Plenty has changed for Trent Frederic over the past year.
Last season, the pugnacious forward spent most of his shifts on a line next to Charlie Coyle and Taylor Hall — two forwards with over 1,600 combined games of NHL experience.
But at the start of the 2023-24 campaign, the 25-year-old Frederic found himself in unfamiliar territory. For the first time in years, the Bruins forward was the elder statesman on his line next to 19-year-old Matt Poitras and Morgan Geekie — who is five months younger than Frederic.
“In college, I was never [the oldest].