<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/boston-bruins/line-combinations">Boston Bruins</a> are just over halfway through the 2024-25 season, and there’s been plenty of adversity to tackle. From Jeremy Swayman’s contract negotiations going public, to head coach Jim Montgomery getting fired, to inconsistent performances on the ice, the Bruins seem to be a sensitive group this year.</p>



<p>Of late, the Bruins are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games, they’ve slipped to third in the Atlantic Division, and are barely hanging on to a playoff spot. Entering Thursday’s action, the Bruins are just one point up on the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>, with a slew of other teams on their heels, bunched together chasing wild-card positions.</p>



<p>On Thursday’s episode of <em>Daily Faceoff LIVE</em>, Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli discussed what they’ve seen out of the Bruins, and discussed the current pulse check on what’s going on in Boston.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="138"></div>



<p><strong>Yaremchuk:</strong> Frank, you are pretty low on the concern-o-meter with the <a href="http://CanucksArmy.com">Vancouver Canucks</a>, but let me throw a couple of other situations around the league at you, including the Boston Bruins. The Bruins were a big topic of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU--hi_aUxNDOX78S6-JLrqYai6I-wmX8">DFO Rundown</a> today with yourself and Jason Gregor, a new episode is out wherever you get your podcasts from.</p>



<p>Let’s say the scale is 1-to-10. 10 being sound all the alarms, this team is in trouble, with 1 being – Tyler, why are they even in this conversation? Where do you come out on this Bruins team, who is 3-5-2 in their last 10 games?</p>



<p><strong>Seravalli: </strong>About a 6.5 or a 7. I mean, enough to be concerned, but, I still think this is a good team that’s drastically under achieved so far this year. Two big issues, and kind of the name of the game, goals for and goals against. </p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="151"></div>



<p>Goals against, they are 20th. Goals for, 29th. I mean, they really miss Jake DeBrusk. Their offense isn’t clicking the way that they should, they get very little production from their top guys so far. It’s also happening at the same exact time in which, well Jeremy Swayman has a .918 save percentage in his career entering this season, and is at .893. I mean, one of those things is probably enough to sink a season. </p>



<p>Both of those things, offense not scoring and your goaltending not very good, that’s tough to survive both of those things. To be that far down in goals for (29th), and to have goaltending and save percentage that bad, also probably in the mid-to-low 20’s, the fact that the Bruins are in a playoff spot I think is probably an indication that they are better than they’ve shown.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="2" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="145"></div>



<p>For more on the Bruins season to this point, and all the very latest from around the league, watch the full episode below. </p>



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