COMMENTARY
A salary-cap headache was all but inevitable for the Bruins this summer.
The sight of his name etched into the Stanley Cup would have alleviated some of Don Sweeney’s pain.
Such wasn’t the case for a record-setting Bruins squad in 2022-23.
Despite Sweeney’s efforts to put an already impressive roster over the top, Boston’s campaign for the ages came to a crashing halt in late April after just seven games.
Since Carter Verhaeghe snapped a puck past Jeremy Swayman and into Boston’s net on April 30, little has gone right for the Original Six franchise.