PlayMakers
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I think it's more that it's really hard to be the best team in the world and the Bruins have gotten close but come up short more often than not, just like the rest of the league.I think the front office has overall done a good job but it’s clearly evident to me the owners say one thing and are happy with the 3-8 home games in the playoffs.
How do you build a team that's designed to fail? What would be the motivation for the owners to only want to win 3-8 playoff games instead of 12-16?
What would be the advantage to deliberately building a team that spends to the cap but can only win one round? I mean, your cost is fixed at the cap, going deeper only increases profit since the players aren't paid in the playoffs.
Personally, I think the team was more successful in the Chiarelli days because the core of the team was in their prime. Cup winners are driven by guys in their early 20's and that was Bergeron, Krejci, Lucic, Marchand, Horton, Boychuk... What a 25 and under core that was. Even guys like Campbell, Paille and McQuaid were under 25.