An initial sign of hockey season began with the first of three captain’s practices commencing at Warrior Ice Arena during an unusually warm early fall day on Tuesday afternoon.
As did the first skate of the post-Bergeron/Krejci era of Boston Bruins hockey.
The Bruins knew this day would come for the past few seasons. The timing is a little less than ideal, as they’ll have to move on from two of their all-time greats just a few months removed from their catastrophic collapse against the Florida Panthers.
Even if Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci decided to return, the B’s wouldn’t have duplicated their record-breaking regular season from 2022-23.