When the puck was dropped on the 2026-27 NHL regular season, if someone told you that the Boston Bruins would be facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, Oct. 27 sitting at 9-2-1, you might not have believed it. Then if someone told you that the Black and Gold would be in that position with Morgan Geekie scoring just one goal, then nobody would have believed you.
Well, that's exactly what is happening as the Bruins face the defending Stanley Cup champs for the first time this season. If there is one thing that you can take away from the first 12 games, it's that Geekie is not only snake-bitten but frustrated. However, head coach Marco Sturm defended his second-line wing on Monday following practice at Warrior Ice Arena.
“Every forward, every goal scorer needs to feel good. If you’re not scoring, then you get a little tight,'' said Sturm perJack Studley of Boston Hockey Now. "That’s absolutely normal. With him, just for example, the other night, he had some really good looks on the power play. He just missed the net. Last year it went in. So that’s the fine line, and that’s something you just need to continue to work on and you got to work through it. That’s just part of being a goal scorer."
Marco Sturm defends Morgan Geekie's slow scoring start to the 2026-27 season
It's not like Geekie isn't getting chances. He is. Sometimes it's what makes hockey difficult. Scoring. Even the top goal-scorers have trouble. David Pastrnak has gone through stretches like this in his career and you kno what, hekept shooting and he started finding the back of the net again.
The good news for Geekie is that, for now, the Black and Gold can survive his drought thanks in large part to his younger teammates who have produced at a dream level through 12 games. James Hagens, Fraaser Minten, and Matthew Poitras are supplying much-needed offense from the youngsters.
When Geekie starts finding the back of the net again, that will make the Bruins a deeper offensive team. It's going to come, and Sturm knows that. Was there a bit of regression in terms of his production this season, likely? Of course there was, and truthfully, this shouldn't be surprising. Maybe having a little more of a shot mentality on the power play instead of making the extra pass. The puck, in the end, will eventually go in if you get enough of them there.
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