Bruins Salary Cap Options
Author: Nick Knowles Introduction The greatest regular season team, in terms of points, lost in game 7 of the first round versus the Florida Panthers. The worst part, the Bruins had a 3-1 series lead, and they had the opportunity to win the series in game 5 in the OT period, game 6 with a one-goal lead with less than ten minutes to go, and game 7 with a one-goal lead with one minute to go and the OT period. To put it lightly, the Bruins sank further than the famous ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald (RIP Gordon Lightfoot). I will say, I do take some ownership for the loss as a fan because, after the game 5 loss, the first song I heard the next day was “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” From there, I had a bad feeling that we would lose the next two games. Anyways, the Bruins went all-in this season with the contracts that captain Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci signed and the trade deadline acquisitions that they brought in. These two events, including the near doubling of David Pastrnak...