Why is Boston such a good organization?

[LeveilleFan19]

I understand people want to hate on Boston, but the question is "Why are they such a good organization"? Many here seem to be butthurt and act as if the question was "Why are they the Best?"

You can't deny the Bruins are a good organization. Simply judging by the number of Stanley Cup victories is ignorant. The Bruins consistently have a CHANCE of making a deep run into the playoffs, every season. That's what you hope for, as an organization. Sure, the goal is to win the Cup, but does anyone honestly think the same team can win the Cup every couple or few years?

It's clear the Bruins have a great culture and a great system in place that makes them a GOOD organization. If you feel otherwise, you're simply a hater.

 

[Bocephus86]

Over the last 10ish years we Boston fans have had a front row seat to the team that sucks then wins a championship then sucks again with the Red Sox. I'll tell you, I've had a lot more fun with the Bruins being in it over the Sox in that time. And, based on dwindling tickets and viewership for the Sox, it looks like I'm not the only one.

When a team is constantly 'in it', all the games matter and are worth watching. That brings a ton of value over an 82 game season to this fan. Do I wish they won more? Hell ya. But Im glad they havent been irrelevant for 5+ years to get me one extra cup, for example.

 

[jgatie]

Over the last 10ish years we Boston fans have had a front row seat to the team that sucks then wins a championship then sucks again with the Red Sox. I'll tell you, I've had a lot more fun with the Bruins being in it over the Sox in that time. And, based on dwindling tickets and viewership for the Sox, it looks like I'm not the only one.

When a team is constantly 'in it', all the games matter and are worth watching. That brings a ton of value over an 82 game season to this fan. Do I wish they won more? Hell ya. But Im glad they havent been irrelevant for 5+ years to get me one extra cup, for example.

Give it up, there's no convincing haters. If the Bruins had won 6 cups in the last decade, they still wouldn't say they are good. Hell, there are still delusional people in this world who think Tom Brady isn't the best QB in history because he lost 3 Superbowls that Montana didn't even get to play in.

 

[Strangle]

Mostly being treated much too softly by the refs and the league

Preferential treatment

 

[Michoulicious]

They can't even beat Montreal. They suck.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

They can't even beat Montreal. They suck.

Lol

 

[ole ole]

Since 2006.

1 Norris
3 Jennings
4 Vezinas
6 Selkes
3 Prince of Wales Trophies
1 Cup

Hate the Bruins as much as the next guy, but their hardware shelf isnt empty at all. It wasn't just a good core, it was a core that aged like fine wine. Which is frankly unfair.

He said 1 cup in 50 yrs not the last 16 yrs.

 

[ole ole]

Lol, can see you're definitely a good is the enemy of great guy.

One of the best records in the NHL over the last 13 seasons, including
a SC titlle, 2 other apoearances, 3 Presidents Trophies and a record
wins and point totals last year. They don't deserve a thread for for being so good?

Its a miracle some people can find their way home from school or work everyday.

An organization reputation just doesn't go back 13 yrs.
There are many great organization in the league.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

An organization reputation just doesn't go back 13 yrs.
There are many great organization in the league.

Of course it doesn't but if you want to go back to the expansion year of
1967-68, Boston still is a good organization.

SCC - 70-72-11

SCF - 74-77-78-88-90-13-19

Presidents 71-72-74-83-90-14-20-23

So 17 times in 56 seasons they either went to The Finals or finished first overall. That's pretty good success rate. Incidentally, they for all intents and purposes were Stanley Cup Finalist in 1969 when all the Expansion Teams were in the West with one getting an auto berth to SCF.

I was in 7th grade growing up in Greater Boston the 1967-68 season, so I have watched everyone of those 17 times they were by definition elite.

You're obviously a Montreal fan so you can crow about your 10 SCC and 12 SCF.
Knock yourself out and start your own thread.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

They can't even beat Montreal. They suck.

What were you saying, lol.

 

[BostonBob]

Must be a small bar if you've got one Cup in 51 years.

I think half this board probably isn't old enough to remember when they were pretty irrelevant in the 90s and 00s and TD Garden wasn't even selling out.

Wow - what great insight you have given us here. Does the thread title say " Why is Boston the Greatest Organization that Wins a Cup Every Year " ???? If you can't see that they are one of the steadiest organizations in the NHL then maybe you should start watching another sport.

Recency bias.

What a load of crap.

 

[Yeti34]

No high draft picks in forever. Retirements to key players. High tax state. Just seems like they always have later picks stepping up and every signing/trade they make seems to work out.

