After having the best regular season in NHL history, the Boston Bruins looked primed to win a Stanley Cup. This was up until they were bounced in the first round by the Florida Panthers.
After this defeat, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci both decided to call it a career and retired.
Many thought that the Bruins would use free agency as a way to acquire their new first-line center but they did not sign any potential first-line centers and decided to resolve their center problem with in-house talent.
The Boston Herald recently revealed what are the projected lines for the Bruins next year after they interviewed Jim Montgomery.
With Montgomery expecting Pavel Zacha to be his Patrice Bergeron replacement, he obviously has a lot of faith in him. Before last season, his career high in points was 36. However, he did shatter that last season with 57 points.
Here's what Montgomery had to say about Zacha:
With Montgomery showing this faith in Zacha, we could watch him emerge as a true first-line center and finally fill the potential he once had when he was selected 6th overall in the 2015 draft.
As seen on the Boston Herald -Jim Montgomery still bullish on the Bruins
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