The Boston Bruins fans have spoken and they have overwhelmingly identified signing a center as the team’s biggest need this offseason, according to a recent survey organized by Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic.
The poll revealed that 86.2% of the subscribers believe acquiring a center should be the top priority for the Bruins during the upcoming offseason, significantly outpacing other needs like a scoring wing (12.5%) or a left-shot defenseman (1.4%).
Shinzawa’s main takeaway from the results is that Boston, in fact, lacks a bonafide No. 1 center next season to use in place of 2023-24 center Morgan Geekie.
“Morgan Geekie finished the playoffs as the No. 1 center next to David Pastrnak. That is not who Geekie is,” Shinzawa wrote. “In a perfect world, Geekie is a No. 3 center. Same with Charlie Coyle.”
That links perfectly with the next question presented in the survey, which touched on potential centers the Bruins should target and sign in free agency.
The poll results were undisputed once again featuring upcoming Vancouver Canucks unrestricted free agent Elias Lindholm receiving the most votes (58.4%) and doubling Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos (23.5%) in second place.
