Bruins Acquiring Ehlers Would Solve Goal Scoring Needs

The Stanley Cup Final is almost finished. The greatest trophy in all of sports will be in the building Tuesday night and the Florida Panthers have the chance to capture their first ever Stanley Cup.

However, the work in the offseason is already beginning for the other 30 teams, as they begin to plan their next moves this summer.

Free agency is not far away (July 1), and the NHL Draft (June 28) is right before it. Some teams are willing to trade their draft picks in order to upgrade their teams and some key players could be available for trade. For the Boston Bruins, the biggest trade chip they have is goaltender Linus Ullmark. The return for Ullmark remains to be seen, but there is an area that the Bruins need to improve on.

Goal scoring, goal scoring, and more goal scoring. If there is an area of improvement for the Bruins, it is getting more goals. It’s not to say they were bad in that area entirely. As a team during the 2023-24 regular season, they finished 13th in goals scored with 263. Also, they saw players such as Morgan Geekie, Charlie Coyle, and Pavel Zacha have career seasons. It was huge to see those guys seize bigger roles and become impactful depth players. However, that goal scoring dried up in the playoffs and took a turn in the opposite direction.

After a hot start to the playoffs, Brad Marchand didn’t score a goal the rest of the way, and both Coyle and Zacha combined for two goals the entire postseason. The impactful depth that was evident in the regular season was shut down, and in key moments. At the end of the season, general manager Don Sweeney eluded to it in his exit interview by saying,