Management Don Sweeney extended 2 years

[Bruin4]

I’m good with the fun it would bring but he’s getting up there

I’m Leafs
1. Stop trading 1’s

That’s what I want to see Sweeney do these next couple of drafts, where he’s collected Toronto and Florida first, unless it’s for a stud with term.

I dont want to see these picks moved for a last desperate grasp at making the playoffs for an upcoming UFA

 

[ODAAT]

I’d love Rod the Bod here

I like him but he`s another coach who can`t seem to get his teams over the hump almost every year

 

[Hookslide]

I like him but he`s another coach who can`t seem to get his teams over the hump almost every year

You are right, but the Bruins need to make it to the "Hump" before we worry about that.

 

[Pia8988]

Carolina is soon to be 0-16 in ECF games

So much for the joy of making it out 2nd round

I know that troubles you deeply as a die-hard caniac

 

[DKH]

I know that troubles you deeply as a die-hard caniac

I’m a Rod Brind’Amour truther going back to his Blues days

Hoping Canes can get swept and Rod canned so Donny can squeeze him into an interview and hire him

 

[MattFromFranklin]

The majority of folks on here would prefer that they move on from Sweeney, but what's hilarious is that between Sweeney and Neely, Sweeney would get another job immediately if he got fired. Remember, even Peter Chiarelli got scooped up quickly after he got canned. GM's in the NHL are recycled like soda cans. I'd be absolutely stunned if any team gave Neely a job if by some miracle he got canned. He has proven to be too emotional and a mediocre (and that's being kind) talent evaluator. Outside of acting like a maniac when the team scores a goal, I'm really not sure what, if anything, he actually does.

 

[Shaun]

toronto canned shanahan have to give them credit with how these bozos operate

 

[MattFromFranklin]

toronto canned shanahan have to give them credit with how these bozos operate

He never played for the Maple Leafs, though. Sweeney and Neely both played for the Bruins, which apparently is important.

 

[PB37]

The majority of folks on here would prefer that they move on from Sweeney, but what's hilarious is that between Sweeney and Neely, Sweeney would get another job immediately if he got fired. Remember, even Peter Chiarelli got scooped up quickly after he got canned. GM's in the NHL are recycled like soda cans. I'd be absolutely stunned if any team gave Neely a job if by some miracle he got canned. He has proven to be too emotional and a mediocre (and that's being kind) talent evaluator. Outside of acting like a maniac when the team scores a goal, I'm really not sure what, if anything, he actually does.

Maybe Vancouver takes Cam in if he gets canned?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

The majority of folks on here would prefer that they move on from Sweeney, but what's hilarious is that between Sweeney and Neely, Sweeney would get another job immediately if he got fired. Remember, even Peter Chiarelli got scooped up quickly after he got canned. GM's in the NHL are recycled like soda cans. I'd be absolutely stunned if any team gave Neely a job if by some miracle he got canned. He has proven to be too emotional and a mediocre (and that's being kind) talent evaluator. Outside of acting like a maniac when the team scores a goal, I'm really not sure what, if anything, he actually does.

Just looked up current NHL GMs. First 7 teams (in alphabetical order) have first time GMs.

 

[LJReborn]

I’m a Rod Brind’Amour truther going back to his Blues days

Hoping Canes can get swept and Rod canned so Donny can squeeze him into an interview and hire him

My favorite Brind'Amour thing was when the Blues signed Brendan Shanahan, the Devils asked the arbiter for Scott Stevens and the Blues offered Rod the Bod and Curtis Joseph Lou Lams, master negotiator convinced the guy...crazy days back then,

 

[DaaaaB's]

My favorite Brind'Amour thing was when the Blues signed Brendan Shanahan, the Devils asked the arbiter for Scott Stevens and the Blues offered Rod the Bod and Curtis Joseph Lou Lams, master negotiator convinced the guy...crazy days back then,

I've always found hilarious that the Blues gave up 3 or 4 first round picks to Washington as compensation for signing Stevens and then a year later they gave up Stevens as compensation for signing Shanahan. I didn't know that about Brind'Amour and Cujo being offered though, interesting stuff.

 

[HooperDrivesTheBoat]

That's like saying the Titanic wasn't Edward Smith's worst voyage.

These player write ups also look like they were written by the Bruins PR staff.

I recall some people defending the first-round picks by arguing that if the Bruins had selected players like Barzal, Connor, and Konecny, they eventually wouldn’t have been able to afford to keep all three, so none would have stayed with the team long-term.

Fun times.

