Boston Bruins complete a move with Pavel Zacha that could hurt them in the end
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Entering the season there are a bunch of question marks surrounding the Bruins roster, but head coach Marco Sturm just confirmed one thing for Pavel Zacha that could hurt them in the end.
Last season, Pavel Zacha struggled big time, and because of it, he was bouncing back and forth between center, and playing wing.
The Bruins were trying different line combinations in hopes to build some chemistry, but nothing worked for them last season.
After their training camp session today, head coach Marco Sturm ended up confirming Pavel Zacha is going to start playing center instead of the wing.
Along with that, Bridgette Proulx ended up projecting what their center group was going to look like next season.
Pavel Zacha confirmed that Sturm plans on starting him out at center rather than wing. Based off training camp so far, I could see the center group looking like this to start the season:
1C - Elias Lindholm
2C - Pavel Zacha
3C - Casey Mittelstadt
4C - Sean Kuraly
1C - Elias Lindholm
2C - Pavel Zacha
3C - Casey Mittelstadt
4C - Sean Kuraly
Bruins need Zacha to have a bounce back season
Pavel Zacha had a down year for the Boston Bruins last year, and this was a big reason the team struggled.
Zacha saw his point totals drop from the previous two years, scoring just 14 goals, 33 assists for 47 points in 82 games for the Bruins.
Due to this, he has been surrounded in multiple trade rumors this off-season, but it seems like the Bruins are going to enter the season with him.
This doesn't mean that he won't be moved during the season or at the NHL trade deadline, but the Bruins are going to enter the year with him playing at center.
Previously on Bruins Insider
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