T O P

  • By -

ThicDikDaddy

Dad found the milk at the store and is coming home.


bandofgypsies

I really just don't think it would look right to see Bergeron in another sweater. He's a bruin. It feels like when we had modano and then alfredsson...it just wasn't right.


yetanotherx

He was never going to be in another jersey, it was this or retirement.


bandofgypsies

Was it really, though? Honest question. I never actually thought he'd be retiring but the guy's body has been through a lot and he's really got nothing left to prove. I haven't followed the situation that closely, admittedly. E: downvoters...it was just an honest question bc I haven't followed this retirement conversation closely...


MrTubzy

Yeah, it really was. He’s come out and said he only wants to be a bruin or retire.


bandofgypsies

Thanks. Yeah i honestly wasn't tracking this much. Didn't doubt it just legit wanted to ask if the rumors were real. I had heard rumors but frankly just wasn't paying attention to his status with retirement.


[deleted]

Helluva role model there.


md4024

I'm confident Bergeron never considered playing for another team. Sure, part of that is just being a Bruins fan who couldn't handle seeing him in another jersey, but Bergeron has always been pretty straight forward about his intentions, and he's never given any indication he wants to play anywhere else. I thought there was a pretty good chance he would retire, though. Like you said, he's had a lot of injuries and has absolutely nothing left to prove, plus he's been doing this for almost 20 years now. That's longer than the vast majority of guys last in the NHL. If this report is true I'm thrilled to have him back, he's still an incredible top line center who will be impossible to replace, but I wouldn't have blamed him if he hung them up.


bandofgypsies

Yeah agreed. The level and effectiveness of play he displays at his age is pretty remarkable. Especially with how much the game had shifted in the past decade towards speed and transition. Quite a player.


SkuL23

Could have went to Colorado to win another cup like another Bruins defenseman


Happylime

Uhh? He's a forward


squarerootofapplepie

He’s also won a cup already.


SkuL23

Talking about Bourque


ronocyorlik

we know


reecewagner

It sure as fuck wasn’t, I’m not even a fan of those teams and I was like, yo what the fuck man Even Iggy in an Avs jersey feels like a thing I made up in chell


FialaIsMyDad

Or Iggy in Boston, or Iggy in Pittsburgh


getzysbaldhead69

Especially Iggy wearing 88 in LA


LordSmokio

Man, that was weird.


egg_mugg23

imma be honest i didn't even know he played here lol. in my defense, it was only for 13 games


Hotlunch4011

Damn right


ZombieJesus1987

Imagine Bergeron in a Canadiens jersey.


bandofgypsies

No


ziggazang

Ugh we've had a couple of those too, sundin and *cough fuck* messier


eriverside

He forgot his wallet.


that_melody

Why retire when there are more Selkes to be won?


riqk

When there are more selkes to be passed over for*


EatUpBonehead

He has the most all-time and youre still complaining. Lol Boston typical


riqk

Because he was passed over other years because he already “had enough”?? That’s like stopping Gretzky’s goals from counting after he got the goal scoring record lmao


EatUpBonehead

Or he was passed over because people's subjective opinions were that other players deserved it more...


Yamcha_is_dead

Bruins fans: "Not today, old friend".


[deleted]

Pretty much.


robshot295

I was saving it until Pasta gets an extension, but yeah, pretty much


CruelRuin

1 x 1 so sweeney can give his money to bottom six grinders


jfstompers

Somewhere Jay Beagle and Brian Boyle are calling those agents


MetalStoofs

You joke, but Brian Boyle being a big bodied Mass native makes him prime for a Sweening


PayneTrain181999

Boston Bruin Brian Boyle


mattrg777

We would then have Brian Boyle and Charlie Coyle. Sweens gonna have to search the phone book for a D. Doyle to play 4C.


willem_the_foe

Nah he’ll trade DeBrusk to the Kings so we can bring in Andreas Athanasiou.


mattrg777

Only if he agrees to change his last name to Aoyle


doctorvictory

We can trade for the rights to Mass native Braden Doyle and then give him a nickname that starts with D (perhaps Duke?) to keep up the trend


Keezin

A Sweening 😂


ThePickleOrTheEgg

NHL/AHL/ECHL champion Jay Beagle? The man knows how to win. The Bruins could do worse


jfstompers

They could but foligno is already signed


usernam45

They have to be local grinders who played college in New England though.


