The Bruins will open their season Tuesday night in familiar but unhappy hunting grounds, facing the Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. - the team that has eliminated them from the last two postseasons.
Newcomer Elias Lindholm will boost the power play, but overall, scoring at full strength will prove to be a bugaboo. Size and range on the back end, along with Jeremy Swayman getting the call for upward of 60 games, will make up for lack of offensive punch.
Bounced in the first round by the Maple Leafs, the Bruins will be sitting at home when the Panthers shred Toronto in Round 2, leaving the Leafs still without a Cup since 1967.
The Panthers get it done with a supporting cast of ex-Bruins, including Tomas Nosek, A.J. Greer, and Jesper Boqvist, in a rematch of last year's Eastern final.
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