Dangerously venturing into the world of ball and stick sports again...So the Bruins were a preseason pick to make it to the finals on most prognosticators lists and were CERTAINLY destined to be in the playoffs after having a solid '08-'09...
Ummm...not so much.
The Bruins traded away Kessel for a number of draft picks, portraying their former 1st round pick (5th overall) as a selfish puck hog who was a locker room cancer. I suppose the fact that the Bruins pretty much sucked from day one of Kessel's arrival and went through more coaches than a meth addict goes through Bic lighters had nothing to do with it...sure...
As the Bruins currently sit out of the playoffs and sit last in the league in scoring they could use Kessel's scoring (15 goals and 15 assists in 41 games) and would sit second on the Bruins in scoring if he was still there. Oh, and he's a +2 this year as well...So much for that no-defense thing...Ah, somewhere Jeremy Jacobs must be smiling, what better excuse to dump salary than a rotten team...
Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, the Bruins actually had a chance coming into the '09-'10 season to get back into the Boston sports discussion and bring fans back to their games...took less than 1/2 a season to bring them right back to an also ran and a favorite for the "Hey, I've got tickets to the X game tonight...You want them??" award...
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