Management Don Sweeney

[Over the volcano]

Tough for even me to support Sweeney when he’s staying home for a college graduation party for his neighbors kid

Ok he can follow the game on the NESN App but we need a GM who cares

Anyone in the neighborhood having a graduation a party Friday night he could go to?

 

[Babajingo]

He's going into the next few years with no prospects, no draft picks and avg cap space (remember that every team gets that extra cap). Should be interesting how he manages.
I think he is going to do what his owner wants him to do. Be good enough to the make the playoffs. Anything past round 1 is icing.

 

[DaStinger]

Like Poitras?

Or Lohrei?

If we ignore gross negligence it never happened

 

[CDJ]

Like Poitras?

Or Lohrei?

Frederic too

They know what they’re doing since they got their own scouting staff in, I have no problems with their drafting

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

He's going into the next few years with no prospects, no draft picks and avg cap space (remember that every team gets that extra cap). Should be interesting how he manages.
I think he is going to do what his owner wants him to do. Be good enough to the make the playoffs. Anything past round 1 is icing.

His owner must be pretty stupid.

You make a lot more money when you go to the finals.

But then again, what's a billionaire know about making money.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

He's going into the next few years with no prospects, no draft picks and avg cap space (remember that every team gets that extra cap). Should be interesting how he manages.
I think he is going to do what his owner wants him to do. Be good enough to the make the playoffs. Anything past round 1 is icing.

No prospects (if you don’t count the guys who you didn’t count as prospects before who are now NHL players and don’t count other guys who are being discounted the way guys like Lohrei, Beecher, and Poitras were).

 

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Yeah because signing an aging power forward who already showed in the last seasons that he barely can keep up with the speed of the NHL would have changed this whole teams mentality. What a hot take. Admit it, Donny f***ed this team up. Bruins used to be the hammer, now they are the nail and Donny is responsible for this.

About the other crap you wrote, show some respect and don't get personal.

Respect is something not often seen here. As someone who watched his grandmother suffer with Alzheimer’s disease, it’s anything but funny.
Great post!

 

[TheReal13Linseman]

Anybody see Lindgren playing for the Rangers tonight? Wonder if Donny was watching.

• Traded to NY Rangers by Boston with Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey, Boston's 1st round pick in 2018 NHL Draft and Boston's 7th round pick in 2019 NHL Draft for Rick Nash, February 25, 2018.

 

[McGarnagle]

Anybody see Lindgren playing for the Rangers tonight? Wonder if Donny was watching.

• Traded to NY Rangers by Boston with Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey, Boston's 1st round pick in 2018 NHL Draft and Boston's 7th round pick in 2019 NHL Draft for Rick Nash, February 25, 2018.

That first round pick became K'Andre Miller too

 

[Kegs]

That first round pick became K'Andre Miller too

Clearly a bad trade. But he couldn’t expect Nash to become injured and not really play much hockey after the trade.

 

[LouJersey]

Clearly a bad trade. But he couldn’t expect Nash to become injured and not really play much hockey after the trade.

He was also a UFA. The injury was really unfortunate.

 

[Patdud]

He was also a UFA. The injury was really unfortunate.

They're were conversations about resigning him which wouldn't have been a bad idea but he retired. was a shame, clicked with Krejci right away.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Anybody see Lindgren playing for the Rangers tonight? Wonder if Donny was watching.

• Traded to NY Rangers by Boston with Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey, Boston's 1st round pick in 2018 NHL Draft and Boston's 7th round pick in 2019 NHL Draft for Rick Nash, February 25, 2018.

Safe to say that didn't work out well.

Though they did get rid of Spooner & Belesky.

 

[LouJersey]

They're were conversations about resigning him which wouldn't have been a bad idea but he retired. was a shame, clicked with Krejci right away.

Not getting Miller and McDonagh was the only real boner I can see with players we have missed out on. Frederic was in that one IIRC and the Bruins were reluctant which you understand. IMO B's def have one more cup w those two.

 

[Patdud]

Not getting Miller and McDonagh was the only real boner I can see with players we have missed out on. Frederic was in that one IIRC and the Bruins were reluctant which you understand. IMO B's def have one more cup w those two.

Letting Tampa get McDonaugh really set the stage for them to be second fiddle to Tampa in 2018-2022. who knows if Miller would have been part of the package. I remember it as DeBrusk + for McDonaugh. I would have done it in a hearbeat, more so now. Never would have needed to make the lindholm deal, wouldn't have "needed" to draft Vaakaneinen, If you did get miller, theres your center, would have possibly had your 1st last year and a second this year, etc.

