Former Boston Bruins general manager Harry Sindin, who’s now a senior advisor to Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, recently weighed in with his opinion of the Bruins-Montreal Canadiens playoff series, and had some interesting comments about team captain Zdeno Chara and the team’s regular season scoring leader Marc Savard.

Sinden told the Boston Globe that he didn’t believe Chara was aggressive enough despite nursing a rib injury, while he’s not a fan of Savard.

"We've got a hell of a leader in Chara, but I think he's hurting right now. This rib injury. He's playing OK, but he's not as aggressive."

"I'm not a fan of his (Savard). He's one of these guys who has batting average but no runs batted in, you know what I mean? He gets a lot of points. He's a good player, I'm just not a fan."

Sinden obviously didn’t get the memo that teams don’t reveal injuries to their key players during playoff time. Folks have mused about Chara’s performance in this series against the Habs, noting that he hasn’t quite seemed himself and suspecting a possible shoulder injury.

Sinden's comments now gives the opposition something to zero in on, if not to try to hurt Chara further, then to take advantage of the limitations such an injury has on his play.

Thankfully for the Bruins, it wasn’t a hindrance against the Montreal Canadiens in Game Five of the Bruins-Canadiens conference quarter-final, where Chara scored to ensure a big win to keep his team alive in that series.

Sinden’s comments about Chara’s condition could be forgiven as a bit of an oversight, but those about Savard were ridiculous.

Yes, Sinden’s entitled to his opinion, but he didn’t have to say it now, when his team is battling for its playoff life and  counting on Savard, one of the few legitimate scorers on the offensively deficient Bruins, to carry them in this post-season.

Savard has not only been the Bruins leading scorer in this year’s playoffs but also their leading scorer in the last two seasons. He’s been one of the Bruins stars in this series against the Habs, playing well at both ends of the rink, and he’s done it whilst coming off a back injury which may not be completely healed.

Even former Bruins coach Don Cherry has given Savard rave reviews for his performance, and “Grapes” is as old school as his former boss Sinden.

All I can say is that I really hope that current Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli doesn’t take advice on managing his roster from Sinden the way his predecessor Mike O’Connell did. Otherwise, Savard could likely be hitting the UFA market in two year’s time, signing with a team that would appreciate his talent.