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Marchand was named the 27th captain in franchise history

Boston — Following the conclusion of the Bruins season, Brad Marchand took some time to consider his first year as the team’s 27th captain.

Marchand scored 29 goals in the regular season, but he had to learn how to take the lead from previous captains Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara. The importance of that progress should increase for the Bruins in the upcoming season.

At the Bruins’ season-ending news conference on Wednesday at TD Garden, Boston head coach Jim Montgomery said to reporters, “What excites me about the potential of next year is the growth and experience that our captain Brad Marchand is gonna have.” He made it his team in his capacity as captain. Having the entire summer to cultivate connections with

I believe that his core leaders will only help us become better.

The Boston captain’s contract is up in one more year. Marchand will likely end his career in the Black and Gold, according to the front office, given his standing and worth to the Bruins.

Don Sweeney, general manager of the Boston Bruins, said during the press conference, “We’re gonna get to Brad.” “.. I think he’ll eventually extend here to stay a lifelong Bruin because that’s the right thing to do. We will mark that option.

Marchand, the lone Stanley Cup winner, will be followed by the Bruins into the upcoming campaign as he attempts to lead Boston to a deeper postseason run.

Jim Montgomery has decided to stay with the Bruins for a third season, and there was hardly any debate over his departure.

Don Sweeney, general manager of the Boston Bruins, thinks he can position his players for success.

Jim is a very effective communicator, Sweeney declared on Wednesday. “.. One of his advantages, in my opinion, is his capacity to bring players together and to pinpoint the specific areas that our team wants to improve upon. These include top possession, generating, breaking out, and maintaining structure. Playing with solid framework is the key. Bringing people in that fit into our organization’s philosophy is, in my opinion, a fairly basic aspect of what we attempt to achieve.

things but can help us advance.

As Montgomery started his second season, the Bruins were dealing with several challenging situations. After leading a club that lost Hall-of-Fame talent, he collapsed in the postseason after helping the team achieve new heights in his first regular season.

Johnny Beecher went through (setbacks) this year, and again, it’s the strength of our staff overall. Jim needs to clearly identify where the roles are and where our needs are as a group. I think communication is a big part of that.”

Montgomery obviously hasn’t found loads of postseason success to this point in his tenure, but there’s an aspect to his level of success that could relate to the postseason — and in some ways, already has.

There won’t be any more justifications in Year 3, so he’ll just need to figure out how to convert that success during the regular season into a long run through the Stanley Cup playoffs.