Bruins' David Backes (illness) will miss Thursday's season opener
David Backes (illness) will not play in the BostonBruins' season opener against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.
“[Backes] is gonna see the doctor this afternoon, so I don’t want to expand on it because I don’t know all the details,†Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “But there should be some sort of announcement later after he sees the medical team.â€
Our models project Backes will pot 19 goals and 24 assists to go along with 190 shots on goal in 2017-18.