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Cam Neely Issued A Shocking Statement Regarding The Boston Bruins, And Fans Are Now Calling For His Job
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The Boston Bruins have been through extraordinary circumstances this year, going through a major losing streak, and a firing of Jim Montgomery, and now his latest statement to the media is at best tone-deaf and a fireable offense.
The Boston Bruins, under Don Sweeney and Cam Neely, this season have gone through the wringer.
Now with the end of the season at hand, the Boston Globe sat down with Bruins President Cam Neely.
He was asked about the team's direction under Joe Sacco, and the moves at the trade deadline, which involved moving former Captain Brad Marchand instead of signing him with a salary cap increase expected.
And the answers were as harrowing as you would expect.
The one answer Neely offered to Globe readers, and Bruins fans everywhere, seems to belie a certain kind of arrogance that only he and Don Sweeney know best.
«I don't think we need to really strip this down,» Neely said. «We moved some significant pieces, obviously, at the deadline. Hopefully we can replace some of those pieces and get us back to where we want to be, which is competing for Stanley Cups, being a team that has a chance to win everything.»
Instead of addressing issues that have plagued the lineup, like adding a top-six winger or improving the goaltending and defense, Don Sweeney and Cam Neely said they "didn't need to tear it down".
But that is exactly what they did by shipping out the Bruins' core of Brandon Carlo, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, and Trent Frederic.
Instead of working with Jim Montgomery and accommodating his ask, they would fire him at the drop of a shoe when his record wasn't the kind they liked after two successful seasons with the club.
«I think everything is on the table as far as trying to improve the club,» he said. «Obviously some picks are years away from getting into your lineup, so you've got to evaluate that and evaluate where you are with your team, but everything's going to be on the table.»
Some of the pieces they acquired were good, like Casey Mittelstadt and Fraser Minten. But the way the Bruins treat their younger players, they might as well trade them already, seeing how Matthew Poitras has been treated.
While Jim Montgomery's first 20 games of 2024-2025 yielded an 8-9-3 record, Sacco's record isn't any better.
What kind of improvement is taking a sledgehammer to the foundation with very little in return for someone of your top players?
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