The Bruins are not just one quick fix away from righting the ship in 2025-26. Not with this roster floundered by several holes across the depth chart.
A Boston lineup starved for production on the power play (30th overall, 14.5 percent) and at 5-on-5 action (only nine teams have fewer 5v5 tallies than the Bruins’ 103) is short at least three scoring forwards — including a first-line pivot.
Boston’s beefed-up D corps has been prone to critical lapses in the team’s own end of the ice, eroding what has long been a foundational strength of a stingy Bruins system.