There is no doubting that the Boston Bruins still have a number of needs to round out the 2025-26 roster if they want to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after missing this past season. It was an underwhelming free agency with a lot of short-term deals that didn't really address their needs.
In fact, the case could be made that the one way that general manager Don Sweeney addressed a need was by acquiring Viktor Arvidsson from the Edmonton Oilers in a trade. Other than that, it was mostly bottom-six forwards added to the roster in free agency.