Bruins Relying on Leadership, Depth Entering Playoffs

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The Boston Bruins did not get to the playoffs because of one specific person or one specific line. They got help from everyone, something Don Sweeney made clear on Thursday. “I just want to lead today with the fact that it took everybody,” Sweeney said.

It was Nikita Zadorov’s birthday on Thursday, so he used a cake as an analogy, saying, “If we were cutting up his cake today, obviously, a line share piece goes to the players themselves for the work they did. Next biggest piece probably goes to the coaches. Go down the line, though, the medical staff, we had some injury troubles, as all teams do… Go to the team services, go to our pro scouts.

” “And the leadership. Well debated in terms of how we were going about it. They created a group for themselves.

There was an extension that went beyond the obvious leaders that have been here. ” Charlie McAvoy , David Pastrnak , and Hampus Lindholm wore the alternate captain’s ‘A’ throughout the season, but Sweeney noted that leadership extended beyond that group. “They’ve done a good job,” Sweeney said about the three ‘A’s.