Do the Bruins Really Need To Rebuild?
"The key is to get this club turned around fast enough where they could be a cup contender before Patrice Bergeron and Tuuka Rask and everyone else gets too old in order to be a contributing factor to a winner."
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"The key is to get this club turned around fast enough where they could be a cup contender before Patrice Bergeron and Tuuka Rask and everyone else gets too old in order to be a contributing factor to a winner."
The Bruins' second straight collapse can't be blamed on a single person or group of people. This was a systemic collapse, from top-to-bottom. So what needs to change?
Bruins players cleaned out their lockers Monday at TD Garden two days after playing as though they had little interest in making the playoffs in a 6-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators.
Krejci finished the season with 63 points in 72 games played, ranking him in the top 20 in the NHL in points per game among players who skated in at least 70 games.
The season is over for the Bruins, and changes are coming at Causeway Street.
Tuukka Rask has spoken, and he insists that over the weekend, he was very sick.
If the second straight season of missing the playoffs leads to some major changes, it may well be a good thing for the franchise.
Matt Kalman says any failure requires response and it seems like coach Claude Julien might be the one who takes the hit after the Bruins were eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday but this would be a mistake.
The Boston Bruins' season is officially over.
The Boston Bruins were unable to carry any momentum from Thursday's win, losing on Saturday to the Senators in the regular-season finale.
With their season hanging in the balance, the Bruins will be without goaltender Tuukka Rask.
There is a lot to learn about the Bruins in Saturday's regular season finale against the Senators, and it goes much deeper than the team making the playoffs.
For one night at least, Don Sweeney can feel quite good about his trade deadline decisions.
The Bruins delivered one of the best efforts of the season Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings, but can they repeat that performance on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators?
Here's a complete breakdown of the playoff possibilities for the Bruins, in the simplest terms possible.
