"It's a little more significant than we expected yesterday," Jim Montgomery said Sunday regarding Hall's injury.
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The Bruins will roll through the next week — if not the rest of training camp — without
Taylor Hall.
The left wing has an upper-body injury.
“It’s a little more significant than we expected yesterday,” coach
Jim Montgomery said after Sunday’s practice.
It’s unclear what befell Hall, who on Saturday logged 8:13 of ice time, landed three shots, and did not play in the third period of the Bruins’ 4-0 win over the Flyers.
With 1:56 left in the first period, he was bodied against the boards by Philadelphia defenseman
Egor Zamula, but skated away without apparent damage.
With under seven minutes remaining in the second period, Hall tumbled skates-first into the boards, but got up immediately.
Hall’s absence means the Bruins could be missing their top two left wings
Brad Marchand (double hip surgery) remains out until at least November — for the Oct. 12 season opener Washington. It also means more immediate opportunity for
A.J. Greer,
Trent Frederic, and
Nick Foligno.
For now, Montgomery said he’s planning to let Zacha ride with Krejci and
David Pastrnak, hoping for instant Czechia chemistry.
“They come from the same school of thought, with their upbringing, so let’s see what it looks like,” Montgomery said. “It’s the same for Russians, the same for Swedes. There’s a school they were brought up with, a style of play that makes it a little simpler for them to understand each other. It’s not a language thing.”
Montgomery noticed this in Russia when he was winding down his career as a player and looking to get into coaching. He spent 2003-04 with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Russian Super League (now KHL). Everyone, Montgomery said, “played the same way.”
Another player who could get an extended look is
Fabian Lysell, who left Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury after hard-edged defenseman
Rasmus Ristolainen backed into him along the boards. Lysell will miss Monday’s game in New Jersey, Montgomery said, but could be in the lineup Wednesday in Manhattan against the Rangers.
