The Bruins currently find themselves vying for the top spot in the Atlantic division as December has entered its late stages. But how?
In a year where the Bruins had been written off as a crumbling golden age in the post-Marchand era, and with that the final remnants of the original 2011 Stanley Cup championship DNA, they somehow have found themselves battling with the best of the Eastern conference in what has been the most competitive the division has been in years.