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Matt Beleskey, with no points, scratched by Bruins

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Earlier this week we wrote about Matt Beleskey, who along with Jimmy Hayes is off to an epically bad start for the Boston Bruins. Neither player has a goal on the season through nine games, and both have skated to a minus-7.

Now, it appears Beleskey will be out of the lineup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night for the Bruins.

From WEEI:

It’s unspecified whether or not the scratch for Beleskey, who was at the morning skate but did not participate in any line rushes, is a healthy one — which would designate this as a wake up call of sorts for the $3.8 million dollar per year man — or if Beleskey is still feeling the effects of his collision into the post in Tuesday’s win over the Florida Panthers. While the 28-year-old logged the second-lowest time on ice among Bruins in the winning effort, at 9:37, which was also his lowest total of the season to date, Beleskey did skate in another four shifts after he came back from the locker room following the collision.

Well, with David Pastrnak returning from his two-game suspension, some one was heading out of the lineup. And to hear Claude Julien tell it, sounds a bit like a healthy scratch to us:

“We’ve done everything we can to help him out” is a bit of an odd line, considering he’s spent the season on an ineffective third line and has played only 17:33 in total at even strength with David Krejci.

Is this the fire that Beleskey needs lit under him? Guess we’ll find out whenever he plays again.

Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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