Puck Daddy's 2016-17 Preview: BruinsThe Boston Bruins began last season looking to get back to the postseason after missing the cut in 2014-15 and then seeing a major turnover in personnel that included new addresses for Milan Lucic, Dougie Hamilton and GM Peter Chiarelli.
Coach Claude Julien was spared, however, with the vow that the Bruins would be more aggressive offensively. And they were, going from a 2.55 goals-per-game average to 2.88 last season. Unfortunately, their goals-against average went from 2.45 to 2.78.
Despite some bright spots – Brad Marchand’s 37-goal season, the emergence of David Pastrnak – the Bruins fell short of the playoffs for a second-straight season with a 42-31-9 (93 points) campaign, missing the last wild card by just three points and losing a tie-breaker to Detroit for the last playoff spot in the Atlantic.
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