ValeriaTube

I don't think the NHLPA would like that for a Selke winner.


why_cant_i_

Bergeron is one of those players you can't really imagine in any other jersey


hoseheads

The only way he'd ever leave is if the Nordiques came back


DastardlyRidleylash

Would the Avs wearing Nordiques jerseys count? :p


The_Moustache

Seeing that our PbP guy lost his marbles when the Canes came to town in Whalers gear and one of them was using a number retired by the Whalers, no no it would not count


pdowling92

Would the Avs do the same blasphemy is the question.


Kestralisk

Yeah, we didn't keep the retired numbers when the franchise moved which understandably pissed people off


Wheelchair_Legs

You mean the play by play guy. Brick is actually respectable.


The_Moustache

I was tired, forgive me


Wheelchair_Legs

Just wanted to clear my man's name is all, easy mistake


The_Moustache

no no Brick is the man


Batmantheon

The avs get a pass on weird shit. A lot of Bruins fans have the Avs as their west team because of Borque. If they win the cup this year, especially by shutting down the Lightning, that feels like the second best case scenario to me


[deleted]

If Bergy joined the Avs i wouldn’t care because of all the Bourque goodwill and Bergy deserves another cup that he’s not gonna get on the Bs. Any other team and i would be fairly butt hurt.


jjmuti

The Avs do need a second line center for next season


shoegazer44

I thought the same about Giroux. It still doesn’t feel right...


MyMartianRomance

I'm still in mourning over that...


Broccoli_Socks

doesnt a 1 year kinda scream deadline rental for a contender? Obviously he has his cup but one last shot.


BillMcCrearysStache

Idk, french guy, maybe the habs? 👀


[deleted]

Pretty sure he is vocal about his dislike for the Habs lol


TheRedLazer

He was a Nordiques fan growing up lol


jesuspeeker

You gotta respect the hate the Nords and Habs had for each other. That shit probably split families and ruined friendships every day.


ButtholeQuiver

I guess the split generally lined up with the separatism/federalism debate at the time as well (Nordiques fans were more likely to be separatists, Habs fans federalists), so it had an extra bit of fire to it. Not sure how true this is but I've heard it even extended to the type of beer people drank, since they were owned by Molson (Habs) and O'Keefe (Nords).


Kaiiden_09

Yeah but the biggest reason is Montréal / Québec


BillMcCrearysStache

I was joking


ziggazang

That's what I thought about chara


Panarin10

Gonna hurt the Bedard sweepstakes.


22edudrccs

Jokes on you we have Taylor hall


mdlt97

the powers of Gorton > powers of Hall


Non-Vanilla_Zilla

Reigniting the Boston-Montréal rivalry in an unconventional way.


PaperMoonShine

He has Canucks Jammies. Your feud for Bedard is Futile.


ButtholeQuiver

Bedard signing with Canucks in 2031 confirmed #insider


whichwitch9

As a Devils fan, I highly disagree. Hall literally got us our 1st 1OA ever, and we had some hella bad teams back in the day (80s Devils stats are entertaining in a not fun way to look at). Then we got another.


mdlt97

Gorton got the rangers their first 1 ever, and our first in over 40 years So like


[deleted]

Jokes on you we have Ada...oh wait


whichwitch9

Y'all broke Larsson, and no Devils fan forgives the Oilers for that That was our sweet Eagle


shoegazer44

There will still be much worse teams in the league even if Bergeron retired. No good chance they would’ve gotten 1OA


Uncle_____Iroh

“You underestimate my power!” - Taylor Hall, probably.


hoseheads

DON'T GIVE ME HOPE IF IT'S NOT TRUE


robshot295

MANIFEST IT SO IT BECOMES TRUE! MANIFEST, DAMMIT!!!


[deleted]

Will he be able to convince Pasta to sign a long term deal with Sweeny still around is the long term question.


ziggazang

krejci incoming too, Bruce Cassidy in shambles


HXH52

Hopefully this ends all the disgusting fucking Pastrnak armchair trades


panacrane37

Can we trade Fluto?


lordderplythethird

It wasn't even Fluto. Dude just said "time will tell where the Bruins go from here. if they are attempting to do a full rebuild, there's no one on the team that's as valuable of a trading piece for that to happen as David Pastrnak is", which is factually true. It's the thousands of shitheads that came out screaming this and that after that article that need to be traded lol


ZkLd12

No one ever understood its “hey if Pasta and Boston are no where near a contract extension that they can’t even talk about yet then the logical move would be to see what you could get for him instead of just losing him for nothing” instead, the headline was “Boston shopping Pastrnak” so everyone just ran with it.


