what I'm saying was they would give him the option to go out without being fired because of all he did here. Either way he'd be gone is what I'm saying, this just saves face a little. Francona was let go too in this manner but we all know it was a firing technically
On Twitter he credited Jimmy Murphy with a scoop on Claude staying. It figures that those 2 support each other.
Murphy, and it can't be stressed enough how unreliable his track record is, claims Cam was called into the old man's office in Buffalo yesterday. It. Would be from all the way up top. Jeremy.
Why bother? Haggerty (with the help of his sidekick) drives clicks without the normal prerequisite of knowing anything about what he's covering.
Really there are no good Bruins beat writers to follow. I quit trying with Haggs years ago, never liked Murphy, KPD was a joke when he was on it, Benjamin is gone now. The only one I follow now is Fluto but he barely has news and cares more about what he's eating wherever he is. Is there anyone else worth following for strict Bruins news without a bunch of other crap? Can we clone Mike Reiss?
DJ Bean is pretty good if you can stand the inanity of his twitter feed. I personally like it, but can see why others wouldn't.
Seconded. Loftus at the Patriot Ledger and Colageo at the Standard Times are also good but have no where near the access some of the others do because their papers don't pay for them to go on the road.
If they trade for Shattenkirk & sign Yandle, that's not a "major overhaul" by definition but it would solve most of their problems.
I don't believe they'll be doing that. From Donnie's comments there might be a tweak here and there but the core will remain the same. I'm not sure they understand the problem.
I don't expect them to come out in press conference and announce to all the agents & GM's out there that they need two top 4 defensemen, but Sweeney is a smart guy that played defense in this league for a long time, he knows what they need.
He made these moves within 3 months of getting his first GM gig - I'll give him a pass if he learns from his mistakes and does not repeat them. He's allowed a couple of mulligan's for being a newbie. Now that he has a complete season under his belt (draft, pre-season, trade deadline, etc), I expect more from him.
I've been at this point all season. If both Don and Claude can come to the same conclusion, the healing can begin.
I actually agree with this even though you're being sarcastic. I wouldn't trust a guy who traded a three for Zac Rinaldo to sell programs. So far I see a very good return on Lucic and whole lot of junk otherwise.
This should be the plan with KM and AM, they are redundant. They desperately need 2 top 4 D. Shattenkirk and Dumba should be prime targets.
No one is taking McQuaid off their hands which is why Miller shouldn't be re-signed.
Honest question here: do you consider Chara a core player because he is one or because he's likely to be the Bruins' best all-around defenseman for the remainder of his contract? I ask because, by rule, players whose age begin with a 4 aren't often considered a part of a team's core, and he's very much in a decline phase.
I was speaking in the context of Fluto's tweet about core players returning. I included Chara because I don't think he's going anywhere this offseason. I think next offseason is when trading Chara becomes a possibility because of his cap number dropping.
I think if they valued him that highly he would've been signed by now. He would jump at that money if they offered it to him in February. I took the Miller comments today as they like him in a 5/6/7 role and he isn't as bad as he looked trying to play top 4 minutes, and they'd bring him back at bottom pairing money.
He's not going to stamp, "Come fuck me," on his forehead. He's going to make the other GMs read it in his eyes, the way I do every time I look at you.
