{"id":463304,"date":"2025-02-27T16:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=463304"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:33:46","slug":"boston-bruins-forward-out-week-to-week-with-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/27\/boston-bruins-forward-out-week-to-week-with-lower-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins Forward Out Week to Week with Lower Body Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins announced on Thursday that veteran forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fredetr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Frederic<\/a> is out week to week. The forward suffered a lower-body injury in Tuesday&#8217;s matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Maple Leafs<\/a>. Frederic will miss time but he will be back before the playoffs begin. Thus his availability on the trade block isn&#8217;t expected to change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trent Frederic is considered &#8220;week to week&#8221; after leaving Tuesday&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bruins<\/a> game with a lower-body injury, but the sense is that it won&#8217;t change any plans ahead of the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The pending UFA could still be moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/1895142187454624022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Trent Frederic suffers injury<\/h2>\n<p>Frederic fell awkwardly into the boards Tuesday after taking a hit in the corner from Maple Leafs defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccabja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake McCabe<\/a>. He attempted to throw a hit on McCabe but was the victim of a reverse hit. Frederic appeared to injure his leg and would be forced to leave the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Frederic has registered 15 points in 57 games this season for Boston. This follows a career high 40 points last season, including 18 goals. The 27-year-old has 109 points in 337 career games, all with the Bruins. Frederic was drafted in the first round, 29th overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>What the injury means<\/h3>\n<p>Trent Frederic&#8217;s name has been in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/25\/nhl-rumours-pair-of-boston-bruins-forwards-could-be-traded-before-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">trade rumours<\/a> leading up to the March 7th trade deadline. He has been one of the most talked about targets on the trade block as of late. Despite his injury, there isn&#8217;t any change of plans expected in his trade status. The forward will be healthy by the time the playoffs roll around. As a result, he is still a solid depth add for any contending team.<\/p>\n<p>With him being out week to week, Frederic has likely played his last game in a Bruins uniform.\u00a0 In his absence, youngsters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/poitrma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Poitras<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beechjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Beecher<\/a> can expect to see more minutes down the middle. The team is still in playoff contention and could make a move to add depth down the middle. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindhel01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Lindholm<\/a> experiment has proved less than fruitful and they could use another top-six centreman in the short-term.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins announced on Thursday that veteran forward Trent Frederic is out week to week. The forward suffered a lower-body injury in Tuesday&#8217;s matchup against the Maple Leafs. Frederic will miss time but he will be back before the playoffs begin. Thus his availability on the trade block isn&#8217;t expected to change. 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