Wouldn't this be the time to start retooling the core of the roster?
Rask and Krejci recently signed new, expensive contracts. Lucic is next due to cash in. At some point you are paying too much for past performance. If the Bruins keep giving the core of the previous cup winner/cup finalist big contracts for declining performance we will end up in salary cap purgatory.
So maybe now is the time to cash in a Marchand or Lucic or Loui for a younger, cheaper piece for the next championship core. It'll be a painful, but right, decision.
Edit: grammar
Rask and Krejci recently signed new, expensive contracts. Lucic is next due to cash in. At some point you are paying too much for past performance. If the Bruins keep giving the core of the previous cup winner/cup finalist big contracts for declining performance we will end up in salary cap purgatory.
So maybe now is the time to cash in a Marchand or Lucic or Loui for a younger, cheaper piece for the next championship core. It'll be a painful, but right, decision.
Edit: grammar