Boston Bruins: Should a Fan Give Up on His Team?

The B's should just retire Moog's jersey right now.

Trading away Bourque just so he could win a Cup was the last straw. Other fans, though, would to this day argue that it was a great move to ensure No. 77 would get to win a championship. Whatever.

Changing the logo—even slightly—didn't do anything for me. Going away from the early 1990s uniforms, uh-uh. Having the alternate jersey with the orange and bear on the front, dumb.

Firing Mike Keenan even though he did the job? Letting Robbie Ftorek go with under ten games left one season? All stupid.

Of course, there were other times that the Bruins found a way to suck you back in.

2002, No. 1 seed in the East. I fell for the trap and thought Boston would go deep into the playoffs. Problem: the first-round opponent was Montreal. Dafoe played horribly (and then had the nerve to demand more money), the B's lost, and here we go again.

Two springs later, they did it again. No. 2 seed, a great rookie goalie in Raycroft. But again the Habs stood in the way the first round. No problem.

Raycroft got a shutout in his playoff debut, the Bruins won a thriller in OT the next game, and jumped out to a 3-1 series lead when Glen Murray scored in double OT with Alexei Kovalev acting all injured on a slash.

Exciting times for sure.

Well, the B's never won another game that spring.

This past season, they again suckered us. They actually did some things right this year. They looked like they might beat the Canadiens. But the results were the same.

So, back to the original question: Is it okay for Sean Crowe to dump this team?

You know what? I'm with Crowe on this one. Go for it, Sean Crowe. Go root for another team. Enough is enough. Just retire Moog's jersey already.

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