THE LONG AWAITED #17. We've got the Boston Bruins finishing at #17 this year, and those familiar with the 17 curse know that EVERY SINGLE year I've had a team at 17th since 2021-22, they have an insane season or do way worse (except the 2023-24 Capitals who finished exactly 17th). Lets see if that trend continues. For me this is less about Boston being bad and more about how stacked the Atlantic Division is. Boston's lineup is solid, but when a teams best player is the goaltender (as Boston's was last season), I always anticipate regression for said team, especially in today's goalie era. Swayman saved 26.5 goals above expected and Boston still only made the playoffs by 5 points. Now, their offense probably is better. They'll have a full season of Hagens, added Peterka and I feel like we'll see Minten & Khusnutdinov take steps forward, but the issue that has been apparent since Krejci & Bergeron's departures remain, this team has zero centre depth. Zacha isn't a 1C, Minten isn't a 2...