by Brian P. Foley, The College Baseball Blog
I recently recognized that the Boston Bruins have not been good the last few years. The reason for this is that former General Manager Mike O'Connell decided that Joe Thornton was not good enough to be a member of the Boston Bruins. He was traded for Brad Stuart (no longer with Boston), Wayne Primeau (no longer with Boston), and Marco Sturm (second line center for Boston) on December 1st 2005.
Gentle Joe Thornton just went out to San Jose and was named the 2005-2006 MVP in the NHL for the season. How many other trades have you seen that one of the people traded was named the best player in the sport that same season? Can anyone come up with one?
The Bruins have not qualified for the playoffs since they have made that trade. They are currently sitting near the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference which means they could be overtaken and miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season. This is a major issue for the NHL as Boston is one of the Hockey hotbeds in the United States and the fans of the Bruins who are few and far between are getting really upset with the losing attitude on Causeway street at the New Garden.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
WORST TRADE IN HISTORY?
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2 comment(s):
Well if you're a BlackHawks fan you would probably say the trade that sent Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to the Bruins for Pit Martin and a couple of other players who didn't add up to much. So at least that one worked in the Bruins' favor. Of course, that was like 40 yrs ago.
Way before my time there.
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