— Practice was underway on Monday morning with a much bigger group of Bruins than it was over the weekend with most of the seven missing “unfit to participate” players from Saturday back with the full group. Once Kase's ready, he'll immediately enter the top nine and should return to his role on the power play. Some had family concerns and others cited personal health issues that will prevent them from playing.Tarasenko was also asked about upcoming life in the hub city of Edmonton. “That’s why it’s important our practices are upbeat, our tempo is good, and we’re working on the things we know we have to work on. Bjork was set to become a restricted free agent in the offseason. See Ondrej Kase Injuries. Everything’s all zeroes with the testing, but I have to make sure, so I called up to Dana-Farber [Cancer Institute in Boston] and made sure with my hematologist there, and he was very positive and said, ‘However you’re feeling, the numbers show you’re no more at risk. After four months off time will be needed to get players back up to speed. While Bruins GM Don Sweeney didn’t sound upset or frustrated at the way things have played out for his team, he also readily admitted that it is clearly less than ideal.Rask is even beginning to push his way into the Hockey Hall of Fame conversation as the career numbers pile up for him.“If you look at the way our team is built, we’re built for a long run into the playoffs,” said Rask. '”“Am I thinking ahead to being without those guys in the round-robin or playoffs? For the time being, Devin Shore is slated to play on the top line.© 2005-2020 CBS INTERACTIVE. “We’ll see. The status of forward Ondrej Kase is not as clear. In his last eight games, Kase has notched three goals and three helpers. Following that Feb. 21 trade, Kase was held out of game action for a week due to a lingering injury, with the Czech product ultimately only appearing in six total games with Boston before COVID-19 scuttled the remainder of the NHL regular season. Still, at this point he seems like a longshot to suit up for Boston's first round robin game Sunday against Philadelphia.Kase will miss a fifth straight game, but head coach Dallas Eakins relayed that the winger is expected to log a full practice Thursday, so he could be ready for Friday's matchup versus the Avalanche. Zach Aston-Reese is looking forward to playing it. Kase’s status has been a complete mystery though except for designated ‘unfit to play’ injury disclosure to the media. He was a fifth-round pick (146th overall) of Boston in the 2014 NHL Draft.But all of it comes down to how things go for the goaltender and the B’s hockey club that takes many of its cues from exactly how he is playing between the pipes. If Rask once again falls short this postseason, fair or not, it will cement a legacy that he was never able to carry the Bruins over the Cup threshold as Tim Thomas did almost 10 years ago when he pitched shutouts in Game 7 of both the Eastern Conference Final and then again in the Stanley Cup Final against the Vancouver Canucks. “Obviously missing two guys that play up in your lineup and a guy like David that’s your League-leading [goal] scorer, you want him in there, you want him getting back into condition, you want him returning to the ice, and being with his teammates. They will face the Blues in their only exhibition game on July 29.“I feel really good,” he said.