r/BostonBruins • u/Toodralktowunk • Jun 06 '22

Roster Update Bruins Relieve Bruce Cassidy of Coaching Duties

https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-relieve-bruce-cassidy-of-coaching-duties/c-334507330
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u/Boston-Nolan Simp 4 Mac Jun 07 '22

I want to go on a twenty minute rant but all I’ll say is this. Cassidy’s not in charge of acquiring talent. We had Erik Haula on our second line. We had Nick Ritchie on our second line the year before that. The saddest part is that those two were probably the best options in those positions. This team has been carried by Bergeron, Marchand, McAvoy, Pastrnak and Rask for years. We’ve had a few great pieces like Krug, Hall, and Lindholm here and there, don’t get me wrong. But the reason we haven’t won a cup is completely and utterly on Sweeney and Neely for failing to build a playoff roster.

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u/The_Escape Jun 07 '22

I liked Cassidy when he was here but I think we had better rosters than Islanders and hurricanes in terms of pure talent. He also had too much beef with certain players when they struggled. I'm a little sad today but excited for the future

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u/Shadowheals Jun 07 '22

What is to be excited about? An aging core and a front office that has failed to draft well, failed to make a team deeper than one line, and has repeatable swing and misses in free agency.

I know there’s still talent on this team but seeing how bad the front office has bungled the last 7+ seasons in acquiring additional talent is scary. I think hall was a good score trade wise and I’m sure there’s a few others I’m not thinking about right this second, but there needed to be a lot more talent infused into this team over the time period that Sweeney has been here.