Bruins face tough decisions in remaining Stanley Cup contender

“They’ve certainly wanted us to do better than we’ve done,” Neely said.

The most crucial of those decisions concerns goaltending.

That means the Bruins could go with a combination of Jeremy Swayman — who was 7-3-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average and .945 save percentage in 10 games as a rookie — and Dan Vladar, who played five games last season.

The 34-year-old was 15-5-2 with a 2.28 GAA and .913 save percentage in 24 regular-season games and had a 2.36 GAA and .919 save percentage in 10 playoff games.

“We have to make a decision,” general manager Don Sweeney said.

Krejci has asked for time to determine what he would like to do, whether that’s return to his native Czech Republic or continue to play in the NHL.

Neely mentioned that the Bruins are continuing to look for “that elusive left D,” perhaps someone to play on the second pair with Brandon Carlo.

“I don’t think we can look at the roster now when you lose in the second round and say you can compete for a Stanley Cup,” Neely said.

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