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The Boston Bruins will go with Jeremy Swayman as their starting goalie against the Detroit Red Wings tonight (Nov. 23). View the original article to see embedded media. Some had w

During the off-season, the Boston Bruins signed defenseman Nikita Zadorov to a six-year, $30 million contract. With the Bruins needing an upgrade on the left side of their defense and more overall toughness, it made sense that the Bruins brought him in.

Bruins' change of coach from Jim Montgomery to interim bench boss Joe Sacco leads bruising Zadorov to step up own game and seek the same from teammates.

Nikita Zadorov is embracing the Bruins' reset. "I thought we were playing soft the first 20 games," said the big defenseman