19-Year-Old Rookie New Frontrunner to Replace Patrice Bergeron in Boston

Patrice Bergeron's shoes aren't easy to fill, but the Bruins need a first-line centre. It appears they may have found him.

If there was one trend during the Bruins' past few years, it was that they seperated their offense through two lines. Despite having all three pieces for a perfection line, with Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, and David Pastrnak, they opted to keep them on different lines.

With both Bergeron and David Krecji retired, the Bruins no longer have either of their C pillars. In the organization, it was assumed that Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle would fill up those spots, but a new name has emerged - 19-year-old Matthew Poitras.

Essentially a surefire cut headed into camp, Poitras has now played two straight games on a line with captain Marchand and Jake DeBrusk - and he's looked fantastic doing it.

Marchand compared him to superstar winger Mitch Marner in a new interview:

Many are now projecting him to start the season on that first line:

A 19-year-old second rounder coming up to be the teams' 1C? We've seen this before - back in 2004 - and his name was none other than Patrice Bergeron.

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