If there is one thing the 2025-26 Boston Bruins will not have to contend with, it is high expectations.

When Bruins GM traded captain Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and Trent Frederic at the trade deadline, it represented a major shift in direction for the team. No longer were they clinging to the past. Marchand was the last tie to the 2011 Stanley Cup team while Coyle and Carlo were key players on the ‘19 team that finished one win shy of a Cup.

It had to be done. But how long will it take for the B’s to become contenders again? Has the slide down the backside of the hill even come to a stop yet?

Any rational fan should expect some growing pains. But hockey being hockey, retools are possible without completely bottoming out. And the Bruins are not without some high-end pla

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