The Bruins’ logjam of bodies on the blue line has been a good problem for Jim Montgomery to have over the past month.
You can never have enough depth on the back end. And in a sport as taxing on the body as hockey, questions about a loaded lineup tend to sort themselves out by way of bone-crunching checks and blocked shots.
The Bruins got their latest answer to the depth-chart carousel Tuesday.
Montgomery noted after the morning skate at Warrior Ice Arena that defenseman Derek Forbort is not expected to return to the ice before the playoffs commence in less than a month.