Report: NHLer reveals brutal injury he played through during playoffs

For the first time in a long time Boston Bruins center David Krejci is 100% healthy. After recovering from offseason hip surgery one calendar year earlier, Krejci went on to score just 23 goals and 54 points during the 2016-17 campaign, far off his average. Now for the first time he’s admitting that perhaps he wasn’t at his best last season. 

In fact, following the team’s first formal skates earlier this week Krejci admitted to struggling in the Bruins’ first round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators. He missed the first two games of the series and is now finally revealing the nature of his injury. "It just kind of ... I don't know what it was, what happened,” said Krejci to NHL.com’s Matt Kalman. “My back and all the way down ... it was the first time. I just woke up a little weird but still went to practice and I just couldn't move."

Krejci coped through the debilitating injury with medication, but the pain proved to be too much.  "It was frustrating because you play all 82 games and you have to miss [the playoffs]," he said. "And then you come back and two games later it happens again, it was tough."

Bruins fans are counting on Krejci to have a bounce back campaign in 2017-18. As the pivot on the team’s second line, he’ll be counted on to provide the team with crucial secondary offense.