In my opinion yes! The young guys played a full NHL-season and will be more experienced this year. Excited to see JFK (or Studnicka), hopefully as 3rd line centers like you did here. Riley Nash might be leaving a hole, but I trust our kids to fill the gap.

I know it was preseason with an incomplete roster but they had debrusk on the rw with donato on the lw, I wonder if thats how krejci line this year will look like.

This is all gonna depend on Bergeron. He's gonna be 34 this year. When the wheels fall off they go fast. Not many players playing on top lines at that age. They got to be able to at least keep up with the McDavids and McKinnons. As that top line goes so does Boston.

I agree 100% with you. With a healthy & competitive Bergy everything is possible, if we lose #37 we will not be in the race for the cup. But if healthy I see him doing great at least 2 more seasons.

It's not just health. Players slow as they get older. The decline happens fast in a lot of players. One season and your like yeah he's still good, next season you are like man what happened oh that's right he's 34. You could see it already last year. I know people will talk about stas, but he was clearly not the same player he was when he was younger. Age takes it's effect. All good players age out. They extend that career playing on lower lines. This is why I keep saying Boston needs to find a 1C. They can't just expect him to be there playing at a high level at 34 keeping up with 20 some players at their physical peek. It's just asking for the wheel to fall off the wagon. the legs slow, injuries happen more, wear and tear over years catches up and you can't keep up. No matter what the sport is you look at. Only the really top of the crop extend into their 30s playing at the same high level. But even they slow down. Jordan was not the same Jordan at 34 as he was at 26. You got a player like Chara here who gets away with it because he's 6'9. If he was 6'3 he'd be retired. He's just a freak at his position.
Bergy slows down this year and the team takes a step back.

Yeah we definitely need a young Center who can play in the 1st line spot. Of course age gets all of us and I agree with all you say, I just hope that my favorite player can play at his best level. I mean, I can't imagine a Bruins team without #37.
But to get guys like MacKinnon, McDavid or Matthews you also need luck and/or at least one very bad season. I mean, most of the Atlantic division teams are rebuilding and I don't see them do better than us. But yeah.. we could have Seguin but.........