Statement from Bergeron & the Bruins
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Tonight. I'm breaking in and hanging a homemade banner up there.How long until he's in the rafters?
Awful few months. And now we get to enjoy watching a shitty team for the foreseeable future.Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Thus concludes the most disappointing season in Bruins history.
Just one brutal kick in the sack after another.
Probably Marchand, I would guess.Who will be the next captain?
Hello darkness my old friend.Awful few months. And now we get to enjoy watching a shitty team for the foreseeable future.
Not to muddy up the Bergeron thread, but if I'm Marchand I just retire too, not sure what the incentive to keep playing on this team is. They are going to suck for at least the next 2 years.Probably Marchand, I would guess.
I would assume 33 this year and 37 next year?How long until he's in the rafters?
$9M over the next two years is a good incentive.Not to muddy up the Bergeron thread, but if I'm Marchand I just retire too, not sure what the incentive to keep playing on this team is. They are going to suck for at least the next 2 years.
I’m not sure how many guys would walk away from $9 million guaranteed.Not to muddy up the Bergeron thread, but if I'm Marchand I just retire too, not sure what the incentive to keep playing on this team is. They are going to suck for at least the next 2 years.
I would guess the odds didn't favor them in 2011 so that balances out 1. In a just world they'd have one more Cup (2019). Chicago was just a better club in 2013.Based on playoff odds (2014 and 2023) and actual results (2013 and 2019) that's four potential Cups that didn't materialize. Obviously to think they'd win all four is a little crazy but maybe one or two for sure.
There are plenty of organizations that put out really good teams for 15 years and win zero cups.I would guess the odds didn't favor them in 2011 so that balances out 1. In a just world they'd have one more Cup (2019). Chicago was just a better club in 2013.
As we know this is a very unjust world so they'll have to live with that lack of a second Cup in the best way they can. The retirement does make this year even more glaring of a stupid miss, and now they'll have no quick way to recover.
Plus he probably enjoys playing professional hockey.I’m not sure how many guys would walk away from $9 million guaranteed.
And there are plenty who put out good teams for 15 years and win multiple Cups (Chicago, Detroit, NJ, Pittsburgh).There are plenty of organizations that put out really good teams for 15 years and win zero cups.
I console myself with the fact that 1 Cup is better than zero, and given that they had 3 Game 7's in 2011, with one of them an OT win and the other a 1-0 masterpiece, it could easily have been zero. Still hurts, but the Lunch Pail AC gang and the Bourque/Neely era ended with no Cups, so I'll take it. And even the 2 Cups won by the Orr/Esposito juggernaut is sometimes considered falling short.I would guess the odds didn't favor them in 2011 so that balances out 1. In a just world they'd have one more Cup (2019). Chicago was just a better club in 2013.
As we know this is a very unjust world so they'll have to live with that lack of a second Cup in the best way they can. The retirement does make this year even more glaring of a stupid miss, and now they'll have no quick way to recover.
I mean, they're bringing back the best defense and goaltending unit in the league. It's not like we're going to be the Blue Jackets overnight because of this.Not to muddy up the Bergeron thread, but if I'm Marchand I just retire too, not sure what the incentive to keep playing on this team is. They are going to suck for at least the next 2 years.
Yes, 2011 should logically never have happened yet it did. On the flip side 2019 also should never have happened and it did. Same with this year. These things often balance each other out. Just throwing out some impressions in the wake of the retirement as it's the defined end of a very clear era.I console myself with the fact that 1 Cup is better than zero, and given that they had 3 Game 7's in 2011, with one of them an OT win and the other a 1-0 masterpiece, it could easily have been zero. Still hurts, but the Lunch Pail AC gang and the Bourque/Neely era ended with no Cups, so I'll take it. And even the 2 Cups won by the Orr/Esposito juggernaut is sometimes considered falling short.
Pedro for me as well but yeah that's about it.Easily on my Mt. Rushmore of Boston athletes with Brady and Ortiz. Don't think anyone else is close.
I totally forgot his actual last name was Bergeron-Cleary.It's been half an hour and they haven't re-named the Selke the Bergeron-Cleary trophy. What are we doing?
New Jersey & Detroit built those teams in the non-cap era. It’s not really a fair comparison. Chicago & Pittsburgh had multiple top 3 picks to work with. What the Bruins & the LA Kings did in that era, building a champion with multiple finals appearances from the middle of the league, is impressive.And there are plenty who put out good teams for 15 years and win multiple Cups (Chicago, Detroit, NJ, Pittsburgh).
The Bruins are nearly unique in that they've put out excellent teams for 15+ years and have only won one. It's a strange mix of accomplishment and underachievement.
In any case Bergeron is a legend and universally loved in the league and the Bruins will never be the same without him.
hmm…. I don’t know about that second part, but today is not the day to debate such things.Anyways, thank you Patrice. An absolute joy to watch your career.
Easily on my Mt. Rushmore of Boston athletes with Brady and Ortiz. Don't think anyone else is close.
Hell, after the Dave Lewis year I probably would have taken making the playoffs. But of course expectations change with time and circumstances.If you were to ask me in 2007, would I take 1 cup and 2 other finals appearances over the next 15 years, I would say sign me up for that, especially given where this franchise was at the time.
And LambosPlus he probably enjoys playing professional hockey.