{"id":115835,"date":"2021-07-28T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=115835"},"modified":"2021-07-28T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:03:33","slug":"boston-bruins-tuukka-rask-out-until-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/28\/boston-bruins-tuukka-rask-out-until-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask Out Until New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unrestricted Boston Bruins goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rasktu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuukka Rask<\/a> recently had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip. He is expected to be out until January or February. Joe McDonald relayed the information on Twitter today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tuukka Rask had surgery a few days ago to repair a torn labrum in his hip. Expected to be out until January or February. Wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Bruins sign Linus Ullmark today. If Rask decides to return, having three solid goalies is a good problem to have for the Bruins<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe McDonald (@JoeyMacHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyMacHockey\/status\/1420398303750103045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask Out After Surgery<\/h2>\n<p>The former Stanley Cup Champion will be watching from the sidelines without a contract until the new year. Although not property of the Boston Bruins as of today, he is expected to sign with the Bruins if he decides to come back.<\/p>\n<p>Tuukka Rask was originally drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. A year later, the Maple Leafs traded him to the Bruins before ever playing a game in the blue and white. Rask signed his entry level contract in 2007. He has been with Boston ever since, spending 12 seasons as a regular in their crease.<\/p>\n<p>Rask\u2019s success as a Bruin has been well-documented. He has the most wins, playoff wins, and games played by a goaltender in Bruins&#8217; history. The Finnish netminder also won the Stanley Cup in 2011, the Vezina in 2014 and the William M. Jennings Trophy in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Rask missed intermittent time throughout the season due to an upper-body injury. However, was still able to perform well when he was in the net. He posted a save percentage of .913 and a goals-against-average of 2.28 to go along with a 15-5-2 record. Rask started all 11 games the Bruins had in the playoffs before ultimately falling to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a> in Game 6.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to the various instances where Rask was injured, the Bruins were able to get a good look at young goaltenders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vladada01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Vladar<\/a> (five games played) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/swaymje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Swayman<\/a> (10 games played) despite having a very capable goaltender in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/halakja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaroslav Halak<\/a> (19 games played).<\/p>\n<p>With Halak signing in Vancouver and both Vladar and Swayman under team control, it looks as though the Bruins could begin the year with a young goaltending tandem and hope that they are able to shoulder the load should Rask return to the organization in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nwmUiTRiQblJxkg_owlzQQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1233342180\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nwmUiTRiQblJxkg_owlzQQ',sig:'qtpb8UvM1I6wozX-PSMnpg7yovIdsYEshYEmkpb9Vao=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1233342180',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuukka Rask Out; Unrestricted goaltender Tuukka Rask recently had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3917,"featured_media":115861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6671,34,4548],"tags":[6120,4757,838,4758,178],"class_list":["post-115835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bruins","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-boston-bruins-news","tag-dan-vladar","tag-jaroslav-halak","tag-jeremy-swayman","tag-tuukka-rask"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}