3 Boston Bruins Who Will Regress In 2024-25

The Boston Bruins continue to find a way to be good, and after some of their cap space was freed up, they got a whole lot better on paper. While the team is set to once again finish near the top of the league, there are some players who will regress for one reason or another. Let's get into three Bruins who will have worse seasons in 2024-25.

Brad Marchand

Brad Marchand has been doing great things for the Bruins on a team-friendly deal for a long time, but is getting near the end of his career as he is in his late 30s. He finished second on the team in goals (29) and points (67), but has regressed each of the past three seasons, going from 69 points in 53 games to 80 points in 70 games to 67 points in 73 games to 67 points in 82 games last season. The Bruins are built more for defensive domination and the player who can produce the best offensively, David Pastrnak, is on a different line than Marchand. While he'll still get exposure to Pastrnak on the power play, Marchand will likely score a little less from the second line at age 36.

Charlie Coyle

Charlie Coyle was in a massive position to succeed last season as he was a clear top-6 center and got a good amount of power-play time. With Elias Lindholm being signed to serve as the number one center, this permanently pushes Coyle back to the second line center at best depending on where Pavel Zacha also plays. Coyle's ice time will reduce a bit and he won't be putting up a career high of 25 goals and 60 points again.

Nikita Zadorov

Nikita Zadorov's regular season wasn't as impressive as his playoff performance in the first two rounds of the 2024 postseason. He scored six goals and 20 points in 75 games split between the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks, averaging 17:26, but scored four goals and eight points in 13 playoff games while averaging over 20 minutes. The Bruins did sign him to complement Charlie McAvoy on the top pairing, and while that will come with a good amount of playing time, Zadorov won't be able to reproduce the scoring and domination that got him his good deal with Boston.