Boston Bruins' Forward Marc Savard is on a Mission

Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard is on a mission, which is bad news for the other 29 teams. Heading into the season this 11- year veteran who is coming off an 88- point campaign will be looking to make a statement to Team Canada Executive Director Steve Yzerman that he belongs on the Olympic team. Savard who was drafted by the New York Rangers back in 1995 has posted an impressive 262 points over the past three years with the Bruins, which is more than every player who took place at the recent team Canada orientation camp with the exception of Sidney Crosby, Joe Thornton, Jarome Iginla, Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier. “I’ve had to prove myself over and over again and I’m hoping to get off to a good start,” Savard who has 663 career points said. I still haven’t counted myself out. So I guess that’s all that matters.” Even though Yzerman stressed on countless occassions that players who weren’t invited to the August orientation camp could still make the upcoming Olympic squad Savard was still upset about not being one of the 46 who received an invitation to camp. “I was pretty upset about it,” said Savard. “I thought that I had a good chance to at least go to the camp. And I didn’t really come out saying anything. I had a lot of calls for a couple of weeks after that. It was something I didn’t want to talk about I was pretty mad about it.” Feeling he has something to prove is good news for the Bruins who are the defending Eastern Conference champions.