Brandon Carlo’s function within the Boston Bruins’ defensive corps has elevated with every season that he has been within the National Hockey League.
And consider it or not, Carlo simply wrapped up his third, and by far most profitable, full season with the big-league workforce.
What could also be even tougher to consider than the 22-year-old already being a three-year professional is that Carlo has not performed in a single playoff recreation. Injuries have held the d-man out within the earlier two seasons.
This 12 months, there aren’t any such illnesses to carry him out, and he ought to consider as a key piece of the top-Four on the again finish.
With Carlo set to make his first Stanley Cup Playoff look, blue-line companion Torey Krug couldn’t assist however crack a joke about Carlo’s misfortune the previous couple of seasons.
Carlo has come into his personal — pairing alongside Krug, holding opposing offenses to some dreadful numbers when he’s on the ice and offering some steadiness on a pairing with the offensive prowess of Krug.
And he himself appears fairly stoked to lastly lace ’em up within the playoffs.
Carlo’s function might show crucial in opposition to an assault like Toronto’s, which runs three strains that function major-scoring threats. And with fellow defensive defenseman Kevan Miller not fairly able to go, Carlo’s efficiency is all of the extra vital.
So possibly placing him in bubble wrap till Thursday isn’t the worst concept.
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