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It is Wednesday, my dudes.

The Bruins will enjoy another game-free day today, as they’re not back in action until tomorrow night at home against the Chicago Blackhawks.

After that, it’s a Saturday visit from the Arizona Coyotes, then back on the road.

In doing some reading around BruinsLand on the off day, I came across this piece by Fluto Shinzawa in The Athletic.

While the premise (“the Bruins need help on defense”), one assessment of the main subject of the article surprised me.

From the piece, a comment about Bruins defenseman Mike Reilly:

“I don’t think he can play defense,” said one NHL source.