Major Development In The Boston Bruins Firing General Manager Don Sweeney
Could there be a point in time when the Boston Bruins decide to part ways with GM Don Sweeney after this season? According to one NHL Insider, it's doubtful that the team will.
Even with a bottom-5 finish according to the Bruins Network, they feel that the front-office won't fire GM Don Sweeney for a team of underperformers.
That includes Charlie Coyle, Pavel Zacha, Jeremy Swayman, and other B's who are guilty of underperforming this season.
The Bruins could still miss the playoffs, if Joe Sacco can't find a way to keep the team in the win column. But this season the team has held onto 3rd in the Atlantic Division.
If they do, could Don Sweeney lose his job? It seems doubtful, as Cam Neely and Jeremy Jacobs wouldn't fault the GM for the lack of solid play by the team this season according to the Bruins Network.
Here's how the playoff picture looks for the team right now.
The NHL standings show Boston in third place in the Atlantic Division (20-17-5, 45 points) five points behind second-place Florida Panthers (24-15-2, 50 points), and nine points behind first-place Toronto Maple Leafs (26-13-2, 54 points). A third-place finish would ensure a first-round series against the second-place team.
However, the Bruins are just three points in front of the fourth-place Tampa Bay Lightning (20-15-2, 42 points). The Lightning occupy the first wildcard playoff spot and hold five games in hand on Boston.
This means the Bruins will have to be consistent during the 2nd-half of the season in order to hold even a meager spot in the playoffs.
Unless they have a strong second half, The Black and Gold could finish the season with fewer than 90 points, and considering that every team that qualified for last year's postseason amassed 91 points to 113 points, the possibility of not having playoff hockey in Boston this coming April is a real one.
If you were owner Jeremy Jacobs and the Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time in 34 years?
The last time the Bruins missed a playoff series was in 2005.
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15 HOURS AGO | 210 ANSWERS Major Development In The Boston Bruins Firing General Manager Don Sweeney If you were Owner Jeremy Jacobs of the Boston Bruins and GM Don Sweeney was in charge of the team a year they missed the playoffs would you fire him? |
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