Marchand Gets Back on the Ice for Skate

BostonBruins.com - The Bruins received some positive news on the injury front on Thursday as Brad Marchand appears to possibly be on track to start the regular season. General manager Don Sweeney said the winger "is doing really well" in his recovery from an offseason hernia surgery performed in September.
Per Sweeney, Marchand has been skating "pretty much every day" and was on the ice Thursday morning for a workout at Warrior Ice Arena.

"He will start to integrate into the main group of players from Day 1 of training camp," said Sweeney. "It's more of a volume and comfort level for him. He's done a lot of work on and off the ice and finding his hands and his timing and such now and his overall conditioning.
"We'll be careful with it, but he's made a nice progression. Remains to be seen where we are as we move through camp and how he feels as a result of that as he introduces contact and such."
David Pastrnak, meanwhile, is continuing to rehab off the ice after undergoing surgery on his right hip in September and is likely to miss the start of the season. His progress will be updated on a weekly basis.
"David is certainly a longer timeline to return to play and be back on ice in a regular fashion," said Sweeney. "He won't initially integrate into the main practice group as he increases the volume in his own return to play. It's unlikely he starts the opening couple games but we're going to monitor week-by-week and we'll continue to give you updates as they progress."
Here are some other photos from Thursday's skate:

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