When the Bruins signed Mikey Eyssimont in the summer, GM Don Sweeney gave one of the highest compliments you could give a bottom-six winger, at least in hockey parlance.

Sweeney called him a “pain in the ass” to play against.

Eyssimont took it as intended and fully embraced it, though he doesn’t want anyone to shortchange his game, either.

“I take a lot of pride in it,” said Eyssimont. “It’s a big part of my game. And it’s not just grit and tenacity that gives me that kind of reputation. It’s the skill that I play with that is a pain the ass, the plays that I make are a pain in the ass. Obviously, there are times when I get under a player’s skin but a lot of times that, if you watch the film, it’s because of the plays that I made and being on guys, turning pucks over and knowing how to

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