The Bruins begin their Centennial season as a team in transition.
Because of cap restraints, general manager Don Sweeney went into cost-cutting mode over the summer.
The Bruins traded Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno to Chicago in late June. Tyler Bertuzzi (Toronto), Dmitri Orlov (Carolina), Garnet Hathaway (Philadelphia), and Connor Clifton (Buffalo) all found new homes after hitting the free-agent market in early July.
Boston’s roster took another significant blow after Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci announced their retirements. Now they enter a new year with a patchwork lineup, opting to sign a returning Milan Lucic, another veteran power forward in James van Riemsdyk, and an intriguing bottom-six cog in Morgan Geekie to short-term contracts.