SAVARD EN 2e ROUND ????

Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:36 am EDT
Bruins' Savard returning for second round?



By Mark J. Miller

Center Marc Savard(notes) played in 41 games for the Boston Bruins this season and managed to score 10 goals and 23 assists in an injury-filled season that ended for him in early March when the Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke(notes) gave him a Grade 2 concussion with an on-ice hit that went unpenalized.
Before that, Savard had signed a seven-year contract extension worth about $4.2 million per season.
The word now is that Savard might be ready for the second round of the playoffs if the underdog Bruins can somehow get past the Buffalo Sabres and goalie Ryan Miller(notes), according to TSN.ca. Savard has apparently made huge strides in the last two weeks, though some doubt that he'll return this season at all sprang to mind when GM Peter Chiarelli said yesterday that Savard had taken a "brisk walk" and felt fine afterward. Maybe he should go ahead and sit these playoffs out.
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