Pat Maroon’s impact on the Bruins’ bench is easy to glean.
There’s the sight of the veteran winger — his name thrice etched into the Stanley Cup — keeping his linemates grounded amid the chaos of playoff hockey with pats on the back and words of encouragement.
And, of course, there’s the optics of the 6-foot-3, 234-pound bruiser dumping Toronto defenseman Timothy Liljegren into Boston’s bench on Saturday night — jolting an already rabid TD Garden crowd.
That postseason mettle and pugnacious approach on the ice are two valued commodities when the calendar turns to April.