COMMENTARY
The 2023-24 Bruins are going to be worse.
That’s not a prognostication rooted in fear-mongering or a sour disposition that’s usually saved for the radio waves.
It’s an immutable shift that plagues even the greatest sports franchises over the steady decay of time.
Just look to the latest iteration of Ozymandias currently crumbling away in Foxborough for further evidence.
Granted, any Bruins fan from Bar Harbor to Barnstable could discern that their beloved team’s fortunes were set to shift this winter.
After rewriting the record books with 65 wins and 135 points in 2022-23, the Bruins could only go downhill from there.