When Bruins training camp began, few would have viewed Jeffrey Viel as a player that had much of a shot to make the Boston roster.

And considering where Bruins’ management targeted its spending in the offseason – signing three established bottom six players in Tanner Jeannot, Sean Kuraly and Mikey Eyssimont, all of whom have had a good preseason – he probably doesn’t.

But while Viel remains up against long odds in terms of making the varsity, it is not because he hasn’t put his best foot forward.

The 28-year-old journeyman forward, who has played 54 NHL games and 349 AHL games, has been highly visible in his two preseason games. In the exhibition opener at the Garden, Viel, Riley Duran and Patrick Brown made up what was clearly the B’s best line in the 5-2 loss to Washington, playing a

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