DHL Dan CCXLIII - Taking Stock

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Taking stock of Boston’s big four professional sports franchises, and other thoughts

Picked-up pieces while taking stock of our traditional big four professional franchises …

Bruins: Spoked-B Nation is restless. Everything Brother Dupont has been telling you is true. The local skaters might not make the playoffs for the first time since 2016, Cam Neely and Don Sweeney are on hot seats, and there’s a possibility that captain Brad Marchand could be traded between now and the March 7 deadline.

Dealing the Lil’ Ball O’ Hate wouldn’t rise to the level of dealing Ray Bourque to Colorado (2000), but would flood the secondary sweater market with a few thousand Black and Gold No. 63 jerseys.

Marchand has been a Bruin since the 2009-10 season. He is the last member of the Boston’s 2011 Stanley Cup champs still skating at the Garden. He’s a top-10 all-time Bruin in games, goals, and assists. He’s the captain. Will the Bruins deal him to build for the future, the way the Celtics dealt aging Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in 2013 to set the table for a championship run that we’re still enjoying today?

Read on, if you want to read Shank dumping on Patriots owner Robert Kraft yet again...