Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Ward a no go: For Sturm, same old story

The Bruins practiced today and it was the same old story for Marco Sturm. It will be a game day decision for Sturm on whether or not he will suit up for the black and gold. Sturm skated on the fourth line and participated in power-play and shootout drills today, and was apparently feeling good.

Coach Claude Julien commented on Sturm after practice saying, "He's felt pretty good the last few days," "He's willing to give it a try, but I think we'll wait to see how he feels and make that decision on game day."

The decision on Sturm might not come until game time, but if Sturm were to suit up you could expect Vlad Sobotka to be the healthy scratch.

Aaron Ward missed practice again today which would lead you to believe that he is out for tomorrow night's tilt.


The lines will look like this in all likelihood tomorrow.

Milan Lucic -- Marc Savard -- Phil Kessel
P.J. Axelsson -- Patrice Bergeron -- Chuck Kobasew
Blake Wheeler -- David Krejci -- Michael Ryder
Sturm/Sobotka -- Stephane Yelle -- Shawn Thornton

Mark Stuart -- Zdeno Chara
Matt Hunwick -- Dennis Wideman
Matt Lashoff -- Shane Hnidy

Manny Fernandez/Tim Thomas

Happy hump day to all. Just six shopping days til' Christmas.

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