The Bruins signed Lindholm to a seven-year, $54.25 million contract on July 1 to be their No. 1 center. That plan has gone sideways.

Elias Lindholm finds himself in a similar boat in the midst of the first year of a seven-year, $54.25 million contract with Boston. Several factors have played a part in the Bruins’ sluggish 8-8-3 start,

Elias Lindholm knows he has not been good enough. Lindholm, signed to a seven-year contract worth $7.75 million a season, has just two goals and seven assists in 19 games. He has not scored a goal in over a month,