Just one week ago, the Boston Bruins embarked on an emotional roller coaster.
Jim Montgomery’s squad entered that four-day-in-six-day stretch as a battered bunch. They came into Toronto last Monday fresh off a lifeless showing on Long Island two nights prior. The trade deadline loomed for a team still lingering from a February swoon.
Linus Ullmark and Jake DeBrusk faced a final round of rumors. Both remained in Boston following Friday’s deadline.
The Bruins appeared to turn a corner, earning three of four victories against the likes of Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisitl and Sidney Crosby.