For those who were wondering why there was no Tim Thomas tonight, it was because Tim Thomas has been slowed by a cold. With the Bruins off until Thursday look for Thomas to be recovered to play against the Lightning in Tampa. The Bruins are off tomorrow. They will resume practicing on Monday at 11 a.m. at Ristuccia Arena.BRUINS NOTES
*Aaron Ward suffered a leg injury in the first period when he checked Derek Meech. Julien said Ward will be re-evaluated tomorrow.
*Julien revealed that Patrice Bergeron had been bothered by a muscle pull that became aggravated whenever he took faceoffs. This really doesn't look like a big thing for Bergeron as he looks fine and actually took seven faceoffs tonight, winning five.
*Dennis Wideman was an absolute beast tonight playing more than 28 minutes. With Aaron Ward going down the Bruins played with five d-men for most of the night.
Bruins hunting Jay Bouwmeester?
Something worth noting is that the Bruins have reportedly been one of nine teams sending scouts to look at Panthers defensemen Jay Bouwmeester. With Andrew Ference out at least another month and Aaron Ward's health in question (left game with a leg injury) you would think the Bruins may look for another defensemen. The only problem is trying to clear cap space for him. Bouwmeester makes $2.25 million a season. The Bruins have less than a million available dollars and would need to deal someone like a PJ Axelsson to acquire Bouwmeester. I don't think this will happen as the Panthers are apparently looking to acquire a center in a potential deal. Also, I don't think the Bruins should break up their great team chemistry. Hopefully Ward will be fine and this is all water under the bridge.
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