We’ve reached the quarter mark of the season, and while there is always time for surprises, we now have a general idea of what teams are good and what teams are bad. For some of the teams at the bottom, changes have already begun.
Tuukka Rask has been in the news a lot recently with reports that he may be ready to sign with the Bruins soon. While the unnecessary hate towards him has certainly come out in full force again, there is no denying that goaltending has not been as good this season without him. Jeremy Swayman has been impressive, but is still a rookie and has made rookie mistakes. Linus Ullmark has been fine, but given how the rest of the team is playing, fine isn’t good enough.
Still, signing Rask wouldn’t be an end all be all solution to this team and poses a difficult conundrum given the development of Swayman and Ullmark’s contract. The Bruins will also need a big return for Jake DeBrusk and need to be aggressive at the trade deadline to have any chance of going far in the playoffs.
There is still plenty of time left to turn it around. But it can’t help but feel like this is a wasted year of the greatness of Bergeron and Marchand, who are only getting older.
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