Why the Bruins’ Busy Free Agency Could Leave Their Biggest Flaw Unfixed—And What It Means for the Season
Acquiring elite offensive talent needed to be the Bruins’ top objective this offseason. You can’t win in the playoffs with only one high-end forward. Outside of Pastrnak, none of Boston’s forwards are going to strike fear into opposing defensemen. If you look at the four teams that reached the conference finals — Oilers, Panthers, Stars, Hurricanes — all of them had at least two elite offensive players. The Oilers, Panthers and Stars have three or four apiece.
Most of the players the Bruins signed Tuesday aren’t afraid to shoot the puck. And for a team that ranked in the bottom third of several shot metrics last season, it made sense to find players who will increase the team’s volume of shots.
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