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The 13-year vet has only called two franchises home during his hard-earned career, but he'll be suiting up for neither of them as the Bruins and St. Louis Blues face off in a Game 7 for the elusive trophy he's been chasing for nearly 1,000 gruelling games. For what should be the shining moment of his life — a chance to compete in a winner-take-all game for the Stanley Cup against the organization he captained for so many years — Backes will be watching from the rafters as a healthy scratch instead. The Bruins will go with the same forwards group as Game 6, according to head coach Bruce Cassidy, one which included rookie Karson Kuhlman, who scored Boston's dagger 3-0 goal in that contest, and not Backes, who's mustered five points while finding himself in and out of the lineup throughout the postseason.
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