Don Sweeny recently announced the Bruins would be without a captain for the start of the 2025-26 season. This news comes as a surprise, as most fans expected either David Pastrnak or Charlie McAvoy to be named the next captain. However, according to Don Sweeney, the Bruins are in no rush to name a captain,
"Everything’s on the table right now. We’ve been forward and honest with everybody that we’re going to start without it. We’ve got a leadership group that’s been meeting among themselves, and I think eventually somebody will emerge as the guy who should be the next captain.