BOSTON -- The memory of how everything went so very wrong is fresh in the minds of the Boston Bruins, visceral, so it has been notable how they have spoken throughout training camp, in the early start to the season, with a lightness, a gratefulness, a hopefulness.

There is, of course, still a long way to go for a team that finished tied for the fifth-worst record in the NHL (33-39-10) in 2024-25, one that many picked to miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight season.

But so far, so good.

The Bruins are three games -- and three wins -- into their 2025-26 campaign, with a new coach at the helm in Marco Sturm and a refreshed take on what they need to do to be successful, especially minus all of the talent that went out the door prior to the NHL Trade Deadline on March 7.

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