Zdeno Chara day-to-day with upper-body injury

The team announced only that it was an “upper-body” injury, and coach Claude Julien indicated after today’s practice that it’s not severe. He plays the heaviest of games, and his odometer is well into six figures.

BOSTON – This is not how the Boston Bruins wanted to start the 2015-2016 season.

It’s not the worst situation, but far from the best, too.

As the Bruins embark even more rapidly now on a reinvented defense core, they will miss Seidenberg’s unique contribution as a top-4 veteran D who plays both sides of the rink with equal reliability.

The Bruins will enter the upcoming season without one of their top defenseman.

Chara and the rest of the Bruins players that participated had the day off the ice anyway, so the B’s captain wasn’t expected to skate in practice anyway.

Los Angeles’ 5 round pick in 2012, Miller has also put in his time maturing in the AHL – an experience the Bruins like to see their prospects go through.

A player that seized the moment a couple years ago when he scored four goals against the Rangers in the 2013 playoffs after being recalled from Providence and never touched AHL ice again is Krug. Schenn would undoubtedly be more at home with a system that allowed him to lean into his rugged strengths.

Chara obviously is projected to be the Bruins’ No. 1 defenseman.

Morrow – or anybody else in the organization for that matter – will not replace Chara. “Good showings for Colin Miller and Irwin tonight”, tweeted the Providence Journal’s Mark Divver. Khokhlachev made news by complaining about not being given a chance in the National Hockey League. But while there’s been talk of the Bruins carrying eight defensemen, only more injuries make that scenario realistic.