ikr. I know the Bruins have a history of preferring veterans and don't like most of their kids to grow on the team but rather in the minors and AHL BUT (while I'm not comparing him to Bergeron in any way) the idea of slapping this 19 year old beside a veteran (Marchand) who can mentor him every shift should be considered. His skill set fits perfectly in a DeBrusk-Poitras-Marchand line
and, perhaps more importantly, this option creates a heck of a solid and deep line up. I mean just about everybody thinks Coyle isn't really a 1C and putting him in 1C makes us a weaker team than last year so if it was something like this:
DeBrusk-Poitras-Marchand
Pasternak-Zacha- Van Reimsdyk (?)
Frederic - Coyle - Geekie
Lucic-Beecher-Lauko
Now that third line becomes one that most teams will have trouble with and the bottom 6 can win us a lot of close games.
If he starts to show signs of learning and developing he might be a potential player but right now I'm not seeing it. Not saying he's a definite bust, but right now, at this point, he does not look promising.