IIHF World Championships, Jeremy Swayman and several of his Bruins teammates tried to pinpoint what went wrong this season.

Brad Marchand made David Pastrnak and his former team, Boston Bruins, happy after eliminating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Florida Panthers.

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice after receiving an injury from being clipped by a player during the first period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series between the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) AP

Advancing to the Eastern Conference Final was not only a positive for the Panthers, but the Bruins as well, who are watching these playoffs from the couch for the first time since 2016.

The Bruins’ 2024 offseason moves are not aging the way they had hoped, and it is a large part of the reason that they are picking in the top seven of the upcoming NHL Draft.

Chris Rooney is on the mend after he took a high-stick near his eye in the second period of Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers