With longtime Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask officially announcing his retirement Wednesday, the questions about his legacy in Boston and the NHL more broadly are ramping up.
Does Rask, the Bruins’ franchise leader in wins with 308, deserve to have his No. 40 retired by the team one day? Might he even merit an eventual call to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for his work over 15 seasons in Boston?
Though former Bruin and NHL analyst Mike Milbury congratulated Rask on a “terrific” career on Thursday morning, for Milbury the answer to both those questions is “no.