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NHL: Bruins place Phil Kessel
Bruins place Phil Kessel on IR with mononucleosis Monday, 01.12.2009 / 7:42 PM / News Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has assigned defenseman Matt Lashoff and goaltender Kevin Regan to the Providence Bruins and recalled goaltender Tuukka Rask and ...
No bonus for Kessel
boston.com — Phil Kessel, who was certainly deserving of an All-Star selection, will miss out on a $212,500 bonus... because he didn't make the roster. Because this is Kessel's final season of his entry-level contract, he will not be eligible for All-Star... (more) No bonus for Kessel
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Mono Does What NHL Defenses Cannot: Take Out Phil Kessel
FanHouse — ... It's been a season of great play and great fortune for the Boston Bruins. Young guys have stepped into key roles and played really well, and they have gotten great goaltending from an unlikely veteran tandem. The news they got Monday is probably the first real bad news they have received all season. ...

Sorry, Tony, I should have known better
WNYMedia.net » BfloBlog — ... - In other news, the Bruins placed Phil Kessel on IR with mono. Doesn’t mono take about a month from which to recover? Shouldn’t this be getting more attention? If Pominville was going out for four weeks with a bum ankle it would be all over the NHL news. Just so you know, the Bruins play thirteen games in the next month. Marco Sturm went under the knife for knee surgery yesterday, Patrice Bergeron has been out with a concussion for some time, and Milan Lucic is hurting as well. Just to note, the Sabres are nineteen points behind ...

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