Not trying to be Debbie Downer here, but let’s just try to look at things with a slice of realism for this season especially. Hockey logic has indicated this in the past, what with the Chicago Blackhawks almost evenly spaced out Stanley Cup championships in 2010, 20 (notice, 2011, 20 did not result in Cups– kind of makes you think)– let alone all of hockey history.Ī long season, while rewarding with a championship run (sometimes), is a grind. Without getting too much into the nonsensically named (okay, it was named after some videogame, read Bob McKenzie’s book Hockey Confidential- shameless plug) advanced stat “PDO”, let’s just say that whenever a team does really well for a season, they usually come back to reality the following season.
Like everything, however, this offseason has had some ups and downs. They weren’t even supposed to have the kind of season they had until at least this season or next season (if that makes sense), depending on how you broke down General Manager Don Sweeney‘s master three-year plan. The 2017-18 Boston Bruins were ahead of schedule. If you wait long enough into the summer things start to look more concrete– until you really look at the nitty gritty.
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