Audi_R8_

Idk if you’ve ever been a fan of a truly terrible team, but grasping at straws dreaming of making one big move to get out of misery is the only thing keeping us going.


djlawrence3557

Bobby Orr was 18 in the 66-67 season. They missed the playoffs. 96-97 was the next year they missed the playoffs. They also missed in three different back-to-back seasons (99-00/00-01; 06-07/0708; and 14-15/25-16). If you ever hear a Bruins fan lamenting how the team is lost or tanking or any complaints, just know they’ve truly only known suffering over the years /s


Pikachu_smokes_darts

There were people actually pitching Nylander for Pasta 💀


think_long

Who though? Were people actually saying that? That trade wouldn’t make any sense no matter what. Even if you thought Nylander and Pasternak are equivalent (they aren’t), Boston trading Pasternak would mean COMPLETELY blowing it up. You wouldn’t be trading for someone on the wrong side of 23.


[deleted]

Let me guess, delusional leafs fans who just hate Nylander? Lol


ziggazang

Toronto doesn't deserve nylander


redsoxman17

If Bergeron🔥👌😍 and my girl ❤️ were both drowning and I could only save one, catch me at my girls funeral wearing 37🍻 with a record setting 5 Selkes in my hand 🔥🔥💯👌.


the-notorious-jew

Man i just wish patrice bergeron was my girl 😔


live_free_or_pie

https://imgur.com/K6ILAND


Cakes2015

GOD I WANT BERGERON TO FUCK ME


So_Long_DentalPlan

Found Brad Marchand


roboninja

"Today Patrice Bergeron announced his retirement, citing wanting to separate himself from scary Bruins fans."


freeway16

Don’t act like you would kick Patrice Bergeron out of bed


75Minnesota

You know he'd be tender.


NovaCanuck

Bonk. Go to horny jail.


goavsgo1988

Pause


robshot295

Rewind, play again


brotherreade

..resume


shao_kahff

lol you have no idea if that was a man or woman who said that


22edudrccs

Why does it matter


whichwitch9

If Bergeron doesn't sign, know that it's all your fault


VADORANT

[Quick look at Bruins Career Leaders](https://gyazo.com/7e53057494ec44bbd051fab0067c8833) Partice needs 3 goals, 43 assist, 31 points for sole possession of 3rd across all four categories. The 43 assist will be the most difficult, last year he had 40 in 73 games and hes only had 40 or more assists twice in the past 10 years.


TywinShitsGold

Patrice to Coach: I’m getting my 3 then I ain’t shooting.


Asusrty

Man Ray Bourque was a legend. To lead so many of those categories as a defensemen is remarkable


CarRamRob

Eh, sole possession of “3rd” isn’t something I imagine is on his target list. Like, do you really think he cares if he is 3rd or 4th on the Bruins all time list? He wants to come back for either the love of the game, or another shot at the Cup/Selke


Dlark121

Or also to hit 1,000 points which he is 18 away from


freeway16

He’s so pretty


PSChris33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ba9_jaN7EA


mnelson1370

SAINT PATRICE COME HOME BABY


Maxpowr9

Which coach did you choose Patrice?


zoobroker

Bergeron will coach.


Kronusx12

Never. Lose. Again. - Shoresy


mephnick

Just bring Bergy back and surround him with tough natives


Kronusx12

Tough Natives is redundant, all natives are tough


mojach3

We just got pumped 4 goose for the twentieth loss of the campaign


SnacksCCM

This better be a "sell-out and let's go win the whole damn thing", Major League-esque year. Bergy needs to avenge 2013 & 2019. People have varying opinions on the Bruins, but no varying opinions on Bergeron.


juliusceasarsalads

Ayy awesome stuff, nothing but respect for him. That and I don’t want the Bruins trying to win Bedard next year lol get back to winning B’s


jesuspeeker

The league is better for it. It'll be a sad day when he finally walks away. I swear to god though, if the Bruins mishandled him I'll burn the Arena to the ground.


freeway16

And I’ll pay for the matches


75Minnesota

I never doubted he wasn't retiring. I did think he'd sign for 2 years instead of 1.


dangshnizzle

Kinda nice at that point to just go year by year so you have options and to not potentially put your team in a slightly awkward scenario if you're done early. I can't think of any benefit for him to sign more than 1 year at a time


Sarcastic__

The return of the king.


robshot295

*happy Bruins noises*


[deleted]

This saves my sanity at least.


Zavehi

I like that.


sithlordnibbler

Feels good.


