The B's dealt Joe Thornton in 2005 and finished the year with a gaping hole at 1C.
They went out and signed Marc Savard in free agency.
Savard goes from a one dimensional set-up guy to a more complete player under Clode before the concussions cut his career short.
Things unfolded a bit differently this time around with Bergeron kicking the can down the road year to year at the end and Krejci coming back after a year off, but the team then sort of limping by with a top 6 center by committee last season.
Are we expecting Marc Savard 2.0 here?