The Boston Bruins face an offseason of change, however one factor will stay the identical. The staff introduced that basic supervisor Don Sweeney has obtained a two-year contract extension.
“Don has navigated a disappointing interval for our membership with conviction, function, and a transparent imaginative and prescient towards the way forward for the Boston Bruins,” Bruins president Cam Neely stated in a press release. “He made tough selections across the commerce deadline with the boldness they are going to pay dividends as we craft a path again to rivalry.”
These selections included buying and selling away Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo. Earlier within the season he fired coach Jim Montgomery. Joe Sacco went 25-30-7 as an interim coach and is within the working for the everlasting job.
Sweeney’s to-do record contains hiring a brand new coach and reloading a roster that completed final within the Atlantic Division. Inconsistent ahead play, subpar goaltending from Jeremy Swayman and Joonas Korpisalo and accidents doomed final season.
However final month staff CEO Charlie Jacobs set a excessive bar for subsequent season.
“We have spoken at nice size about this: The staff that we at the moment have, [if] wholesome and with the additions we intend to make this summer time, I anticipate that we’ll have a playoff staff and play significant hockey at the moment of yr in 2026,” he stated.
Neely took it a step additional Tuesday, saying the aim is to win championships.
“I’m very appreciative to Charlie, your complete Jacobs household, and to Cam for his or her continued belief and help,” Sweeney stated within the assertion. “It is an honor to be a part of a franchise with such a storied historical past and passionate fanbase. I absolutely perceive and embrace the accountability that comes with this function. Our followers have excessive expectations for this staff, and so do I. The collective aim is to construct a staff that makes Bruins followers proud and finally brings one other Stanley Cup again to Boston.”
Sweeney has been the Bruins basic supervisor for the previous 10 years, making the playoff eight instances. However the staff’s final Stanley Cup got here in 2010-11.
