The 2019-20 AHL season ended prematurely and before several of Boston’s top organizational prospects could have one final chance to prove their worth in the Calder Cup playoffs.
Instead, those players the Bruins truly consider to be future contributors have been given an opportunity during the Stanley Cup playoffs to prove they belong.
Boston has already seen strong playoff performances from a few of its younger players, while others wait in the wings for their chance.
Of that elite group, here are three players we will see up at the NHL level for the start of next season.