News Flash: The Bruins trade Sergei Samsonov to Edmonton for Marty Reasoner, Yan Stastny and a 2nd round draft pick. B’s General Manager Mike O’Connell was quoted as saying; “We still want to give ourselves a chance to get in the playoffs. I think we’ve done that.� He also said; “Marty is an excellent playmaker and we were looking to increase our opportunities to score.�
Teddy’s Take: I’m going to assume O’Connell was busting a gut trying not to laugh out loud as he made these ridiculous statements. “Marty is an excellent playmaker and we were looking to increase our opportunities to score?� The guy kills me! He should embark on a career in stand-up comedy as soon as he’s canned in April.
Reasoner has 9-goals and 17-assists through 58-games in this, his 7th NHL season. The sad part is he’s on pace to shatter his career highs of 11-goals and 20-assists in 70-games back in 2002-03. Stastny is so obscure his player card on ESPN.com doesn’t even have a picture.
Yeah, yeah, I hear ya. What have the Bruins won with him? Blah, blah, blah! Hey, I know Sergei needed to go because he was a free agent at the end of the year and was going to skip town for nothing. But couldn’t O’Connell have done the decent thing for the next GM and unloaded him for a couple of better draft picks? This season is done and so is Iron Mike’s tenure. Too bad he couldn’t have given us a parting gift and allowed his replacement the opportunity to draft a couple of prospects.
That’s my take…..what’s yours? Is this a good deal for the Black and Gold? Do they still have a chance at the playoffs? Does anyone even care anymore? Who wouldn’t rather have Thornton and Samsonov back and trade Jacobs, O’Connell and Sinden instead?
This marks the end of my interest in the Bruins....I was not much of a hockey fan as a kid but started watching during the Neely / Janney days. Sergei was one of my favorites. The Little Russian Energizer Bunny with ridiculous moves...
That being said.
I hope they never win another game.
This Front Office Circus is the Laughing stock of sports...making the LA Clipper look like the Patriots.
They can't evaluate talent.
They couldn't take advantage of the new salary cap in which they promised to do so.
the Sinden / O'Connell era has brought nothing but dissapointment, dissaray and dislike to this once storied franchise....They are the TRUE LEGEND KILLERS.
Well, so now both our number 1's are gone in the same year. Well, so isn't my allegience to this ownership. We all know the B's are not trying to win a cup. They would rather be slightly competitive and sell you $5.00 cups of soda and outrageous tix prices. Winning won't happen until Jacobs sells the team and this won't happen until fans stop coming..and in Boston..that won't happen.
I could give two craps about the B's right now. Pathetic. It's disgusting. Let all those corporate employees enjoy the games that their companies are buying. The funny thing is that those same people attending wouldn't pay one cent to go and watch a Bruins game right now. These are the same people the front office is basing there decisions on. Do you see how backwards it is? It's insane. We keep the seats filled with corporate money of people that wouldn't pay one dime to see the games. Let alone show any interest in the actual event. It's sickening. No need to post anymore info about this loser organization.