The current core of Bruins doesn’t resemble many similarities from the colorful cast of champs from 2011. But in the final hours leading up to the trade deadline — and the uncertainty that comes with it — the Bruins got another upper hand on a familiar foe in the franchise’s return to glory.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, playing in their second game of a back-to-back, waited in the locker room as the members of Boston’s 2011 team paraded onto the ice. After their final centennial pregame celebration, the Bruins turned their attention to making one last statement against the Leafs before Friday’s 3 p.