TEAMS:
Boston Bruins,
Toronto Maple Leafs
PLAYERS: Phil Kessel, Marc Savard, Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm, Blake Wheeler
PLAYERS: Phil Kessel, Marc Savard, Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm, Blake Wheeler
Yeah I can't believe someone would ask this question, you sent 36 goals to Toronto in the form of Phil Kessel, you have two others on the IR in Marc Savard and Milan Lucic. During the offseason the Boston Bruins general manager thought that Marco Sturm and Patrice Bergeron which was wrong. The fact remains that this is going to be a very rough year for the Bruins if they don't address their offensive needs.
This year, the Bruins have done a complete 180. Through their first 13 games, they have scored a total of just 31 goals, good enough for 27th in the league and have the worst pp scoring 11.5 percent of the time. In the eight games the Bruins have lost, they have scored one goal or less in six of them. This year, their leading goal scorers are Patrice Bergeron and Blake Wheeler, with four goals each.
There can be many different excuses for why this has happened. The first is the fact that the B's traded their No. 1 goal scorer last year Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kessel scored 36 goals to lead the Bruins. While he put up some great numbers a big reason was because of the playmaking abilities of Marc Savard. So this is not the reason why the Bruins are slumping as much as they are.
A second reason would be the losses of Marc Savard and Milan Lucic. Both were lost earlier in the year to injuries and won't be back for at least another 10-15 games. Savard is the Bruins best playmaker finishing with 63 assists last year. Losing him really hurt the Bruins because he could make the pass that no one else could on the team. [Bleacher report]
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