To focus on the strange exit of young defenseman Dougie Hamilton could mean missing the stunning redesign of the Bruins’ lineup that new general manager Don Sweeney has engineered.
Less than one week after an NHL draft weekend that did not go well for Sweeney and his staff, the B’s have added a long list of new talent — changes that fundamentally upgrade the expectations for this team next season.
How grim was it in Florida last weekend? Enough so that one GM, at the NHL draft’s end, said this about the Bruins: “I thought it might be three years before (the Bruins) were a bottom-five team in the league; after this, it might be next year.