"Going into Tuesday's loss in Detroit, the B's were already without Charlie McAvoy, Jordan Harris and Henri Jokiharju and, in the first period, call-up Michael Callahan was lost to a lower body injury. Whomever gets called up to play against former coach Jim Montgomery's St. Louis Blues - Marco Sturm said it was between left-shot Frederic Brunet or right-shot Victor Soderstrom - will be the 10th defenseman to suit up for the B's in just 29 games."
""They have to. They have to," said Sturm. "That's the one thing that I didn't like (in Detroit), how we managed it. We have to manage (better), we have to help our D. We can't have them hanging, we can't turn the pucks over in the neutral zone, especially in a game like (Tuesday's) when we have five D most of the time (after Callahan's injury).""
Injuries have ravaged the Bruins, affecting top scorer David Pastrnak and decimating the defense corps. Key defensemen Charlie McAvoy, Jordan Harris and Henri Jokiharju were unavailable before a game in Detroit, and call-up Michael Callahan suffered a lower-body injury in the first period. The team has cycled through nine defensemen already and faces a tenth in 29 games. Limited right-shot options forced players onto their weak sides. Head coach Marco Sturm cited neutral-zone turnovers, insufficient forward support, and penalties that reduced defensemen as contributors to recent breakdowns. No timeline exists for McAvoy's return.
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