Grzelcyk and McAvoy have a long history together dating back to their time sharing the blue line at Boston University. The chemistry they formed on Commonwealth Ave. has translated to Causeway Street, as they have formed the B's most dynamic offensive pairing over the past couple of seasons.
"I think we have a lot of chemistry going back to college, obviously, so when I'm out there with him we have that attack mentality," said Grzelcyk, who is still searching for his first goal of the season. "Hopefully get a little bit more of that playing with him and continue that the rest of the year."
Despite not having played much together at 5-on-5 during the opening month of the season, Forbort and Carlo have seen their fair share of ice time as partners with Boston shorthanded. It's that familiarity from the penalty kill that Forbort hopes will translate over to even strength.
"We play a similar game," said Forbort. "It should be pretty easy to know what each other's doing out there. It's gonna be simple, hard, just make easy plays and be hard to play against. I've gotten quite a few shifts with him when we're up a couple goals or when they're switching things up when we're down and they want more offense."
Reilly and Zboril, meanwhile, have been solid since pairing up over the weekend with Cassidy noting that he's been quite pleased with their transitional game on the breakout and through the neutral zone. As such, Cassidy would like to give the duo a bit more time together before shifting them around.
"I've liked the Zboril-Reilly pair," said Cassidy. "They've added some good transitions, puck movement, defended hard. Everything we've asked Mike to do he's done. Zboril has gone in and been consistent. We don't want to mess with that one if we don't have to so that's it, you flip two guys.
"They've kept it clean. They are playing to their strengths, not spending a long-time in their own end…it's going to happen sometimes you get stuck there, but it hasn't been because they aren't moving the puck."
