Two players from each position who must be successful

On Tuesday, the Boston Bruins announced both their training camp roster and their training camp schedule including, but not limited to, their schedule on game days, as well as practices in between and before games.

The roster consisted of 33 forwards, 18 defensemen, and six goaltenders. Over the course of the preseason, the Bruins will eventually have to whittle that down 23 players.

The forwards (in alphabetical order):
Joey Abate, Vincent Arseneau, John Beecher, Jesper Boqvist, Justin Brazeau, Patrick Brown, Alex Chiasson, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, John Farinacci, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie, A.J. Greer, Curtis Hall, Brett Harrison, Danton Heinen, Trevor Kuntar, Jakub Lauko, Milan Lucic, Fabian Lysell, Brad Marchand, Marc McLaughlin, Jayson Megna, Georgii Merkulov, David Pastrnak, Owen Pederson, Matt Poitras, Anthony Richard, Oskar Steen, Luke Toporowski, James van Riemsdyk, Pavel Zacha.

The defensemen (in alphabetical order):
Frederic Brunet, Michael Callahan, Brandon Carlo, Jackson Edward, Derek Forbort, Matthew Grzelcyk, Hampus Lindholm, Mason Lohrei, Ryan Mast, Charlie McAvoy, Ian Mitchell, Alec Regula, Dan Renouf, Ethan Ritchie, Kevin Shattenkirk, Reilly Walsh, Parker Wotherspoon, Jakub Zboril.

AND…

The goaltenders (in alphabetical order):
Brandon Bussi, Michael DiPietro, Kyle Keyser, Shane Starrett, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark.

Each position group has it’s own important pieces in it, and Boston is relying on some positional groups more than others.

Each positional group has its strengths, and its weaknesses: here are two players at each positional group (with the exception of goaltender where we only have one) that must have a strong season in order for the Bruins to succeed.