With the seventh pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, the Bruins have their best shot in over a decade at adding a potential franchise center to their system.
Given the glut of pivots projected to get plucked off the draft board within the top 10 on Friday night, it remains to be seen which blue-chip talents will be up for grabs when Don Sweeney and his staff finally get on the clock.
One might assume that the best path forward for a talent-deficient Bruins pipeline is to simply select the best player available at No. 7.
The question, of course, is whether or not there will even be a consensus “best player available” at No.