Bruins President Cam Neely mapped out the stakes last month when asked about the precarious position the Bruins found themselves in during a rudderless campaign.
“I think right now, we’ve got to look at two paths — one that we’re buying and one that we may be just retooling a little bit,” Neely said in January at the Boston Bruins Foundation’s gala. “We still feel like we’ve got a playoff team here, and we certainly don’t want to jeopardize getting out of the playoffs because we’ve made some moves that may be good for the future, but not good for the present.