I'm still planning on talking about the Boston Bruins, as I mentioned in my previous post. The most shocking news -well, not that shocking considering the fans anger towards him- in Boston was the firing of coach Dave Lewis. Dave Lewis signed last season as head coach to a multi year deal. Dave Lewis hired assistant coaches, Dave Houda and talented Marc Habshied. However, nothing seemed to work throughout the season. What was bad became worse and anything that was a sign of something bright rapidly faded. Under head coach Dave Lewis the Bruins were 35-41-6. This 76 point season placed them 13th out of 15, in which the Bruins were awarded 8th overall pick. This is the second season in a row that the Bruins hold a top 10 pick. Whereas some may believe that choosing in the top 10 guarantees a star player or at least a good player, others would rather go far into the playoffs and draft between 25-30. I'm alongside the "others" for simple reasons. I want to see the Bruins win and keep winning. I hate cheering for the laughing stock of the league, however, they are my favorite team since I bleed gold and black. Ever since the Bruins last Stanley cup in 72,' the Bruins have not been able to establish a strong enough structured team to win the cup. In the late 80s we were robbed twice by the Oilers in the Stanley cup finals. However, the Oilers had Gretzky and due to poor scouting, the Bruins had given up on Bill Ranford, who was a key Oiler player.
Nonetheless, the Bruins hadn't established a strong team like they once were in the 70s. Crazy "Mad" Mike Milbury had brought a lot of energy to the team in the early 90s bringing the Bruins close to the Stanley cup finals. However, they feel short to the Penguins due to Ulf Samuelson's cheap and dirty knee to knee on Cam Neely, arguably the best player after Gretzky. As much as I'd love to rant about Ulf Samuelson with tons of swearing and cursing, this post is about the Bruins coaching. Since the conference finals against Pittsburg, Boston hasn't been able to reach the finals.
Last Friday (June 15), Bruins general manager announced that Dave Lewis and Marc Habshied were fired, however, reassigned within the team. So far I have not liked what Peter Chiarelli, Bruins genereal manager, has done for the Bruins. He traded a good young player name Brad boyes for a #6-7 defenceman, Dennis Wideman. He fired Mike Sullivan, previous coach, instead of giving Sully one last shot with a new team. After his first year with the Bruins he fires another coach; Dave Lewis. Sound familiar??
As much as I did not like Dave Lewis' decisions in the game, I still think he should have been given one last chance. At least 20 games to evalutate Dave Lewis and thus make a decision. Apparently Claude Julien is the new coach. However, it is not confirmed and truthfully, I hope he is not the coach of the Bruins. The last thing fans need is to see is Dave Lewis lost twin brother behind the Bruins bench.
Bottom line, the Bruins need a coach who's aggressive, motivates, brings energy and challenges his players........Mike Milbury comes to mind.
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