw "Shaq Diesel" miss the whole year with various ailments as well as JD Drew's annual injury bug, it is nice to know that there are athletes out there who can tough it out for the team and the greater good. And it's not like Horton was a slouch in the playoffs either, dude was as clutch as it gets. Almost makes you wonder if Hamhuis could have played through that whole ruptured testicle "injury". What a baby.
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