from Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

For the past 10 years, this usually has been vacation time for Tyler Bozak.

“I was probably in Hawaii or Mexico or something like that,” Bozak said. “There’s actually some old pictures on social media (from) the time off. I was constantly on vacation (this time of year).”

As for Ryan O’Reilly, he’s usually playing hockey somewhere in May — but for Team Canada in the World Championships.

“So you’re just skating on your own and watching the (NHL) playoffs,” he said. “Usually, I have a little down time. But still, you’re gearing up for a tournament, so it’s not a true vacation.”

Bozak and O’Reilly both broke into the NHL in 2009-10 — or 10 seasons ago. They have played a combined 1,439 regular-season games. Strangely, despite all that experience, this is the first time for either player in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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