In a press conference on Sunday where Don Sweeney mapped out the cold reality of a Bruins team bracing for a retool, Boston’s longtime GM tried to grasp to any vestige of optimism in a season where that’s been in short supply.
“Well, it’s pretty hard to shut off the competitive nature in me, to be perfectly honest with you,” Sweeney said when asked of potentially letting go of the rope in a season where Boston is still in the hunt for a playoff spot, later adding: “They’ve got a couple games in hand.
“And a couple of games we left points on the table, going into the 4 Nations that really would have helped us in the playoff push.