The Boston Bruins already have pressing issues with new contracts to dish out and it only looks set to get worse next summer.
The Boston Bruins are slowly approaching the 2019-20 season. Last year, the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues. More than the hockey stuff, the Bruins fans and media have been concerned about off-ice issues, contracts and such, during the off-season.
The Bruins have to start turning the page, the performances on the ices shouldn’t be the issue, luckily for them. However, there are many questions still in need of answers ahead of the new season.
The Boston Bruins still wait on both their remaining restricted free agents, Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo to ink their new deals. After the Bruins manage to re-sign both of their young defensemen, they can fully focus on the hockey challenges in the next season.
Nevertheless, the Boston Bruins have to start to think about what might happen during the next season, and the off-season as well, trade-wise and personnel-wise.
It’s better that the 2020 free agents are on the Boston Bruins radar sooner rather than later, as the group is quite sizeable; Jake Debrusk, Charlie Coyle, Torey Krug, Joakim Nordstrom, Jaroslav Halak, Brett Ritchie, Matt Grzelcyk and Chris Wagner.
That’s a whole lot of the important players, all active on the current Boston Bruins roster. We look at a key trio that we view as most likely not to start the 2020-21 season in the Boston Bruins uniform.