With the Bruins set to open the 2025-26 season on Wednesday night in Washington DC, Don Sweeney, Cam Neely, and Charlie Jacobs fielded questions from the media on Monday at TD Garden.

Several topics were broached during Boston’s start-of-season presser, including Marco Sturm’ s first year as head coach and expectations for this season.

Here are five takeaways from Monday’s presser:

Becoming a tougher out

Neely acknowledged the evident flaw with this current Boston roster on Monday — noting that there are still several question marks regarding where the Bruins will generate offense when David Pastrnak isn’t on the ice.

But, Neely also stressed that Boston has the personnel in place to remain competitive, due in large part to a defensive grouping that is due for a rebound.

Beyond t

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