Thank you Phil Kessel

I know...  hear me out. I want to thank the thrill for being a whiney, selfish little thing, and forcing himself out of town, and into a terible situation in Toronto. Think about it this way, if Phil wouldn't have decided that he was an idiot, and never forced himself out of town, in the long run, we would be in a much worse situation. We might have had some goal scoring help this postseason, and may have gone a litle further, but lets be honest, it just wasn't our year. We were expecting nothing in the playoffs, and they overachieved by winning a series. Simple as that. But as we look foreward, our future looks to be the brightest in the NHL. With a plethera of young talent, with a few years of NHL experience under their belt, and some incredibly good draft picks from a bad Toronto team, were going pretty good, this year, they have a lot of options from the draft to set them up long term. If I were PC, I would obviously take either Seguin or Hall, whoever is available. Both can step in from day 1 and have a great impact on this team. Then, I would package our first round pick, as well as our second round pick, and possibly a fourth or fifth, to send to either
Columbus, Tampa or the Isles, to take either Cam Fowler, Erik Gudbranson, or Brandon Gormley. Any one of those 3 could fit into the top 7 defenseman for the B's next year, or could take a year in Providence to mature, depending on how the situation with Seides, Boychuk and Stuie work out. Also, a lot of times in these drafts, a guy who is projected to go in the late first round falls out for some reason, and falls into the second round. Riley Sheahan, Brock Nelson, Stanislav Galiev or Tyler Toffoli could fall into the second round, which would make any one of them a great value pick in the beginning of the second round. Then, say someone bites and trades for Timmy. We would love to ditch the salary of Ryder, Wideman and Timmy, but lets be honest, we probably won't be able to move Wideman, and someone might bite on Ryder, as he had a decent postseason, but his contract is up after next season, so he probably wouldn't be moved until mid season or the deadline. So say a team comes in and takes Timmy off our hands. That means next years opening night roster could potentially look like this...

Lucic - Savard - Satan

Recchi - Bergeron - Seguin/Hall

Sabotka - Krejci - Ryder

Begin - Paille - Thornton

Chara - Seidenberg

Boychuk - Stuart

Hunwick - Wideman

Tuukka Rask

Free Agent

(Ference, Sturm on IR)

(Bodnarchuk, Macquaid, Fowler/Gudbranson/Gormley, Second round foreward, Hamill, Caron, Marchand in Providence to be called up)

That is a much better team than they were this year. Satan is coming back into a good goal scorer. Bergeron is looking like he is over the concussion. Seguin and Hall are great players waiting to happen, and pairing Seidenberg with Chara makes for a formidible first D pairing. Also, you have Sturm and Ference on the IR, which provides for more depth. Plus, you will have a huge amount of depth in Providence, so if you have more troubles with injuries, you have quite a few guys who can step in and fill. Thus, the Bruins, with a successful draft night, can greatly improve their team. They can become a legitimate cup contender.

So thanks Phil. Thanks a bunch.