Reign Of PC

One week to go people!  One week from tomorrow night high above the Gahden they will be raising our 2010-2011 Stanley Cup Champion banner to the rafters! Fuck I can't wait!!

As we get ready to gear up towards the season I want to do a few blog posts on the people whom I feel are most influential in the current state of the Bruins!

What better place to start then with the man who is responsible for assembling the best team in the NHL.

Of course I am biased but for my money he is one of the top 5 GM's in hockey right now! Actually outside of Ken Holland in Detroit who has done a better job in the last 5 years??

May 26, 2006 a new era of Bruins hockey was set to take place when PC was hired by the Bruins.
The Bruins record the year before PC came to beantown was 29-37-0-16!!

It took a year still after he was hired to get things fully on track but his record since becoming the Bruins Boss speaks for itself!

PC Win/Loss Record
06-07 - 35-41-0-6
07-08 - 41-29-0-12
08-09 - 53-19-0-10
09-10 - 39-30-0-13
10-11 - 46-25-0-11

Now how did PC turn the Bruins into the defending Stanley Cup Champions you may ask?? Well lets look at a couple of the key acquisitions he is responsible for that whom without we arent the team we are right now!

PC's 1st and Best Signing

Big Z - PC used his connection as the former Assistant GM in Ottawa convincing our now leader to pack up and join him in Boston.  As you may remember...Chara and Redden were both free agents from Ottawa that summer and PC made it obvious he wanted the Big Man while Ottawa re-signed Redden.  Amazing free agent signing AND yet again he showed his brilliance when last October he locked up Chara keeping him off of this summer's terribly over priced free agent market!

Tuukka - I realize Tuukka wasn't a big part of the cup win but he is a HUGE part of our future and this one really needs to be pointed out...Tuukka for Raycroft. Enough said.  And if you disagree with that heist I knock you out...with a milk crate!

Thank You Kessel - Oh my favourite of them all.  Let's begin with what led to this deal happening in the first place.  PC had his number for which he wanted to re-sign Kessel and would not budge.  He had the balls to stand by his convictions and boy has it paid it off.  Lets look at how the entire deal as I look at it has ended up.  Phil Kessel, Dennis Wideman and the 16th overall pick in 2010 for Tyler Seguin, Nathan Horton, Gregory Campbell, Jared Knight and
Dougie Hamilton. Amazing.

I could go on and on about the moves this guy keeps making in building this roster.  Seidenberg for Bitz and a 2nd round pick, Looch was a 50th overall pick, Marchand the 71st overall pick and then look at last year at the trade deadline.  He knew his team had a golden opportunity to take a run at the Cup and he went out and loaded up!  Ya ya people were disappointed in Kabby...I still thought he was a valuable piece but moreso look at the contributions from Peverley and Kelly!  How could ANYONE doubt the magic PC has worked putting this team together??

And finally something I give PC sooo much credit for...Standing By His Coach!  How many critics were calling for Coach's head after the Philly series in 2010 and even at points throughout last season.  Yet another example of PC sticking to his guns and being his own man and making his own decisions.  How easy would it have been for him to fire Julien after the Flyers series to take some heat off the situation? What did PC do? He stuck by his Coach unified his team and went out and made all the neccesary moves to win a Championship.

Thats the man I want in charge of my team!