What has Boston figured out that everyone else hasn’t?

They focus on D and goaltending. They also still have a bit of the team D structure from Julien.

 

[Ignatius]

1 cup in 50+ years….

Will be attacked for the comment but it is what it is. An organization doesn’t deserve a dedicated thread for being so “good” with that lack of hardware.

I'm not going to attack you but rather make an observation.

I remember when Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin were going to be drafted and there was a lot of discussion as to what team was going to draft either player and which player would rather go to what team. I immediately thought of the fact that whoever ended up in Boston would have a greater chance of immediate success which proved to be very true in Seguin's case.

On the flip side of that coin Taylor Hall has had a career of greater individual accomplishment but that has never translated to date to any high level of success in terms of the teams he has played on. To a lesser extent that could be said about Seguin as well, perhaps Seguin was just lucky enough to be on the right team at the right time? Part of me thinks that he has had far more stability in his career whereas Hall has bounced all over the league without as much consistent success with the teams he has played on.

 

[Kranix]

Because Ullmark and Swayman have been nearly unbeatable for 2 years.

 

[JungleBeat]

Great goalies and defence. The team will fall apart soon.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Every team ever could say the same thing about their own missed draft picks. Why is this one focused on so much? It's f***ing annoying

Because it was a stacked draft and they had three consecutive mid firsts.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Over the last 10ish years we Boston fans have had a front row seat to the team that sucks then wins a championship then sucks again with the Red Sox. I'll tell you, I've had a lot more fun with the Bruins being in it over the Sox in that time. And, based on dwindling tickets and viewership for the Sox, it looks like I'm not the only one.

When a team is constantly 'in it', all the games matter and are worth watching. That brings a ton of value over an 82 game season to this fan. Do I wish they won more? Hell ya. But Im glad they havent been irrelevant for 5+ years to get me one extra cup, for example.

I finally found someone that thinks like me. Give me the Rangers since 2005 who have been a playoff team almost every year than the NY Giants with their two fluke championships and decade of league worst play.

 

[Bocephus86]

I finally found someone that thinks like me. Give me the Ranger since 2005 who have been a playoff team almost every year than the NY Giants with their two fluke championships and decade of league worst play.

Spending each Sunday watching the clown car that is the 2023 Patriots has just further entrenched me in this position. Respect.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Spending each Sunday watching the clown car that is the 2023 Patriots has just further entrenched me in this position. Respect.

Although the Pats are an outlier since they've been SO successful.

 

[ClydeLee]

I think watching prospects and tank years are fun. So, not with the vibe or trading actual championship success for more playoff years that go nowhere.

I guess some people got to love it. But I've pointed out some absurdity of plenty of Blackhawks fans that wish different choices post 2013 were made. Like not extending Toews and Kane, Bickell, or keeping Nick Leddy. A bunch of, we'd not be champions in 2015 but marginally better 16-20 years. Those ideas are silly and not at all worth it.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

@Hockey 4 Life I’m just wondering why you haven’t answered this yet?

You quoted the wrong guy, you want to quote the other guy who spells his name Hockey 4 Lyfe.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Goaltending, leaders in the dressing room, culture, expectations/standards. Probably would have another Cup or two with a few better drafting decisions, so that's on amateur scouting for galaxy braining it.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Mostly being treated much too softly by the refs and the league

Preferential treatment

I could be wrong, but I thought I saw a stat the other day that they were in the top 5 for most penalized teams this season.

Anyone watching Bruins games all season should tell you goaltending has helped them win a lot of games they shouldn't even be in.

 

[tfwnogf]

The players buy into the team mentality. A lot of other teams have guys that coast, just there for a paycheck or want out but in Boston there is a sense of pride to play in black and gold. It's pretty admirable, seems like the attitude Chara/Bergeron instilled in them is continuing with Marchand.

 

[KnightofBoston]

1 cup in 50+ years….

Will be attacked for the comment but it is what it is. An organization doesn’t deserve a dedicated thread for being so “good” with that lack of hardware.

if we're only measuring cups as success, but 30 teams every year don't win a cup so there have to be other ways to measure success

anyone who knows also knows that generally teams don't win cups when they consistently miss the playoffs, which is something the bruins have avoided a lot the last 15 years of the current cultural make up.

If you talk about the last 50 years, you're now also talking about multiple drivers at the helm and then the premise of this thread falls apart because I believe the OP is referring to the current rendition of the Bruins, not the Joe Thorton or Harry Sinden Bruins that had structural and philosophy issues