The Boston Bruins are one of the unique six teams of the NHL. Grocery magnate Charles Adams bought an NHL franchise in 1924 for a reported $15,000. The Boston Bruins Hockey team colors of yellow and brown matched those of his Brookside grocery stores. The Boston Bruins first NHL season was nothing to write home about as they finished with a dismal 6-24 record. NHL Hockey fans in Boston were still packing the Boston Arena until the Boston Gardens opened in 1928. Three short years after their inception, the Bruins were coming about to be Stanley cup candidate. Boston Bruins made their very first NHL playoff appearance but lost to the Ottawa Senators in the 1927 season, but Boston Bruins would continue to turn the corner. In the 1929 playoffs the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup championship.
By the 1930s the Boston Bruins were well on their way in setting up their own unique style of play. Under the guidance of Art Ross and with the hard nosed play of Eddie Shore, the Boston Bruins were recognized as one of the toughest Hockey team to go up against. The Boston Bruins featured Tiny Thompson in goal, Eddie Shore on defense, and the "Kraut Line" upfront scoring goals. Art Ross is often regarded as one of hockey's great innovators. He introduced the game to beveled-edge pucks, fiber guards to protect the achilles tendons, and he was the first Hockey coach to pull his goaltender for an extra sixth skater. Throughout the decade the Boston Bruins were a regular participant in the NHL Hockey playoffs. They created long lasting rivalries with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens, rivalries that still exist to this day. In the 1939 NHL playoffs, the Boston Bruins faced off against Lester Patrick's New York Rangers. In a close seven game series the Bruins defeated the Rangers and went on to face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup final. The Maple Leafs was handily dispatched by Boston Bruins in a five Hockey game series as Bruins won their second Stanley Cup.
Two years later without the venerable Eddie Shore, the Boston Bruins were back in the playoff hunt beating the Maple Leafs in a seven game series. Next in line were the Detroit Red Wings, and the powerhouse Boston Bruins Hockey team had no trouble sweeping them in four straight to win their second Stanley Cup in three years. For the next decade and a half, the Boston Bruins continued to field competitive teams making many unforgettable playoff runs, but continually fell short of the Stanley Cup.
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The Bruins said goodbye to an old friend in one of the more anti-climatic moves any team has made during the offseason.
It had been speculated for months that Glen Murray and his $4.15 million contract for next season would be bought out, saving the Bruins $2,766,667 on their payroll, the reduction allowing newly re-signed defenseman Dennis Wideman to fit under the cap. Wideman, who was set for an arbitration hearing, signed a three-year contract worth $15.5 million—the going rate for a decent defenseman who can move the puck.
Parting with Murray was just a sign of the times.
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