You can’t quantify the intangibles and veteran mettle that the Bruins lost over a painful offseason.
But you can certainly tally up the pure production now sapped from Boston’s roster.
Just up front, the Bruins lost Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek, and Tyler Bertuzzi over the summer.
That critical chunk of Boston’s forward corps accounted for 80 goals and 210 total points during the Bruins’ record-setting regular season in 2022-23.
The unenviable task of accounting for some of that lost production will fall on a mix of free-agent additions, returning contributors, and ideally, a grouping of younger players looking to push their way up to the NHL ranks.