The Boston Bruins made several moves during this past summer. Yet, their biggest off-season move was re-signing forward Morgan Geekie to a six-year, $33 million contract.

Yes, the Bruins beat the Islanders on Tuesday night. No, they still don't look like they're ready to win consistently.

BOSTON — The news could have been bad. The Bruins called up Jonathan Aspirot on Monday to give them depth on defense for their road trip to Ottawa after placing Hampus Lindholm retroactively on injured reserve. So when they activated Lindholm on Tuesday, Aspirot could have been sent back to Providence.

The Buffalo Sabres practiced on Wednesday before travelling to Boston for their second game against the Bruins this month on Thursday, and winger Jordan Greenway was a full participant and took a regular rotation in line rushes in his normal spot on the Sabres third line,

Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri gave the Isles a 2-0 lead for the third straight game, as they scored in the first 4:52, but the Bruins grabbed control of the game in the second period when they had ten of the first 11 shots and scored three times.

The Bruins entered the year talking about playoff contention. Dealing Zacha for anything other than somebody who can help the roster right now, means they’re pulling the plug, just 10 games into the season. To do that, they’d have to fetch a pretty hefty combination of draft picks and prospects.

The Bruins expected defense to be their strength this season. Between growing pains, a new system and injury, it’s been the opposite.

The Bruins started out with the lead on Monday. Morgan Geekie stopped the puck at the offensive blueline and dashed toward the net, lasering one past Leevi Meriläinen to make it 1-0 at 3:06. It was the forward’s fifth goal in four games and seventh of the season.

Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak made a bold claim regarding Morgan Geekie's ceiling after the team's 5-2 win over the New York Islanders.