The 2023-24 Bruins overachieved in a season where a cap-crunched, cobbled-together roster pushed the Florida Panthers to six games in the second round of the playoffs.
But for as much as Boston’s bridge year exceeded plenty of initial expectations, the Bruins still left plenty on the table against a talented Panthers team — with several missteps hindering Boston from punching its ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2019.
Despite a stellar postseason from Jeremy Swayman (.933) and a few other individual players sprinkled throughout the depth chart, the Bruins’ centennial season came to a halt due to several critical flaws on Boston’s roster.