Boston Bruins: Blueline Band-Aid Needed

When the Boston Bruins failed to make the playoffs for the second straight year, a lot of heads (rightfully so) turned to the Bruins defense as the biggest reason why. The Black and Gold tried to replace Dougie Hamilton during the offseason and failed. They still hadn’t filled the gap left by the Johnny Boychuk trade the year before. So when the 2015-16 Bruins took to the ice, it was a patchwork quilt of hits-and-misses that led to serious inconsistency as the season went on.

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