The Bruins' feel-good defender who became one of the league's best

Every team has that one player whose story transcends the box score - the guy who shouldn't have made it but did, and now he's playing at an elite level. Boston's got one of those right now, a defender whose journey to becoming one of the NHL's most reliable players reads like a script Hollywood would reject for being too neat. The Bruins have quietly built something special with this kid, and the rest of the league is starting to notice.