If the Bruins intend on opening up another contention window while the likes of David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy are in their primes, one thing is a given.
Boston needs some game-changers down the middle.
It should come as little surprise that the two teams still playing this NHL season — the Oilers and Panthers — both feature elite talent at the center position.
Be it Edmonton boasting two generational talents in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl or Florida featuring a center corps of Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, and Anton Lundell — the fortunes of any franchise are immediately elevated whenever a roster can be built around a foundation of impact pivots.