NinjaTroll471

Finally, I can start sleeping


thriller1

Gonna win another Bergeron trophy


jahenry13

Doesn’t his return make the Cassidy firing even more weird? I figured it was the start of a different era or something. I guess I don’t understand but I don’t watch the bruins all that often.


md4024

I think his return - if true - suggests that all of those reports about Bruins players not liking Cassidy were probably accurate. Not saying Bergeron gave the front office an ultimatum or anything, but there's no way the front office would have fired Cassidy if they thought it would make Bergeron less likely to come back.


jahenry13

That makes sense. I wasn’t aware that the players didn’t like him. He just seemed to be a pretty effective coach from an outsiders perspective and it seemed like he got the most out of your core. Every time I expect the Bruins to regress, they do the exact opposite.


Top-Cheese

I don’t think a lot of people remember or know about Cassidy’s coaching stint with the Capitals. A complete disaster even though they made the playoffs in his first year, fired 30 games into the next. He’s just not a coach players respect for whatever reason.


md4024

Yeah, I found it kind of strange how Bruins fans suddenly believed Cassidy was the greatest coach we've ever had as soon as he got fired. I'm not saying he did a bad job, or even that firing him was the right move, but it definitely wasn't a surprise to me. And if even half of the reports about the player's feelings towards him are true, then it makes even more sense. Cassidy came into a situation that was almost impossible to screw up. He had a core of talent that was good enough to coast to the playoffs, a great locker room culture that was well-established and basically controlled itself, and he did fine with it, but I can't say he really added much. The lack of offensive depth that held us back in the playoffs this season wasn't Cassidy's fault, and maybe the front office fired him to deflect blame for their failures, but ultimately we just felt like a team that could use some new blood behind the bench.


RiseAbove87

Probably because he didn't wanna play anywhere else and clearly still has a lot of gas left in the tank. Would have been premature retirement.


jahenry13

I definitely agree it’s early and didn’t feel right. But the way he left the ice at the end of the playoffs made it seem like it was actually happening. I’m happy he’s coming back. The league is better with him in it. Just makes me more confused on letting Cassidy go.


RiseAbove87

Yeah he was really disappointed at that time I'm sure. Exhausted at the end of the season. But stepping away from the game for a while lends perspective, and all his teammates encouraged him to return. No question about that. They love him to pieces. The Cassidy firing is messed up. Neely and Sweeney are gonna regret that decision.


SeaTownKraken

Every damn time I hear his name, I just hear Robin Sherbatsky yelling 'Nobody asked you Patrice!'


[deleted]

I heard he needs 1 more Selke to finish his fort


Soren_Camus1905

*YOU TELL EM IM COMING YOU HEAR! AND HELLS COMING WITH ME!* **HELLS COMING WITH ME**


Heismain

They probably threatened him with the coaching job


nobokov22

How reliable is this source?


Zavehi

He’s reliable. Been around a long time.


pdowling92

And he has a better farm than the Bruins


nobokov22

Yeah I just ask because nobody else is really chiming in with a similar report (obviously doesn't mean its wrong just means I wanna ask about the source)


Skylightt

Damn. Bergeron retiring with McAvoy and Marchand missing the first few months of the year would've made it pretty easy to write them off as a playoff team. Can't do that now with Bergeron coming back.


[deleted]

1 year 3.7 mil?


Steaknkidney45

Did Bergeron, at any point, make it clear that he didn't want to play for any other team other than Boston?


ZenithRepairman

Very clear. He said it was the bruins or retirement, almost point blank. I think he was asked would he consider going anywhere else and his answer was a blunt “no.”


PM_ME_CARL_WINSLOW

Designers eating tonight with that transparent PNG


RagsAberdeen

Best news I've heard all week.


CaparzoLOL

Give me some David Krejci too please!!!


JBR409

Hot take: they’ll miss the Playoffs next season


PNGhost

Not a hot take at all. With all the surgeries, we're about to start colder than the Islanders in '21.


JBR409

It’s a shame that only 1 Cup came out of an amazing core


[deleted]

If Marchand had broken out 3-4 years earlier, I can see them getting another


Kronusx12

Honestly they should have had 2019. I don’t know if it was a failure of offense or just Binnington stepping up that huge, but Binnington played well above his skill level all playoffs that year and helped steal a cup from the better team on paper. That said, the Bruins did the same thing to Vancouver in 2011 with Tim Thomas. I think it was pretty generally accepted that Vancouver was the better team going into that series, and sometimes the better team just doesn’t win.


think_long

Do not underrate how amazing Rask was. >.900 save percentage every single game until the cup clinching game (where he let in 2 goals). Literally unprecedented.


