COMMENTARY
Bruins general manager Don Sweeney and coach Bruce Cassidy held their year-end press conference Thursday morning.
“We’ve always stated that we want to be a deeper team, a deeper organization from top to bottom,” Sweeney said seven months ago, before rookie camp began.
Thursday, it was: “You want to take a swing at [a Stanley Cup run], you’re excited about it, and all of a sudden, it’s gone. And then, you’re right back down at the bottom of the hill again starting at the same hill you just tried to climb. That will be the challenge for our group going forward to recognize that through the course of this summer, that the work you just did learn from, benefit from it, but you better be prepared for the next challenge ahead of you.