Cam Neely, the team president and a key figure in the Bruins' history himself, reveals that this idea has been brewing for quite some time.
"We started having loose discussions probably three or four years ago about this being a big deal coming up, and being the first American team to turn 100 (the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs are already past the century mark)," Neely shared. "We began talking about how it's going to look... And getting our alumni involved is a really big part of it. You're talking about 100 years' worth of hockey players. That's the lifeblood of a team, its current and former players."