Bruins ownership doesn’t sound willing to go through rebuild anytime soon
Bruins ownership doesn’t sound willing to go through rebuild anytime soon originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Going through a rebuild doesn’t always work out for NHL teams, but there have been many examples in recent years that show stockpiling high draft picks is often the best way to build a perennial contender.
The Boston Bruins, at least on paper, look like a franchise that has a rebuild on the horizon. But despite that, it doesn’t sound like ownership has much of an appetite for a rebuild or even an extended retool.
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“There’s been a lot of theater around the NHL, this past week in particular at the draft, we saw some teams that I would call sellers, and I think that would be awfully difficult to sell in this market to our fanbase,” Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs said Monday at new head coach Jim Montgomery’s introductory press conference.
“I do foresee — and I don’t have a crystal ball — but there are going to be days, let’s be candid, if we’re up here long enough, there will be days where we don’t have the opportunity to talk about Patrice Bergeron coming back to be our captain and No. 1 center. Those are things we need to address every summer, whether it’s through the draft. Cam and Don have mentioned this already — but we’re a cap team, meaning that we’re going to spend to the max to deliver the best product we possibly can to our fans. That is not going to change. In that regard, I would hope that people could put that in their back pocket and understand we are committed to winning a Stanley Cup and we will do whatever it takes to get us to that threshold again.”
Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs responded to the question as well.
“I think it’s an annual situation,” he said. “I think you have to see where you are and where you’re going. I think Don and Cam visualize this team very well and understand what they have, and perhaps what they need.”
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