Why is Boston such a good organization?

[WarriorofTime]

No high draft picks in forever. Retirements to key players. High tax state. Just seems like they always have later picks stepping up and every signing/trade they make seems to work out.

What has Boston figured out that everyone else hasn’t?

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[BlueDream]

Winning cultures are a thing. It’s not something just unique to the Bruins, there are multiple franchises in every sport that are almost always competitive. It usually starts with having the right people in place in regards to ownership, management and coaching. Once that is stable, the players in the room then have high expectations to perform, because anything less won’t be accepted or they’ll be gone.

Same goes for the flip side. There are purely incompetent organizations that are continually bad because they have idiots running the show, and once they start losing it’s hard to get out of that hole because the players don’t know how to win.

 

[dirtydanglez]

good culture from strong leadership and a semi-recent history of winning. how lucky were the bruins to have both chara and bergeron.

i think they will falter this season tho. their goaltending and defense are very good but i dont think they have enough depth to their offense.

 

[Oliewud]

Scouting and culture. Professionalism at every level.

 

[McGarnagle]

Colin Campbell still rigging things behind the scenes

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

Bob Essensa

 

[danpantz]

Culture.

And the media is pre-occupied with the other teams in town to really negatively effect the players which can happen with some of the other big market teams.

 

[bearcountry17]

An overlooked thing is that every single prospect they have developed over the past decade+ has had to clearly outplay decent NHLers to get a job. And once they do they are practicing all year against well above average teammates. It’s a lot easier to get the most out of your young players when they aren’t handed roles they may not be ready for.

 

[Gee Wally]

Its the culture. Started with Chara. Then others buying in. For decades now.
No saying ‘rookie’. Everyone is the same. Only English in the room. So all hear and understand. Make sure nobody ever alone. Holidays, road trips etc..
Captains practices way before training camp. All expected to attend.

May sound campy but it’s how they actually live.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

I think you’re confusing good with successful

They don’t go hand in hand? How can you be a good organization while being unsuccessful at the very thing you are meant to be doing? Which is winning cups.

If it’s just creating a positive locker room and running things the right way, we could make this thread about a handful of others.

 

[Turin]

I think you’re confusing good with successful

Hahaha what? This is sports man.. good is in reference to being successful. The teams are assembled to win. That's their goal. That's their good.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Even more impressive is they could of been even better if they didn’t bomb the 2015 draft

 

[danpantz]

They don’t go hand in hand? How can you be a good organization while being unsuccessful at the very thing you are meant to be doing? Which is winning cups.

Stay competitive for years on end and not have to tank to get there. Continuously compete year in year out.

A lot of things need to go right to actually win the cup.

You can point to them only have one cup win in 50 years. Or you can say they have 1 in the last 12 or 3 in the last 53.

They’ve missed the playoffs twice in like 15 years and by a point each time.

Hahaha what? This is sports man.. good is in reference to being successful. The teams are assembled to win. That's their goal. That's their good.

So you think they’re a bad organization ?

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Stay competitive for years on end and not have to tank to get there. Continuously compete year in year out.

A lot of things need to go right to actually win the cup.

You can point to them only have one cup win in 50 years. Or you can say they have 1 in the last 12 or 3 in the last 53.

They’ve missed the playoffs twice in like 15 years and by a point each time.

So like I said, you can make this thread about a host of other teams that have been doing the same thing and actually far better in the past timeframes you have given.

Is it really thread worthy?

 

[Turin]

Stay competitive for years on end and not have to tank to get there. Continuously compete year in year out.

A lot of things need to go right to actually win the cup.

You can point to them only have one cup win in 50 years. Or you can say they have 1 in the last 12 or 3 in the last 53.

They’ve missed the playoffs twice in like 15 years and by a point each time.

Staying competitive isn't nothing in comparison to being bad, but it is nothing in comparison to winning the Cup.

 

[danpantz]

So like I said, you can make this thread about a host of other teams that have been doing the same thing and actually far better in the past timeframes you have given.

Is it really thread worthy?

Idk I didn’t make the thread. Just responded to it.

There’s tons of threads on here that aren’t threadworthy lol.

Staying competitive isn't nothing in comparison to being bad, but it is nothing in comparison to winning the Cup.

So then there’s only one good team in the league?

What’s the threshold?

 

[Trizz617]

This is a team that once went 25 plus consecutive years making the playoffs. It's hard enough to get there, in any sport.

Say what you will about the B's. They've been in competition for the better part of the past 15 yrs. How isnt that success, when you still have squads that have yet to raise the cup? Or better yet, havent been to a final since the 60's?

 

[ranold26]

The players buy in and even take less, because they know management has their backs and will improve the roster.
Ownership, management and the players all respect each other.
When an issue arises, it's addressed.

 

[Bounces R Way]

People scoff at culture on this website all the time but it matters.

Teams like the Sabres, Oilers, Senators have drafted high for years and don't have much to show for it. The Bruins onboard as good as anybody in the league, although Tampa might be a bit better at it. If you are committed to holding your organization to a high standard, well then you tend to achieve high standards.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

1 cup in 50+ years….

Will be attacked for the comment but it is what it is. An organization doesn’t deserve a dedicated thread for being so “good” with that lack of hardware.

I see some bruins fans say they’d rather have all that regular season success and deep playoff runs over the last 15 years with 1 cup win rather than being the kings who won 2 cups but weren’t as consistently successful over that stretch.

Me personally I take two cups over one but that’s just me.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

The structure on and off the ice
Able to plug in new players and make them a Bruins

 

[Dellstrom]

Lots of good reasons in this thread but elite goaltending for close to 2 decades is a big one. The system helps but we've been blessed to have one of, or some combo of Thomas/Rask/Ullmark/Swayman. With average goaltending they're .500 this season.

 

[BostonBob]

The winning culture started when they drafted Bergeron in 2003 and then signed Chara in 2006. What those 2 brought to the team both on and off the ice still resonates throughout the organization. Hopefully enough of this culture rubbed off on players like McAvoy, Carlo, Coyle, Pastrnak and Swayman so that it doesn't fizzle out in a few years.

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Even more impressive is they could of been even better if they didn’t bomb the 2015 draft

 

[Dave92]

I think you’re confusing good with successful

What do they do a lot of charity work or something?

 

[BruinLVGA]

Hahaha what? This is sports man.. good is in reference to being successful. The teams are assembled to win. That's their goal. That's their good.

Being good is having a team that competes for the final prize year in year out. The Bruins have not missed the playoffs - the moment where teams REALLY compete for the final prize - for more than two seasons in a row in 55 years. Probably the whole of HFBoards fans would be proud of their team being that good.