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We all know how irreplaceable they are, both the on ice tangibles and off-ice intangibles, particularly the leadership of both center-men will likely be enough to take the Bruins out of the contention conversation considering the organizations lack of center-depth. Zacha isn't good enough to be a 1C, and Coyle isn't good enough to be a 2C. I know Pastrnak just signed long-term, but I think he might only be kidding himself if he thinks a stanley cup is in the near future for the Bruins. All we might be able to do now is ponder where things could be if Don Sweeney had drafted better in previous years, I know some might make the argument that there wouldn't be enough cap space to fit more star players under the cap, but that is a good problem to have. Sweeney could easily have traded the likes of Matthew Barzal, Kyle Connor, or Thomas Chabot for future assets if any of them didn't fit the team system or there wasn't cap space to sign them beyond their ELC's, that could in turn manifest into more cheap labour coming through the prosect system to help lengthen the team's contention window.