Your Top pair in 2019 would have been McDonaugh and McAvoy, Chara could have played with Carlo, etc.

sigh

 

[bb_fan]

Yeah because signing an aging power forward who already showed in the last seasons that he barely can keep up with the speed of the NHL would have changed this whole teams mentality. What a hot take. Admit it, Donny f***ed this team up. Bruins used to be the hammer, now they are the nail and Donny is responsible for this.

About the other crap you wrote, show some respect and don't get personal.

you do know how far removed from 2011 we are?

Although i don't disagree with how soft this team is, he inherited a lot of that.

But hasn't done anything effective to change that either.

i also think MArchands comments the other day were a subtle jab at that.

Edit: to add to this, Sweeney traded a lot of chips for last years team, and that team was amazing and totally shit the bed. Not his fault at all.

Had they won the cup last year like they should have, we aren't even having this conversation. and everyone is probably fine with a year or two of sucking to build back up.

and yet here we are in round 2 with a team that most people thought would be a bubble playoff team

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Anybody see Lindgren playing for the Rangers tonight? Wonder if Donny was watching.

• Traded to NY Rangers by Boston with Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey, Boston's 1st round pick in 2018 NHL Draft and Boston's 7th round pick in 2019 NHL Draft for Rick Nash, February 25, 2018.

That's totally fair. But I was with Sweeney on that one. I liked the Nash move at the time.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

you do know how far removed from 2011 we are?

Although i don't disagree with how soft this team is, he inherited a lot of that.

But hasn't done anything effective to change that either.

i also think MArchands comments the other day were a subtle jab at that.

Edit: to add to this, Sweeney traded a lot of chips for last years team, and that team was amazing and totally shit the bed. Not his fault at all.

Had they won the cup last year like they should have, we aren't even having this conversation. and everyone is probably fine with a year or two of sucking to build back up.

and yet here we are in round 2 with a team that most people thought would be a bubble playoff team

Funny, I've heard more than a couple of commentators state that the Boston/Florida series has been the most physical of these playoffs. At least one saying, "and it ain't even close".

 

[Fire Sweeney]

He's going into the next few years with no prospects, no draft picks and avg cap space (remember that every team gets that extra cap). Should be interesting how he manages.
I think he is going to do what his owner wants him to do. Be good enough to the make the playoffs. Anything past round 1 is icing.

I think he's already managed to squeeze an extra 5 years thanks to Chiarelli's good drafting and trades in his early tenure. He's done now. No Rask Charabor prime Marchand to save his ass, his mediocre drafting will be the end of him.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I think he's already managed to squeeze an extra 5 years thanks to Chiarelli's good drafting and trades in his early tenure. He's done now. No Rask Charabor prime Marchand to save his ass, his mediocre drafting will be the end of him.

Charabor was a beast

 

[Raleighfern]

I think he's already managed to squeeze an extra 5 years thanks to Chiarelli's good drafting and trades in his early tenure. He's done now. No Rask Charabor prime Marchand to save his ass, his mediocre drafting will be the end of him.

what year do you consider chia's best draft year? his 1st draft was 2007 i believe and last was 2014.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I think he's already managed to squeeze an extra 5 years thanks to Chiarelli's good drafting and trades in his early tenure. He's done now. No Rask Charabor prime Marchand to save his ass, his mediocre drafting will be the end of him.

Chiarelli drafting Swayman, Lohrei, and Poitras was a masterclass.

 

[NDiesel]

Chiarelli drafting Swayman, Lohrei, and Poitras was a masterclass.

That's enough, we only dwell on his mistakes here, not picks he got right

 

[LouJersey]

The two sides of Sweeney fandom is a riot. I'll never understand the no criticism allowed or no credit allowed. ****ing odd to say the least.

 

[dangermike]

Letting Tampa get McDonaugh really set the stage for them to be second fiddle to Tampa in 2018-2022. who knows if Miller would have been part of the package. I remember it as DeBrusk + for McDonaugh. I would have done it in a hearbeat, more so now. Never would have needed to make the lindholm deal, wouldn't have "needed" to draft Vaakaneinen, If you did get miller, theres your center, would have possibly had your 1st last year and a second this year, etc.

Your Top pair in 2019 would have been McDonaugh and McAvoy, Chara could have played with Carlo, etc.

sigh

ya with a tiny caveat - shoulda won in 2019, was wagon-ish in 2020 before covid and tampa was hurt...

that could have gone so differently that i cant pin it on sweeney although mcdonough would have been sick back there