I don't really care about how bad they look right now, but the reason they had to trade pieces is that they sucked before.
And the larger point is right. How much longer is ownership going to let this go on? After a decade of Don Sweeney this team:
1) Lacks NHL talent
2) Has the worst prospect pool in the league
3) Has some of the absolute worst long-term contracts in the league.
They Bruins are f***ed, and it's all Don Sweeney's making. All of it. Actually, it's even worse than that, because he inherited his best player from the last GM.
What has Don Sweeney done well besides ride Patrice Bergeron and Hall-of-Fame goaltending to regular season success? What has he excelled at in his role? And, most importantly, now that the big squad is really bad, what has he done to at least position the Bruins for future success?
The Bruins fired Peter Chiarelli and at the time they did the organization was in far, far, far, far better shape. So what's different about Don Sweeney, and by extension Cam Neely my favorite player ever?
We know. We all know. And it sucks.