PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Bruins general manager Don Sweeney spoke to the media on Tuesday ahead of the Bruins’ annual golf tournament at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth.

With training camp set to begin on Sept. 17, Sweeney touched on several topics during his media scrum, including the expectations for the 2025-26 season and the state Boston’s leadership corps.

Here are three takeaways from his interview:

Setting high expectations

For the first time in a long time, the Bruins are entering a new season with the postseason far from a certainty.

Before the 2024-25 campaign went off the rails, the Bruins were seemingly poised to take another step forward after exceeding expectations the previous year by advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Of course, that optimism dissipat

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