Boston's veteran core isn't going to get many more chances to compete for a Stanley Cup. There are too many roster weaknesses, and they haven't been properly addressed even after the team splurged in free agency for veteran depth.
Fast forward through the first 26 games of the season and the Bruins look like a slightly above average team. The lack of scoring depth that has plagued this franchise for years remain a huge issue. Depth on the blue line is another problem. The goaltending has been better of late, but the Bruins need more consistency from the tandem of Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman.
Boston's struggles against good teams is also a concern. The Bruins could make more additions to the roster before the March 21 trade deadline, and general manager Don Sweeney has been quite active in previous years making in-season deals before the playoffs.
He'll need to work his magic again because the Bruins are not a true Stanley Cup contender as currently constructed. The Bruins made a splash before the trade deadline in April by acquiring top-six left winger Taylor Hall and bottom-six center Curtis Lazar from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Anders Bjork and a second-round pick.
It was a very inexpensive price for a former Hart Trophy winner. Hall quickly made a strong impact in Boston, tallying 14 points eight goals, six assists in 16 games to finish out the regular season. He wasn't as effective in the playoffs, scoring two points one goal, one assist in the six-game second-round defeat to the Islanders.
Honorable mention : Charlie McAvoy's contract extension. It's so difficult to find young, franchise cornerstone defensemen. When you develop one, it's important to sign that player long term, and the Bruins accomplished that objective with McAvoy in October.
McAvoy is a top-five defenseman and should be a perennial contender for the Norris Trophy. Taylor Hall's eighth goal with the Bruins was a phenomenal one.
He danced past two Islanders players in the final regular season game in Boston on May 10 and scored the game-winner in overtime. The Bruins, thanks in large part to Hall, entered the playoffs with plenty of momentum and optimism.
Game 1, second round vs. After playing the entire season with no fans, some fans and then 25 percent capacity at TD Garden, the Bruins finally played in front of near percent capacity for Game 1 of the second-round series versus the Islanders. The atmosphere in the building and before the game were incredible.
After many, many months of COVID preventing fans from seeing the Bruins in person, we were finally back to some sense of normalcy with a raucous playoff atmosphere on Memorial Day Weekend. Isles StanleyCup pic. A poor play with the puck by Rask turns into another goal for Nelson, who gave the Islanders a edge. Isles pic. The Bruins' power play was excellent in this series, and it scored again in the third period thanks to Brad Marchand.
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