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‘We don’t need to evaluate Z’: Bruce Cassidy talks line changes and the captain’s absence in China

Hockey’s largest wonder will wait to visit one of the seven wonders of the modern world. The Trencin Tower won’t yet stand on the Great Wall.

Zdeno Chara won’t make the Bruins’ upcoming trip to China, which will be filled with sightseeing and two exhibition games against the Calgary Flames. He’ll stay home, avoiding the rigors of a 12-hour flight on a 41-year-old body. Coach Bruce Cassidy has a few lineup questions to answer, but the type of minutes the captain plays is not one of them.

“We don’t need to evaluate Z,’’ Cassidy said Tuesday, before the Bruins’ annual charity golf tournament at The International.