Cam Neely acknowledges Bruins looking at ‘two paths’ between buying or retooling

Cam Neely acknowledged that the Bruins might have to confront some hard truths this season. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)General manager Don Sweeney, team president Cam Neely, and the rest of the Bruins’ top brass are no strangers to buying at the NHL trade deadline.

In an attempt to put a core anchored by the likes of Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and others over the top, Boston’s front office has routinely turned the final week of February into their own shopping spree.

Since 2018, the Bruins have brought in players like Rick Nash, Charlie Coyle, Marcus Johansson, Ondrej Kase, Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm, Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Bertuzzi, Patrick Maroon, and plenty of others at the deadline.

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