It’s no surprise that improving the Bruins defense is one of the top priorities for general manager Don Sweeney and the rest of Boston’s management group.
This past season the Bruins were 20th in the league in goals allowed per game, allowing 2.78 goals per contest. Defensively, the Bruins were slow and overall pretty inexperienced as a rotation of young defenseman came in and out all season long.
Focusing more on taking the space given to them and moving the puck from their own end in transition was a key part of the Bruins new defensive mindset.