Assessing the Off-season (Offense)
Coming off a playoff collapse just a season ago, the Bruins entered the off-season with a sense of urgency, either improve immediately or endure another season of tantalizing talent with no Stanley Cup to show for it. The Bruins of 2009-2010 were good, but not quite good enough, needing perhaps a little something extra to position themselves as serious contenders this coming season. Did the Bruins answer the call in the summer months? Here’s a lookIt’s mind-boggling to note that a team which advanced to the conference semifinals could have finished 30th overall in goals per game last season. So went the Boston Bruins puck-scoring woes in a season where the offense was, at times, downright offensive. As a solution, Beantown brass decided to bring in right winger Nathan Horton and Center Tyler Seguin. Horton brings a hard-nose approach to the ice, not to mention a scoring pedigree, though he has yet to translate all the talent in the world into actual pucks in the net at the professional level. Read more…