Where's The Freakin Hole Don?

Team: 2017-18 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 27, 2017

Published: Jun. 28, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Apparently Don Sweeney is still trolling for a Left Shot Left Defenseman. He's been linked most strongly to Minnesota and Brodin or Scandella. The guy to have gotten was Methot, if the price was only a 2nd pick and rando prospect. He'd have fit in great and could have been the top pair LD the year after Chara retires.

Don sucks at building a team. We've drafted 6 Defenseman in the first 2 rounds the last 3 years. We've only drafted 5 forwards that meet that criteria over that term. The last time I checked the average NHL team plays twice as many forwards (12) as defenseman (6) in a game.

The funniest thing in all of this was Don Sweeney referenced the Bruins getting down to their 10 defenseman as a reason to acquire more high end dmen at the draft. That doesn't happen every year and we didn't even lose because of that. We scored 13 goals in 6 games in the playoffs. To put that number into perspective, Pittsburg scored 21 goals in their 5 game first round series. Every team plays better defense in the playoffs, but if you're barely scoring 2 goals a game your chances of winning are almost nonexistent. We should be beefing up our forward ranks, as we don't really have any first line talent prospects.... at best Senyshyn is the only one. JFK is a future 2nd liner most likely, DeBrusk as well, Bjork too, Cehlarik is 3rd liner, Heinen also and so is Gabrielle.

Now we're got 4 guys who have the potential to be Top 4 LHD. Vaakanainen, Zboril, Lindgren and Lauzon... all potential top 4 left handed defensemen. Adding on top of our other 2 guys named Grzelcyk and O'Gara who could be top 6 LHD. It's almost as if Sweeney still believes the thoughts he must have had as an NHL defenseman to stay in the league: That his role as a defenseman was the most important. Sure, that's the eye of the tiger that you need to have to compete and stay in the league, but once your done playing you need to evolve, especially if you rise to the role of a GM.

This guy is a toolbag with tunnel vision who's not building a full team. Unless we plan on flipping some of our young defensemen for some forward help; we're going to be screwed longterm.

He's talked a lot about building a core like the one we built through the draft that got us our last cup, but there are no similarities of that one to this one. Our core we built through the draft was basically getting Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand and Lucic in a 4 year window. I don't see any defensemen in there at all, yet that's where the emphasis is for us now. I'm almost hoping we miss the playoffs this year, just to get rid of him and his defenseman oriented philosophy.

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