Hopes of a ‘fully’ healthy Bruins team were indeed premature, as this week has come with another loss from the B’s roster, with forward Morgan Geekie notably absent from Wednesday’s practice.
And it had nothin’ to do with maintenance or a little extra rest and relaxation
“Geekie’s week-to-week,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery confirmed following the session at Warrior Ice Arena. “He suffered an upper-body injury and he’s week-to-week right now.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 05: Morgan Geekie #39 of the Boston Bruins skates against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on October 05, 2023 in New York City. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
A staple of Boston’s middle-six forward grouping, and most notably when skating with Matt Poitras, Geekie departs the Boston lineup with one goal and three points through 12 games.
Averaging what’s been a career-high 14:15 of time on ice out of the gate this season, Geekie has thrived doing the ‘little things’ that seemingly go under the radar. His 11 blocks are the seventh-most among all B’s skaters, and tops among all forwards. Geekie has also been a supremely effective weapon at he faceoff dot, with wins in 36 of his 65 battles at the dot (a 55.4 percent success rate).
Geekie is just the latest loss from a Boston forward group that’s still without both Jakub Lauko and Milan Lucic, with the losses really testing the depth towards the bottom of the B’s forward group.
But good news may be around the corner when it comes to those two, as Lauko returned to practice Wednesday, albeit with a no-contact jersey and a full cage.
