So much for all of the doom and gloom predicted for the Boston Bruins heading into this season.
After Boston’s record-setting run in 2022-23 came to a shocking end in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, fears of an extensive retooling were stoked time and time again over a painful summer.
Franchise stalwarts in Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci hung up their skates. Key cogs in Taylor Hall, Tyler Bertuzzi, Connor Clifton, Dmitry Orlov, Nick Foligno, and Tomas Nosek all either left in free agency or were traded.
But through the first month-plus of a new NHL campaign, Bruins fans have had little to fret over.