Last season, the Boston Bruins were one of the worst teams in the NHL, entering the new year, Don Sweeney issued a controversial statement on the state of the Bruins roster.

General Manager Don Sweeney is confident in his moves he made this off-season, and believes the Boston Bruins are going to be a much better team next season.

Last year, during the NHL trade deadline, Don Sweeney took the Bruins down a new path after trading away some key players.

This included Brad Marchand being traded to the Florida Panthers, and ultimately lead to the Bruins finishing the year with a 33-39-10 record, which was fifth-worst in the NHL.

Sweeney confident the Bruins will be better this year

Despite the underwhelming moves Sweeney made this off-season, he is confident the Bruins are going to be a harder team to play against this season.

He didn't make any big moves, but believes that the moves he did make will bring them back to the playoffs.

“If we stay healthy, I think we're going to be really competitive,” Sweeney said on Tuesday. “Ultimately, we're going to blend, as (head coach) Marco (Strum) talked the other day, a standard that has got to be risen in terms of how competitive we're going to be, with the structure he wants to play.”

Surprisingly, Sweeney believes that some of the younger players are ready to take the next step, which will help the Bruins be more competitive.

“There's going to be a competition for ice time and for roster spot, and that was by design all summer long,” Sweeney said. “We made a massive change in direction last year at the deadline, and now we need to course correct. We need to take steps forward and get back to the level and standing that we all expect.”

The season is approaching quick, as the Bruins first game in less then a month away now.