When the puck drops Thursday night at TD Garden to officially kick off the 2017-18 season, the Bruins are going to look much younger than they did when their season ended after a six-game series loss to the Ottawa Senators last April.
With holes on their top two lines, more specifically on their wings, the Bruins addressed those issues internally with two of their promising prospects: Anders Bjork and Jake DeBrusk.
Separated in age by just 73 days, DeBrusk is a little more seasoned when it comes to professional hockey. Spending the entire 2016-17 season with the Providence Bruins, DeBrusk has continued to work on adjusting to the more speedy style of play than he saw playing for the Swift Current Broncos and the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL.