5 things on Don Sweeney’s offseason to-do list

Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney faces reporters during a news conference, Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Boston. The Bruins were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.COMMENTARY

Bruins general manager Don Sweeney and coach Bruce Cassidy held their year-end press conference Thursday morning.

“We’ve always stated that we want to be a deeper team, a deeper organization from top to bottom,” Sweeney said seven months ago, before rookie camp began.

Thursday, it was: “You want to take a swing at [a Stanley Cup run], you’re excited about it, and all of a sudden, it’s gone. And then, you’re right back down at the bottom of the hill again starting at the…