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Krejci wore silken mitts, while Bruce Cassidy is already developing Bruins lineup plans for the 2021-22 Coyle’s gloves come from Ace Hardware. season Cassidy said he has no intention of breaking up the Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak trio, one of the league’s most potent lines. By Kevin Paul Dupont Globe Staff “We know what they have there,” Cassidy said. “They’re a handful to play against. As the year goes on, see how the chemistry develops on the Updated August 5, 2021, 5:16 p.m. other lines. If we need to drop David down and move some pieces around, we’ll look at that if it makes us a better team.” The Grzelcyk-McAvoy pairing in the playoffs, Cassidy said, “did not work The Oct. 16 season opener still the stuff of summer hammock and pina out as well as we would have liked. It was a lot of demands on Grizz.” colada contemplations, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Thursday all but But the pairing was productive enough to merit more time together, installed Charlie Coyle to the vacated David Krejci chair between wingers depending on game circumstances. Taylor Hall and Craig Smith. “Forbort [6-4, 220] is a bigger, different type of defender than Grizz [5-9, Cassidy, who chatted with beat reporters via Zoom for the first time in 175],” he added. “So we want to see how that would look with Charlie. seven weeks, also said he’ll probably deploy former Boston University Whether we do that every night remains to be seen. That’s a big ask. We blue liners Matt Grzelcyk and Charlie McAvoy as partners again at times, know Grizz can slot in there at times. I think you’ll see some toggling.” while newcomer Derek Forbort also is pegged for time with McAvoy on the No. 1 D tandem Mike Reilly, who signed a three-year deal to stay here, likely will pair again with Brandon Carlo, with either Grzelcyk or Forbort then sliding Jake DeBrusk, who muddled along to the tune of 5-9—14 last season, down to pair up with a No. 3 right stick (likely Connor Clifton). most likely will open 2021-22 as the No. 3 left wing, according to Cassidy. For a guy on the books to bank $4.85 million, DeBrusk’s No. 3 “Clifton has a great shot to be that regular guy on the right side,” said left wing designation could prove added incentive for general manager Cassidy, who watched Jeremy Lauzon, a left-shot D, get picked by Don Sweeney to deal him. Seattle in the expansion draft. “He shoots right and he’s gotten better every year — now with a bit of an opening there, let’s see if he can take DeBrusk, 24, with four seasons on his résumé, would have to receive a advantage of it.” qualifying offer at that same figure next June for the Bruins to prevent him from becoming an unrestricted free agent. Last day of camp “Third line, behind [Brad Marchand] and Taylor, would be a good fit for Jamie Langenbrunner, Chris Kelly, and crew put their 28 charges through him to start,” said Cassidy, musing over where DeBrusk fell in the left Day 4 of development camp at Warrior Thursday. The eager charges, wing order, “and we’ll see where it goes with the other guys.” including 12 invitees, will wrap up camp with a Friday session (10 a.m. to noon) and then scatter back to their various hockey homes for the 2021- Sweeney, anticipating that Krejci would depart Causeway to play in 22 season, including college, USHL and junior programs … A gleeful Czechia, allotted some $8 million in cap space July 28 with the free agent Cassidy noted that he was fully vaccinated and healthy, leading one acquisitions of Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek, and Erik Haula as bottom- six reporter to ask if he also would profess to being a scratch golfer. “No!” he forwards. said. “The putter is atrocious. If anybody has free tips for me, let me Based on Cassidy’s calculations, DeBrusk and the new trio of free agents know, because right now I can’t make anything.” … Sweeney will hold his will make up two-thirds of that workforce, with the likes of prospects Jack end-of-camp Zoom call Friday at noon. Studnicka and Trent Frederic, as well as Curtis Lazar, Chris Wagner, and perhaps Karson Kuhlman vying for the other two spots. It’s a very crowded field. Logic would dictate a DeBrusk move. Boston Globe LOADED: 08.06.2021 With Tuukka Rask unsigned and recovering from hip surgery, newcomer Linus Ullmark and top prospect Jeremy Swayman will be the designated goaltenders for the start of the season. Jaroslav Halak, Rask’s backup for three seasons, signed with the Canucks. For now, it appears Ullmark and Swayman will mark a new era in Black-and-Gold netminding. “Both,” Cassidy said, “are going to compete for a majority of the starts.” Coyle, entering Year 2 of a six-year pact at a $5.25 million cap hit, is poised for his highest-profile role since arriving here before the February 2019 trade deadline. He never has been Krejci’s equal in production or playmaking, but he also hasn’t paired regularly with anyone with Hall’s elite skills at left wing.