Former Bruins teammate Marc Savard, whose own career was ended by concussions, has reached out to Daniel Paille, whose return to hockey is said to be doubtful as he continues to recover from a blindside hit he received in November while playing for his Swedish team Brynas in a Champions League game in Europe.
Savard and Paille were teammates in Boston from 2009-11. A hit by Matt Cooke of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Savard in 2010 eventually led to the end of his playing career.
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Brynas sports director told Sweden's SportExpressen that Paille's playing career is likely over.
"I'm extremely doubtful about him," Bengtzén said (via a Google translation). "It does not look bright and [there] is no change ever before."
Paille, 34, a left wing who had three concussions while with the Bruins, was blindsided by Thomas Larkin of Adler Mannheim of the German league (see video below). The hit earned Larkin a four-game suspension.
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Paille played for the Bruins from 2009-15.
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