Boston Bruins: 6 players who could reach milestones in 2019
Several Boston Bruins players could reach significant milestones this season.
The Boston Bruins have a veteran-laden team, which means many players can reach significant milestones heading into the 2019-20 season.
Coming off of a season in which they lost in the Stanley Cup Final, many Bruins players will be hungry to get back there as soon as possible. Heading into this 2019-20 season let’s look at the possible milestones some of the players on the Bruins can reach.
Patrice Bergeron
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Being on what is considered the best line in hockey can help you rack up points really quickly. For a veteran player like Patrice Bergeron, who has been in the league a long time, there are quite a few milestones he could reach this season.
He is eight assists away from reaching 500 career assists. Bergeron is also 86 points away from becoming the fourth highest-scoring Bruins player of all-time. Bergeron would be passing the legendary Bobby Orr who sits fifth with 888 points in his amazing career and Rick Middleton who sits fourth with 898 points.
By playing 25 more games, Bergeron will sit firmly in third place in all-time games played by a Bruin with 1,053. He would be passing current Bruins general manager Don Sweeney on that list, who played all but one of his 16 seasons with the Bruins. Safe to say Patrice has this one in the bag with Zdeno Chara being the closest active player on this list with 955 games played with the team.
For a player like Bergeron who is already one of the best in the game if he continues his point per game pace, he is almost certain to reach these milestones easily. All rely on if he can stay healthy. Bergeron hasn’t played a full season since the 2016-17 season and with him heading into this season as a 34-year-old it will only get harder to stay healthy from here.