Geekie’s Breakout Season Came With One Concern for Bruins – The Hockey Writers – Boston Bruins

The 2025-26 season was a tale of two seasons for Boston Bruins forward Morgan Geekie. Following up on a breakout 2024-25 campaign that saw him set career highs in games played (77), goals scored (33), assists (24) and points (57), Geekie reached new career highs in every category last season, including 39 goals, 29 assists, 68 points and 81 games played. On paper, it was exactly the kind of season the team wanted from Geekie after signing him to a six-year, $33 million extension. The reality of the situation, though, is that Geekie struggled to produce near the end of the season, and that could ultimately hurt the Bruins moving forward if it becomes a trend.

It’s hard to critique Geekie, especially given the highs he reached last season. For a player selected in the third round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and now on his third team in the league, Geekie has surpassed any and all expectations placed on him as a prospect. With a new set of expectations and a bigger contract to show for it, Geekie didn’t disappoint in the early goings of the season.

In the first 41 games of the 2025-26 season, Geekie scored 25 goals and 41 points. His play was so dominant during the 2025 calendar year that he was pacing the NHL in goals in 2025 and even became the first player to score 50 goals during that stretch, doing so in 79 games. Unfortunately, the season didn’t end in 2025.

Geekie’s Second-Half Struggles

After failing to score a goal in the last five games of 2025, Geekie’s goal-scoring drought would continue for another seven games into 2026, giving him zero goals in 12 games between Game 37 and Game 48 before he finally scored and broke the drought during his 49th game of the season.

Goal scorers are often somewhat streaky and it didn’t seem like too big of a deal at the time. Considering how strong the early goings of Geekie’s season were, it would have been premature at best to critique him based on this little skid.

Unfortunately, this was just a precursor for what was to come.

Between Games 61 and 77, a 17-game stretch, Geekie scored zero goals and recorded just seven assists for the Bruins. It was a cold streak for one of the Bruins’ most important pieces that became impossible to ignore as time went on. It’s also something that could hurt the Bruins in the future if Geekie proves to be a player who can score in bursts but fails to be a consistent option for them down the stretch or in the playoffs.

The good news is that Geekie closed his season out with five goals, including goals in three of their last four games. After a strong first half, Geekie scored 14 goals and 27 points over his final 40 games.

He scored two goals and four points in the Bruins’ six playoff games, but all of that scoring came in the first two games of the series. He went scoreless in each of the last four games and the Bruins ultimately lost three of those four and were eliminated from the postseason in unceremonious fashion.

Geekie’s Contract Still Offers Elite Value

The silver lining for the Bruins is Geekie’s contract remains one of the biggest bargains in the NHL. This would have been true even prior to the large spike in contracts handed out over the 2026 offseason, but it’s even more true after the fact. If Geekie is ultimately a more streaky scorer for the Bruins, they’re still getting value in a player making just $5.5 million annually. If he can prove that these two prolonged stretches are more the exception than the rule, then the contract should age gracefully, especially as Geekie enters just his age-28 season.

The Bruins have some new faces in the lineup this season and should also benefit from the emergence of some younger players making the NHL jump over the next few seasons as well. If Geekie can consistently touch 25-30 goals at his contract value, then the Bruins should be in good shape in the long run.

Geekie doesn’t need to score at an elite rate to be valuable for the Bruins. His ability to go on elite scoring stretches gives the team far more value than his cold streaks take away.