The entire holiday season has been a happy one for the Bruins, who have gone from dead last in the East on Halloween to first place by Christmas by posting a 20-2-1 record over that stretch.
They now close out what has been a banner 2011 with a trip out West with stops in Phoenix on Wednesday and Dallas on New Year's Eve. Things couldn't have gone much better in 2011, with the club ending its Stanley Cup drought in June and remaining atop the standings this season. But what is in store for 2012?
As the new year approaches, feel free to fire away with questions on any topics about the team or the NHL in general for NESN.com Bruins beat writer Douglas Flynn's final 2011 edition of the weekly Bruins Mailbag.
Leave questions for Douglas Flynn's mailbag in the comments section below, send them to him via Twitter at @douglasflynn or send them here. He will pick a few questions to answer every week. Be sure to check back to see if your question was answered.
