BOSTON

The Boston Bruins fell two wins short of winning their second Stanley Cup in three years. So they weren’t about to change much.

The Bruins opened training camp Wednesday with only two roster spots seemingly uncertain, and those were on the third and fourth lines.

“We’ve kept our core together,” coach Claude Julien said. “We’ve got some great leaders, a great core group of guys. And we’ve added some quality people in there, too.”

The Bruins signed free agent Jarome Iginla to fill the vacancy at right wing on the first line created when Nathan Horton signed with Columbus. They also obtained Loui Ericksson from Dallas for Tyler Seguin.“I think it’s important every once in a while to get some fresh faces in and continue to create that excitement of being competitive and wanting to win every year,” Julien said. “You know things can get stale after a while.”

The Bruins are back less than three months after the stunning end to their season. Close to forcing a seventh game in the Stanley Cup finals, they allowed two goals in the last 76 seconds and the Chicago Blackhawks won the sixth game, 3-2, and the championship.

The Bruins tended to their long-term future by signing two cornerstones to eight-year contracts — goalie Tuukka Rask for $56 million and center Patrice Bergeron for $52 million.

The Bruins let Andrew Ference leave for Calgary as a free agent but still have seven defensemen who contributed last season to a team that allowed 109 goals, third fewest in the NHL: Seidenberg, Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk, Adam McQuaid, Torey Krug, Dougie Hamilton and Matt Bartkowski.

The Bruins lost two other forwards: Jaromir Jagr via free agency and Rich Peverley in the trade with Dallas. But Swedish star Carl Soderberg, who played sparingly in the postseason, has offensive skills that could earn a regular shift.

Iginla finally joined the Bruins after a detour to Pittsburgh. He nixed a deal during the season that would have sent him to Boston and chose to go to the Penguins instead.