“I don’t want to be disrespectful to the D-corps,” Bruce Cassidy said about the talent pool he needs to wean down after Thursday’s 2-1 OT win over Philadelphia, “but I think it is deeper up front.”
Before the first playoff faceoff last April, it was Torey Krug, then Brandon Carlo, then Adam McQuaid. And then Colin Miller during the Ottawa series.
A M.A.S.H of black and blue on the Black and Gold blue line.
All those injuries pressed rookie Charlie McAvoy into full-time duty just three weeks removed from NCAA play at Boston University. Heck, even Tommy Cross was called up for the playoffs when Rob O’Gara went down for the P-Bruins.