Jim Dalrymple.com

I’m certainly not ready to admit I’m wrong yet, but the Bruins are doing pretty well so far. Their West Coast road trip is over and they came out with a winning record.

The Bruins lost to the Stars and the Ducks, but they picked up wins against the Coyotes, Kings and the Sharks. They were shaky in a few of the games with Tim Thomas holding them in a couple of games.

I think the goalie situation is the most surprising. Manny was brought in to be the number 1 netminder, but he hasn’t done very well so far. He let in four goals against the stars and six against the Kings. Even though they won the Kings game, it still wasn’t a good showing.

Marc Savard has started off well, as has Bergeron and Kessel. Milan Lucic has be doing pretty good too, but Glen Murray is absent so far.

Coming off a road trip with a winning record is always a good thing. We’ll see how they do at home starting next week.

Loses that is. The Bruins lost its last preseason game to the Islanders last night 4-2. I’m really hoping this is not the way the season is going to unfold.

The NHL season hasn’t even started yet and the Bruins suck already. I know, I know, they are testing out players and the preseason doesn’t mean anything, but really, did we have to start of like this?

We won the first game against the Islanders 3-1, but then lost to the Devils (3-0), Leafs (4-3), Canadiens (4-3) and the Canadiens (3-2). One more preseason game left and that’s against the Islanders again.

If we win, I want to play against the Islanders every game. If we lose … BLAH!

It’s about time the guys running the Bruins made a decent decision. Earlier this week, the Bs named Cam Neely as Vice President of the Boston Bruins.

Now, I’m not sure what the hell that really means. Does Cam get to choose players, make trades or do other worthwhile things in the organization? Who knows.

Cam Neely is certainly one of the Bruins most beloved players—and for good reason. Cam was the quintessential power forward that could score, make plays and knock out anyone on the ice.

We’re pulling for you Cam!

The Bruins posted its training camp roster today. There are 55 players invited to the camp—let’s hope they can do something this year.

The Boston Bruins Harry Sinden finally pulled the trigger and dropped Mike O’Connell from his duties as General Manager. Unfortunately, Sinden didn’t do the deed before O’Connell made a couple of really bad moves that will hurt the club for years to come.

O’Connell should have been fired when Sinden first heard of O’Connell’s plan to trade Joe Thorton. I don’t dispute the contribution Sturm, Primeau and Stuart have made to the team, but come on, we’re talking about Joe Thorton here.

Thorton was the future of the team and as of today is listed second in total points for the NHL this year. There isn’t a Bruin anywhere in the top 30.

The Bruins have a sad history of doing stupid things like this. They had the makings of a dynasty a few years back and if they were smart, they would have held on to people like Knuble, Rolston and Billy Guerin.

Instead, Bruins fans find themselves once again at the bottom of the pack with several years of rebuilding ahead of us. And that’s if the new GM doesn’t screw things up like O’Connell did.

There are few days in the Bruins’ modern history that are any sadder than today. Certainly the Ray Bourque trade was a sad day for fans, but everyone knew why Ray went to Colorado and everyone accepted it and were happy for Ray when he hoisted the Cup. However, to trade Joe Thorton is lunacy.

Thorton is one of the premier players in the NHL —he is the guy you build your team around, not trade for three ho-hum players just to shake things up. The Bruins management will live to regret this day.

The Bruins got Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart from San Jose for Thorton. The Bruins should have held out for the rest of the Sharks team before trading Thorton!

Even the Sharks knew what an opportunity this was. “Players like Joe Thornton don’t come available very often,” said Sharks GM Doug Wilson. Of course they don’t—most teams aren’t stupid enough to trade people like Thorton.

There are a lot of reasons why the Bruins have lost nine out of their last 10 games, and sure, Thorton had a role to play in that. But, if you want to trade someone, take a look at Gill, who has really sucked of late; Samsanov can’t keep the puck on his stick; Bergeron has been in a slump; and put Andrew Alberts back to the minors or trade him for a water bottle or something.

I’ve never had a lot of faith in the decisions of the Bruins management. When they let people like Bill Guerin and Mike Knuble slip through their fingers, you know you are in trouble. Their trade record is so bad, they even go back and get players like Murray that they happily traded away a few years before.

I’m a diehard Bruins fan, but this has really shaken me today. I say we trade Mike O’Connell.