Since their last postseason game on May 14, 2014, the Bruins have seen their fair share of changes. Gone are the likes of Milan Lucic, Johnny Boychuk, Dougie Hamilton, Chris Kelly, Claude Julien, Loui Eriksson, Shawn Thornton, Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell, Carl Soderberg and Peter Chiarelli, just to name a few.
Exactly 1085 days later, the Bruins are back in the postseason. Replacing the aforementioned names are names like David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy, Frank Vatrano, Ryan Spooner, Riley Nash, Colin Miller and Tim Schaller – all of whom will be playing their first playoff game in Ottawa this evening.