Gotta admit it does look a bit suspicious that the off-the-board picks at 14 and 15, plus the #13 are all represented by the same agency group, But then I guess you have to ask, what possible advantage is there to these players/agents to fix it so they get drafted by the Bruins in the first round?
Surely they would have been drafted by some other team in round 2 - possibly even a better team. I guess it's great to say you were a 1st-round pick, but that pedigree only matters if you play up to it. I don't see what would be in it to collude like that.
Looks like Sweeney and co identified their guys and went for them. I guess that kind of decisiveness is admirable. I hope it pans out. Time will tell.
I was a little miffed at Sweeney's pressers and comments yesterday though. For someone who's billed a great communicator, his language was quite obfuscatory and vague, I thought.
Dougie being "not comfortable" moving forward as a Bruin, etc. Why not just say he wanted more salary than they were willing to pay?
I expected more directness from Sweeney. Chia, in his own way, was more direct than this, even though he was also quite diplomatic in his word choice. To me, Chia seemed relatively more transparent in his lingo.
