We once compared the decline from the Cup Team as follows:
Imagine a dad brings home the finest Scotch available on the market. His teenager keeps sneaking some and replacing with water. After a few times, all you have is gross brown water in an award winning bottle. The sad part is that dad is still telling his friends it's amazing and trying to pass it off. The teenager and the rest of the crowd know better.
New management's promise of a "deep playoff run" are that sad dad. I hate seeing the Bruins jersey wrapped around the product.