A Fernandez Return?

After all that has happened this season it is moderately funny that my first post on "The Spoked B" is about a player on the IR. However, my job is to report the news and this is news today.

According to Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe, goaltender Manny Fernandez is making terrific and surprising strides to get back to the ice following the surgery he had just two months ago. Fernandez is rehabilitating his surgically repaired left knee that was plagued with a torn ligament (MCL), not your ideal injury for a butterfly goaltender. Fernandez has been seen "hammering away" lately and their is a small buzz around the locker room pondering the fact that the goalie could possibly make a return before the season is over. Just prior to going under the knife, most ruled out the possibility of Fernandez making a return this season. Will that be the case or can he prove those people wrong?

McKeon's Take- I am on the the fence with this subject. On the positive side, it would be great to have a third goaltender to push the other two the rest of the way. With missing the playoffs a possibility and making it being equal odds, having three goaltenders being pushed to the limit could be a good thing. On the negative, the cap space from Fernandez that the Bruins could potentially use at the trading deadline in a couple weeks could now be put on hold for his return. I really think a return is unlikely but, I am glad he is working extremely hard to get back. If anything, this will be great for next year.