Rink Rap escaped the heat this morning with a visit to Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, where non-Bruins skating with Bruins in pre-camp practices included Keith Yandle and ex-Bruin Hal Gill.

A few notes not included in tomorrow’s Standard-Times “Inside the Bruins” article…

Right winger Loui Eriksson, whose inaugural season as a Bruin was marred by two concussions with 45 days, is looking forward to taking all of the bad and the good from last year and hitting the ground running this time.

“Yeah, definitely. I felt really good in the end of the season and even the playoffs, and I had a pretty long summer here to get better so I’m ready to go,” said Eriksson, who learned a bit about the organization in his year. “It’s a really professional team to play for, a good organization, and all the people around it, all of the fans — it’s definitely a lot of fans in the city. It’s fun to play on a team like this so it’s definitely a little bit upgraded that way.”

BERGERON NOT INTO MONEY BALL

Asked in jest by CSNNE’s Joe Haggerty who’s the top-line center, Patrice Bergeron quipped, “Ask Krech,” drawing laughs from the media gathered. Seriously, though, Bergeron took his standard complimentary — and complementary — stance.

“I think Krech is, that’s always been clear for awhile,” said Bergeron. “We don’t necessarily (compare) numbers, I don’t really care to be honest with you. I think we all try to push ourselves and be better as lines and contribute together as a team, as lines, to help the team so I think that’s all that really matters.”

No wonder the Bruins love this guy.

Meantime, GM Peter Chiarelli and his braintrust are plotting scenarios whereby they can create a revised chemistry for offense. The Bruins have too many NHL defensemen (9), too many NHL centers (5, potentially 6) and not a single natural right winger.

Eriksson and Reilly Smith, who came in the 2013 trade that sent Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley to Dallas, are left-handed shots who have been effective right wingers. But both would be left wingers on this team if Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand were rights. Except for defense, where Boston’s playoff hopes proved no sturdier than Dennis Seidenberg’s ACL, Chiarelli is not concerned about rights and lefts, saying it’s an issue for defense but overplayed in the media (by yours truly, hand raised).

[And I agree, it’s nowhere near as big a deal as on D, but the Bruins have been so balanced that way when successful and based their grind game on possession and matchups — ergo, faceoffs — that maybe Chiarelli is underplaying it a little here.]