‘Briere also played just 15:33, down almost four minutes from his average ice time in the regular season. There exists speculation he’s playing hurt — TV cameras caught him flexing his hand on the bench. Coach Lindy Ruff put the cutback down mostly to the fact he was matching lines and wanted the Chris Drury unit out against Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.’
Sens make Briere go poof
Source: Ottawa Sun