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Marc Savard ‘still suffering’ with concussion issues 08.02.11 at 5:24 pm ET
By DJ Bean

News continues to emerge about the status of Bruins center Marc Savard, but unfortunately for the 34-year-old, it isn’t good on the concussion front.

Canadian media outlets, including TSN, caught up with Savard Monday as he had his day with the Stanley Cup in Peterborough, Ontario. Savard, who is recovering from his second concussion in as many seasons, said he is still have memory loss issues as well as other symptoms of post-concussion syndrome.

“It’s obviously been a long road for me. I’m still suffering with a lot of daily issues, right now it’s been a tough go,” Savard told reporters. “I’m just trying to get through and not worry about hockey right now, just worry about my health because I have three young kids and they’re important to me.”

“Mornings have been tough. When I get up in the morning I’m a little foggy sometimes,” he added. “But as the day wears on I’m pretty good. Hot sun is tough. I try to stay in the shade and stuff like that and pop the odd Advil and it seems to be okay.”

“At the end of the year it was a pretty emotional time; Peter told me that they are doing a petition to put me on the Cup. That’s special. That’s how good of a man he’s been and that’s why he’s gotten to where he is and deserves everything he’s had. Hopefully I get on it. It would be great, but you never know.”

Savard occasionally made it to Boston to watch his team in the playoffs, but he could not make the plane trips to Tampa or Vancouver due to his PCS. Though he could only play in 25 games last year and falls short of the requirement to get his name on the Cup (41 regular season games or one Cup finals game), Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli petitioned for he and Steven Kampfer (38 regular season games, no playoff games) to get on the Cup.

“At the end of the year it was a pretty emotional time. Peter told me that they are doing a petition to put me on the Cup,” Savard said. “That’s special. That’s how good of a man he’s been and that’s why he’s gotten to where he is and deserves everything he’s had. Hopefully I get on it.”

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  • Deano

    This is really bad news.

    Unfortunately, I would have to say it is time for Marc Savard to probably retire. If he is still dealing with concussion issues this long after the hit, almost a year and a half now. I would not want to put him back in harm’s way and see him get hurt even worse. Even if he starts feeling better and can play again, every time he is involved physically or gets hit, everyone is going to be holding their breath.

    Even though Savard, even at 90%, would significantly help the Bruins PP. It is not worth letting him go out there and get hit again.

    Savard was a great player fro the Bruins and was a major contributor to this team when he could play. It is not Savvy’s fault at all that Matt Cooke basically cheap shotted him to end his career. Everyone should just remember all the spectacular plays Marc made as a Bruin.

    He absolutely deserves to be on the Cup as he was a member of the Bruins but could not play due to an injury he took as a Bruin. There is no doubt that if he was healthy he would have only helped the Bruins especially on the PP.

    Good Luck Savvy.

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