What the hell are you talking about? That isn’t an opinion. The Bruins have not been good at actually winning cups the past 50 years.
How is that an opinion and not fact?
Why is Boston such a good organization?
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What the hell are you talking about? That isn’t an opinion. The Bruins have not been good at actually winning cups the past 50 years.
How is that an opinion and not fact?
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and Since Ive been to all 3 parades, I got no complaints.
All I ever ask for is a shot. In my lifetime they have consistently delivered on that.
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This and it helps that a lot of NHL talent is from the area, and decide to sign there.
Bruins are a shining example of what all teams want to be.
And I'm a Habs fan who remembers when we used to be what the Bruins still are.
I tip my hat to them.
Cheers
The way I look at it the Bruins lost out to some of the greatest teams ever assembled during the gap. Gretzky’Oilers and those great late 70s Habs clubs.
Nothing to be ashamed over. The Broad St bullies too.
I still have nightmares over Kate Smith and Lafleur beating Gil Gilbert in 79.
lol
But getting to the dance is still fun.
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Could be correlation without causation.
But one can wonder if there is not a little bit of reaping the sacrifice made in team culture aura they sowed in the past, the trading of the Thornton-Kessel-Seguin, easy to exagerate, there was luck obviously, Bergeron career got could have went the terribly sad Marc Savard way (but that an example of terrible luck on that organization has well, Nathan Horton and others, that balance it out)
Chara-Bergeron prime being so long, that it created some very good passing of the torch, mix of good and luck draft pick
But one can wonder if there is not a little bit of reaping the sacrifice made in team culture aura they sowed in the past, the trading of the Thornton-Kessel-Seguin, easy to exagerate, there was luck obviously, Bergeron career got could have went the terribly sad Marc Savard way (but that an example of terrible luck on that organization has well, Nathan Horton and others, that balance it out)
Chara-Bergeron prime being so long, that it created some very good passing of the torch, mix of good and luck draft pick
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If the League didn't have a salary cap, plenty of other deeper pocket teams would have been able to spend their way to a cup, NYR for example has had some pretty good teams and much deeper pockets. TB has always pushed the line on cap circumvention. Toronto has lost a few key players due to cap restriction. Maybe Edmonton spends its way to a cup. Lots of teams could claim the same, with out a cap we would have won the cup.
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And maybe Ottawa keep Chara back in the days...
Hawks keeping everyone in the 2010 would have been another one that could have maybe won one more during prime Chara time.
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I can't tell if it's trolling or people legit think Boston isn't a good organization.
1 cup or not in so many years, they make the playoffs every year and sometimes go on deep runs. Some runs end shorter than others, but to say they aren't good is just silly.
They aren't the Dallas Cowboys of the NHL, feels bad man, making the playoffs only to be bounced out every year in round 1.
1 cup or not in so many years, they make the playoffs every year and sometimes go on deep runs. Some runs end shorter than others, but to say they aren't good is just silly.
They aren't the Dallas Cowboys of the NHL, feels bad man, making the playoffs only to be bounced out every year in round 1.
Bruins culture, management responsible for early-season success — The Fourth Period
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Did you know TB was the only team to call out Chicago for their cap shenanigans years ago? The Hockey News reported this.
But because Chicago is a "traditional" team, nobody ever brings it up. But TB (and now Vegas) are suddenly persona non grata among the same people who wouldn't give a shit about "muh cap cirumvention" if it was their teams that had been so successful. Remember when Mets fans used to bash the Yankees, but this year, they were all silent?
And, let's be real, if there was no salary cap, people would be ranting and raving about how hockey had turned into baseball with only a select few teams having any relevance; coincidentally, I could see Drai hitting free agency like Ohtani has recently. The parallels between the Oilers and Angels are really uncanny, right down to the homeless people setting up shop around their arenas.
The cap is fine. It's just that quite a few front offices prefer to coast on the fact they'll always have butts in the seats rather than actually try to win.
Don Sweeney is incredibly underrated by many, notwithstanding is GM of the year award last season. He is incredibly thoughtful and methodical about every single transaction. He also improves over time and learns from his mistakes. Every single contract on the roster right now is right-side up as far as cap hit. How many teams can say they don't have one bad contract?
Reading all the nasty stories this week what some guys had to go through in the junior league or even pro league what a blessing for all the Boston upcoming and current players to have a team leader like him. Long time after he will hang them up his legacy will not only be how many points he scored or how many trophies he got but how he single-handedly changed the culture of this franchise. He set the tone.