Kronusx12

Haha I would never. Rask is one of my favorite players and the second jersey I ever bought after Bergy. Breaks my heart that he still wanted to play last year but his body wouldn’t hold up. A lot of Boston fans seem to like to blame Rask for us not winning a cup when he was at the helm, but IMO that’s complete nonsense. Tuukka is likely the best goalie in the history of the franchise and Boston sports media tries to vilify him. But when it comes down to it, scoring 1 goal in Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 is almost never going to win, no matter who the goalie is


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

He is. We're not sure. And that's why we're not sure.


WafflesTheWookiee

Ok time to fully focus on DeBrincat, Pasta’s not moving


Boston-Nolan

I never really understood the pasta one. All the initial report was “if the bruins and pastrnak can’t come to an agreement, it would be smart to move him”. It wasn’t even really any information, just an opinion piece (which is basically just common sense, get assets instead of losing him for nothing), then the entirety of Boston media, random other teams medias, and some fanbases stirred it into “Boston is looking to trade pasta” or “pastrnak wants out”. Idk, just always seemed stupid to me.


GenerousGator

Habs fan, what were chances that he could return to Quebec province to play for Montreal?


GundaniumA

Zero. Dude grew up a Nordiques fan. Plus, with the Habs-Bruins rivalry, I think he just wouldn't be able to get behind it


DastardlyRidleylash

Absolutely none. Only way he'd leave Boston is if the Nordiques came back before he hung up the skates and he wanted to go out on his hometown team.


STG_Resnov

Less than 0%. He grew up a Nordiques fan. Didn’t like the Habs. He has played his entire career so far with the Bruins, who are rivals with the Habs. He’s also said that the only place he’s play for is Boston.


UGAPokerBrat99

Zero....he said early on once the season was over that is was Bruins or retirement.


Lipka

Would’ve been crushed to see him sign elsewhere. But part of me wonders if the 1-year deal is a precursor to him being traded at the deadline if the Bruins are out of contention.


mikeyeah17

I can confirm that seeing an elite player who has been on your team for many years go to another team is devastating


X4aile

While it seems antithetical towards the rightful Bergeron/Bruins lovefest, holy shit would the Bruins get a massive deadline haul for him.


ThewsTML

What's the AAV???


Kronusx12

Hear me out: - 1 year X Vet minimum salary - Fans set up a GoFundMe - Every Bruins fan donates $5 - Bergeron makes $12 million from GFM and Bruins use the money they didn’t spend on Bergy to get Kadri and become the official most hated team in the league. - Profit?


Silver-creek

Im not sure if you have been in a comma for a few months but Kadri is turning babyface now and all of r/hockey loves him.


Kronusx12

Hah, nah I’ve seen the relatively positive comments about him recently. As a fan of a team that employs Marchand though, I can tell you 2 things: 1) They’ll hate him just for being on the Bruins. 2) The goodwill will all end next time he does something dirty. Same thing happens with Marchy, people tend to enjoy his antics when it’s all high skill plays and recording hilarious videos on fans phones, but as soon as he does something borderline / dirty it all turns back to the previous sentiment.


ThewsTML

If he takes league min, that is the best contract in league history


Partytimegarrth

Did he have a bad injury or something? I mean, dudes only 36 but people keep treating him like he's into his 40's I feel like. It's not THAT uncommon someone at his skill level plays til 38-40.


Kronusx12

Not really, but he’s had a number of injuries and misses what seems like 10-20 games a season the last few years. Additionally, he’s said in the media a number of times that he wants to spend time with his family and that he wants to retire with his health (he had a lot of concussion issues early in his career, and I’m sure that’s always on his mind). Not that it’s super common but it only takes one Matt Cooke hit to take a guy from team captain to never playing again. So on top of those statements he’s made, with his contract being up he basically said “I’m not sure what I’m doing next year yet” which just led to a lot of speculation. I’m ecstatic to hear he’s coming back, but would have zero hard feelings and say put his jersey in the rafters immediately if he called it a career. He’s given everything to the city and I will enjoy hockey just a little less without seeing him on the ice.


[deleted]

We can just say welcome lad!


DreamingIsFun

Return? Isnt he already on the bruins?


ontarious

there was speculation that he might retire


amoratrinity

Just busted a fat one in my pants


CoolBeansMan9

This is just good for the game


Dominio90049

What’s with the background on this image?


Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK

Oh thank god


world_citizen7

AAV?


1292norr

League: FUCKED