Read this to learn more about how these projections work and this to understand the uncertainty each projection carries.



If you were surprised by the Bruins last season you weren’t paying attention.



Boston came into the season with relatively low expectations thanks to a first round exit to a lowly regarded Senators team (while missing half its defence corps), but there was a lot to like about a team that was the previous season’s leader in most 5-on-5 on-ice metrics, generally the sign of a strong team. The Bruins got hit hard by the percentages bug, but were too talented to see that continue any further and regression was likely the following season. The change was immediate once Bruce Cassidy took over behind the bench that year and there were many reasons to believe the Bruins would be a major threat in the Atlantic in 2017-18. And they were.



This year there are no surprises. Now, there are expectations for the Bruins to continue on the...