When the dust settled on the 2024-25 Boston Bruins season, it was one of the more frustrating ones fans have witnessed in a while. Injuries, underperforming seasons from a number of players, and just an overall lack of talent saw them fall into a last-place tie with the Philadelphia Flyers in the basement of the Eastern Conference.
It seemed like whatever could go wrong, did. Defenseman Hampus Lindholm was lost for the season in November with an injury, then to compound matters, defenseman Charlie McAvoy was lost in February during the 4 Nations Faceoff with an injury.