This Says A LOT About How People View the Bruins...

The Boston Bruins have been disrespected so far this offseason as their rankings going from everything as the prospects to the front office has been near the bottom and this is frankly getting out of hand. We're going to be breaking down these latest reports, these articles, going over where things currently stand according to The Athletic and put them into question and into reality as to where the Boston Bruins actually stand with all of this. But before we do get into all of the crazy articles we have here in today's video, folks, be sure to drop a sub here on the channel if you want to stay up to date with everything going on with the Boston Bruins. The offseason is slowly coming to an end and more news is starting to pick up every single day and we're now at the point where we can say it is almost hockey season, so if you want to stay up to date with all of your Boston Bruins news, be sure to drop a sub here on the channel. We have a lot coming. You will not want to miss it, but I want to get straight into this and when we go ahead and look at this article, and I have a couple different ones here, but it all really says the same thing about what the people at The Athletic, the public, think about the Boston Bruins. And this part I'm going to start off with projecting the 2020 or 2030, excuse me, 2031 NHL standings, which teams will be competing for the Stanley Cup. And I want to start this one out because obviously this is years away. This is something that can easily change with one trade, but right now, given the projected lineup and how things look, the Boston Bruins sit at 27. Now this makes no sense to me and I will tell you why in just a moment. Before we do though, folks, we do have a word from the sponsor of this video, Anson Belton Buckle. You know what ruins a great outfit really fast? An old beat up belt that doesn't fit right. 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Now, I think this is a bit different because when we look at a team like the Bruins who are retooling, they realistically should not have been in that situation. They have some of the best players in the NHL, have some very highly touted prospects, although they don't have many, they're in a bit of a different scenario where they're lucky to have what they have compared to a team like the Calgary Flames who may be retooling, not exactly having what it would take to find a competitive team out of that as quick of a turnaround as the Bruins have had and although the Atlantic is going to get better and all these things play into a factor, 27th is just genuinely ridiculous in my opinion. When you have, you know, what's going to be coming up in James Higgins, Dean Letourneau, Will Sellers, you know, so many more younger names but currently on this Bruins team, J.J. Paterka, Charlie McAvoy will still be here, although older, same goes for David Pashnok, Geeky will still be here, Frazier Minton will be extended. A lot of your best players last year will still be on this team in 2030, 2031, it's only four seasons away, it's not like it's, you know, ten years away. 27th is ridiculous but I think when we look at how all of this plays into a factor, when looking at the average age of NHL teams, the Bruins find themselves at ranked 11th, 11th youngest, 12th youngest, excuse me, 27 years old, 27.44 is the average age and considering that the Boston Bruins have, you know, some prospects and obviously it is going to be getting better because of the sheer amount of picks we have, Bruins rank 20th in NHL pipeline and I gotta say, I'm not mad with this because it's true, you know, they don't have the deepest prospect pool right now, they did a couple years ago but it was completely fumbled and I think every Bruins fan knows that for sure but when looking at the list of prospects here, I mean, James Higgins, Frazier Minton, Dan Sockmills, Dean Lartineau, I'm gonna skip over Matt Butcher for now but Will Zeller, William Moore, you know, Cooper Simpson even, going down through this list, they have some very solid prospects that are only going to be getting better as the years go by, you know, none of these guys right away will make an immediate impact in the NHL, I think even James Higgins, when we look at him, will still be, you know, not slow to start the season but will be getting into a rhythm and all of that within the next 4 years will happen, you know, I think the Bruins realize now and, you know, I say I think but I hope the Bruins realize now, Cam Neely, Don Sweeney, that they at least need to get something right when it comes to a prospect transition to professional hockey, whether it's the AHL or whether it's the NHL, we cannot have another, and it hurts to say this, another Fabian Lansdell, another Georgie Merkulatov, the fact that it's more than one player and then you saw the other day as well, some just left as they were not signed, it's absurd how often this has happened for the Bruins over recent years and, I mean, given this list, although it's 20th right now, I do think over the next couple of seasons, you know, maybe, you know, let's just call it 20, 30, 20, 31 season, you're going to see a lot of these names actually make a big impact but on top of that, you know, the prospect pool is only going to be getting better, you have 4 first round picks over the next 3 years and whether or not the player is drafted and will make the team, whether the pick is traded, whether the pick is made and then that player is traded for, you know, another big name, those are all options that will help this team get better by 2030 and 2031 and I know that's, you know, it's one year that we're talking about here but next year, the year after, the year after, you want to see this team get continually better and right now, you know, I don't think they're as bad as people say but the front office has made a lot of people, you know, kind of worried about what the future holds and with that being said as well, the Bruins ranked 23rd in confidence in the front office and when we look at the public to fan base voting, I think it's fair, you know, obviously, I, a lot of people are hard on Don Sweeney, certainly right on the occasion but overall, it seems like the public trust more in the cap man, in the trading, in the free agency more than Bruins fans themselves do and I think trading is by far the best trade for the Bruins, for Don Sweeney, he's done a very good job at it and the team has done a good job at it over the past couple of seasons, most notably getting rid of Brandon Carlisle for Frasier Mitten, I mean, you know, just a phenomenal deal there as well as a bunch of other ones but this goes to show where the voting is and how people think that this team, although in a very good spot, maybe in a, you know, a little interesting spot when it comes to 2030, 2031, you know, four years down the line. Now, this athletic article had fans comment on the team and here are two that I want to pull up because it really shows the contrast between Bruins fans thoughts, this is one of them, the Bruins won't become a true Stanley Cup team contender until they can start drafting and developing forwards and I want to point this out before we do continue on with that, they have quite a few forwards in the prospect list right now and of course, the big thing is we'll see how they develop but the top six of them are all forwards and that's a good thing to show here but right now, once again, free agency and trade acquisition have been enough to keep them competitive but it's not enough to push them into the next tier of teams so, you know, I completely agree with that and obviously development, I want to be proven wrong but it has not been good so hopefully that's going to happen with this next group of players that are making their way in but it also goes with this, a lot of people do think, you know, pretty tough of Don Sweeney, he's not really on the, you know, the favorite side of a lot of people and you see this, another one here, a lot of Bruins fans seem to blindly trash Don Sweeney but the fact that this team has been a contender for a big chunk of his tenure and as soon as they weren't, he pulled off what looked like a successful retool at least thus far, you know, it's, you got to give him credit where credit is due, it's been a good start and although, you know, people are saying the retool is over, I guess, I don't think it's necessarily over but you're certainly trending more towards being a legit team even after a 100 point season, then you are still fully in the retool so, folks, give me your thoughts on that and this is what we have here, kind of the author of this article, his final thoughts, Sweeney and the Bruins organization at large feel a bit underrated for their ability to stay competitive for so long across the eras, they made some mistakes along the way like signing Elias Pettersson but the J.J. Pitarka trade feels like a good bet and Brandon Carlo's deal was obviously a masterclass so, you know, even though, like I said, Don Sweeney is not the most favored GM among Bruins fans, you got to give credit where credit is due and so far, he has not done the worst but he certainly has not done the best, I mean, obviously, Don Sweeney is not the one necessarily making all the decisions when it comes to prospects so keep that in mind as well but, folks, let me know what you think about this, obviously, the NHL is disrespecting the Bruins pretty badly and I think it comes from a lot of, you know, credible reporters so give me your thoughts on that down below but that is all I have here in this video, if you did enjoy, give it a like, hit the sub button as well, I'm signing out, thank you for watching, hope you have a great day.