Charlie McAvoy and the Boston Bruins have their eyes on making the playoffs in 2025. After all, the Bruins came within two games of the Eastern Conference Finals when they lost to the Florida Panthers earlier this year. However, things are not going well for Boston in the early going of the young 2024-25 campaign.
The Bruins are tied for sixth in the Atlantic Division entering play Friday. Boston’s seven points are level with the Buffalo Sabres and only two more than that of the last-place Montreal Canadiens. While one single point separates them from seventh place and second, it’s an uncharacteristically poor start from this team. In saying this McAvoy is not looking to panic right now.
“We don’t like these results. We’re acknowledging that,” McAvoy said, via NHL.com. “This is a bit of new territory for us to have this happening early in the year after these last couple years where we’re usually just gangbusters. I think a little bit of our attitude is, it hasn’t won us anything being the best team in October. We’re fine. We’re not going to panic. It’s game eight. Hopefully we’ve got a lot of games left and we’ll keep getting better.”