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After agreeing to contract extension with Bruins, Bergeron says recovery ‘going well’

2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game Six

in Game Six of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 24, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Bruce Bennett

He was suffering from a broken rib, small puncture in the lung and a separated shoulder, and still he played in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

The price paid trying to win it all.

On Friday, after it was announced that Patrice Bergeron agreed to an eight-year extension worth $52 million with the Boston Bruins, the skilled two-way center opened up about the recovery process from his injuries sustained during the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs.

There’s no quick fix, no easy solution. It will take time to for these injuries to heal.

“It’s going well. It’s going the way that it should be. I still have — it’s going to be three weeks next Monday - so I still have another week after that. I need to be off for four weeks,” said Bergeron, according to CSNNE.com.

“I spoke to the doctors earlier this week, and they said I should not do anything for four weeks.

“It’s longer than expected I guess, but things are going well. I’m feeling good and I can’t wait to start working out again. [I can’t wait] to just get started to get ready for next year.”