Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic made a sufficiently simple statement when reflecting on the past calendar year. Per Caryn Switaj of the team’s website, in the wake of Wednesday’s 4-3 shootout loss to Toronto, Lucic offered this to the assembled press corps:
It wasn’t a good 2014. I’m happy it’s over. Looking forward to 2015. So hopefully we can turn things around. Not much good has happened in 2014 for myself and for the team and just looking forward to 2015 and turning things around, and hopefully it will be better than this year.
Plenty of key on- and off-ice figures within the Spoked-B circles could have said the same. The freshest sample of the year’s developments especially accentuated the club’s rightful craving for a clean sheet.
Ill-advised roster moves, a sub-average stretch of fortune on the health front and a subpar effort to overcome that have downgraded Boston’s outlook. The Bruins will be 19-15-4, good for a back-and-forth wild-card derby, when they embark on their first game of 2015.
Including the upcoming Saturday matinee against Ottawa, there will be three more engagements before the regular season hits its halfway mark. That may not be enough time for on-the-fly reformation to take shape and salvage this particular season.
Nonetheless, if the Bruins act upon the following resolutions, among others, they may at least usher out 2015 the same way they have most of the years immediately preceding 2014. Whether they take one winter or one year to kick in, these are the steps the club must take to regain its bona fide contender’s persona.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1Hmj5Rz
via IFTTT January 02, 2015 at 02:28PM
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