Morgan Geekie – C
It’s no secret that Morgan Geekie was buried on a Seattle Kraken team filled with goal scorers in Jordan Eberle, Jared McCann, and Yanni Gourde, among others. In fact, he ranked 14th on the team in goal scoring, and that was behind three members of the Kraken defense.
According to NHL.com, in the 2022-23 season Geekie set career-highs in goals, assists, and plus-minus rating. In 69 games, Geekie score nine goals with 19 assists (28 points), and was a +14 on the ice.
Now with Boston, Geekie is poised to get more time with the puck, and will get more shooting opportunities as the only main goal-scorers left on the team, other than the aforementioned DeBrusk, are David Pastrnak, and Brad Marchand – giving Geekie plenty of room to score.
Sure, Geekie is more on the physical side as a center, as he also set a career-high in penalty minutes last season with 24, but even the Bruins resident tough-guy Milan Lucic scores every once in awhile.
Watch for Geekie to break out of his shell with more puck touches in 2023-24.