 

[UncleRico]

brought to you by;

Monty being an absolute turn coat worm, Hampus' rare kneecap break, and team USA f***ing up McAvoy's health care


no doubt in my mind Bruins slip in to the 7th or 8th seed if Hampus and McAvoy are healthy, and probably end up upsetting Washington on top of it

So if the team had perfect health they would have been a 7th or 8th seed?

That still not a good roster if you are depending on perfectly health to barely make the playoffs.

Also funny to see all these coaches leave us and do better with other teams.

It is becoming very apparent that the coaches haven’t been the issue.

 

[BruinDust]

So if the team had perfect health they would have been a 7th or 8th seed?

That still not a good roster if you are depending on perfectly health to barely make the playoffs.

Also funny to see all these coaches leave us and do better with other teams.

It is becoming very apparent that the coaches haven’t been the issue.

Hampus and McAvoy would of helped push the pace from the back-end, but it wouldn't of changed the fact that the forward group pre-deadline and post-deadline just weren't good enough and lacked a lot of things you need to succeed. The root cause of this teams problems from start to finish was the forward group Sweeney assembled.

Elias didn't have a good year or meet expectations.

Pasta didn't have a great start.

It took a coaching change to get Morgan Geekie producing.

Frederic underwhelmed,

Coyle regressed back to the mean.

Marchand was overworked,

the 4th liners brought basically nothing outside of a few big hits and fights from Kastelic in games they still lost.

Guys they thought were going to contribute like Tufte and Jones were complete busts.

Poitras couldn't stick full-time.

 

[Hookslide]

I’m a Rod Brind’Amour truther going back to his Blues days

Hoping Canes can get swept and Rod canned so Donny can squeeze him into an interview and hire him

He would be worth a look under the hood. I have to say that for all the crap the Maple Leafs take for their playoff failures, do the Canes deserve as much criticisms, they have been a major disappointment.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

So if the team had perfect health they would have been a 7th or 8th seed?

That still not a good roster if you are depending on perfectly health to barely make the playoffs.

Also funny to see all these coaches leave us and do better with other teams.

It is becoming very apparent that the coaches haven’t been the issue.

Julien didn't do better.

Cassidy did.

Monty hasn't yet.

 

[UncleRico]

Julien didn't do better.

Cassidy did.

Monty hasn't yet.

Montgomery just turned around a reeling blues team that was out of the playoffs and helped get them in.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Montgomery just turned around a reeling blues team that was out of the playoffs and helped get them in.

And when he came to Boston he turned the Bruins into the best regular season team ever.

 

[jmon1313]

Montgomery just turned around a reeling blues team that was out of the playoffs and helped get them in.

How'd that go in the playoffs again.

Playoff Monty strikes again.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

How'd that go in the playoffs again.

Playoff Monty strikes again.

Irrelevant to this discussion.

 

[BruinDust]

Does it really matter if a coach leaves on organization and goes on to have success at another?

You can be a super-duper fantastic amazing hockey coach, and still wear out your welcome with a group of players. What odds if they go onto coach a completely different group of players and win? The time was right to move on from Cassidy. I'd argue Julien's firing was overdue and should of been canned after 2015-16.

Frankly, the way it ended here for Monty was a strange one and one that we will probably never get the entire truth or complete story of what went on behind the scenes.

 

[rfournier103]

Does it really matter if a coach leaves on organization and goes on to have success at another?

It shouldn’t. All that really matters is what happens with the Bruins.

Most people, however, seem to think that the Bruins are in the habit of scapegoating decent coaches for upper management’s blunders. That does matter.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Does it really matter if a coach leaves on organization and goes on to have success at another?

You can be a super-duper fantastic amazing hockey coach, and still wear out your welcome with a group of players. What odds if they go onto coach a completely different group of players and win? The time was right to move on from Cassidy. I'd argue Julien's firing was overdue and should of been canned after 2015-16.

Frankly, the way it ended here for Monty was a strange one and one that we will probably never get the entire truth or complete story of what went on behind the scenes.

Monty decided he was done with the team and instead of making that choice over the summer, or sticking it out and doing right by the players and then departing after the season, he quiet quit.


I don’t make millions and I’d never quite quit on my students.

 

[BruinDust]

It shouldn’t. All that really matters is what happens with the Bruins.

Most people, however, seem to think that the Bruins are in the habit of scapegoating decent coaches for upper management’s blunders. That does matter.

I don't see the firings of Julien or Cassidy as scapegoating them. Heck in Julien's case they had two consecutive non-playoff season and it took the bottom falling out midway through 2016-17 to finally let him go. Cassidy was here 6 years and eventually the players just had enough. Sounds like some of his assistant coaches also did.

We can argue Dave Lewis was a scapegoat but thank goodness for that. Mike Sullivan was inexperienced but also definitely a scapegoat but that was a different regime.