Cam Neely didn’t mince words earlier this month when asked to assess the state of a middling Bruins roster.
“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 at the Boston Bruins Foundation’s gala on Jan. 15. “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.