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This graph depicts the franchise value of all National Hockey League teams in The Nashville Predators franchise was valued at million U. Forcing an owner to sell is tricky but possible. In , the then-Phoenix Coyotes went through a bankruptcy period and then subsequent sale. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Adams purchased franchise rights from Thomas Duggan, who was awarded two teams in February With the help of newly hired general manager, Art Ross, the front office chose the old English term for brown bear, bruin.
The name stuck. Bruin encapsulated exactly what owner Charles Adams wanted to identify his franchise with, an untamed animal displaying speed, agility, power and cunning. Ironically enough, the colors of the team were already chosen before the name was. Tiny Thompson won the Vezina Trophy as the league's premier goaltender on four occasions. Eddie Shore captured the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player in four seasons as well.
They had tied the game with two goals in the last five minutes of a game against Chicago. Eddie Shore scored the second goal with one arena clock on the mark and the other clock past it. Chicago coach Tommy Gorman protested, but the goal stood. Marty Barry then scored another disputed goal in overtime. Gorman pulled his team off the ice and the Bruins were awarded the forfeited game. The late s brought several players to the Bruins that seemed to ensure their success for years to come.
In , Ross had taken a chance on the acquisition of Bobby Bauer when many 'experts' in hockey maintained that he was too small. Frank Brimsek had led all goaltenders in the International-American League in with a 1. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, Brimsek had one of the hardest jobs in hockey - succeeding Tiny Thompson in the Boston net.
Thompson had originally suggested to Art Ross the use of a 'backup' goalie, not only to prolong his own career by giving him an occasional rest, but also to give his eventual replacement some experience. Brimsek played the first two games of the season when Thompson was injured, winning both. Zero" en route to capturing both the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie and the Vezina as the NHL's premier goaltender.
In all, the first 15 years of the Bruins' existence in the NHL were glorious ones. They had eight first-place finishes in the league or their division, reached the Stanley Cup Final four times and twice won the coveted Trophy. An amazing 17 people associated with the franchise during that time span were eventually elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The next stretch of the Bruins history to date - from - began on an upbeat note with consecutive first place finishes and one Stanley Cup and ended with an optimistic outlook with the coming of age of Bobby Orr.
In between, however, Bruins fans were treated to a roller-coaster ride of inconsistency as the team did not qualify for the playoffs in 11 of those 30 seasons, including an eight-year stretch between and The '30s closed out with the Kraut Line keeping up their pace. Schmidt, whom Art Ross called 'the greatest of modern centers', led the league in scoring and for the first time in league history, three players not only from the same team, but the same line, finished the season in the top three spots of the individual scoring race.
The season also closed a bright chapter in Bruins history as Eddie Shore ended his career with the team after 14 seasons, seven First Team All-Star berths and four Hart Trophies.
The s began with great promise as Bill Cowley and Roy Conacher emerged as scoring stars and the team enjoyed a record-breaking game unbeaten streak with 15 wins and eight ties in They cruised to their third Stanley Cup championship and second in three years over Detroit with the first four-game sweep in Stanley Cup Final history.
Although the Bruins made it to the Cup finals in , the remaining part of the decade was unrewarding with Dit Clapper's retirement on February 12, after becoming the first player to play 20 seasons in the league and Bauer retiring as well at the end of the season. The s saw three Stanley Cup Final appearances, but Boston finished as high as second in the regular season just once Milt Schmidt retired in December, , assuming the coaching reins from Lynn Patrick, but the team continued its decline in the early '60s, with their eight-year drought of playoff appearances from the longest such stretch in Bruins history.
In , however, three events occurred which made the Bruins' record a little easier to bear. The second event was the promotion of Harry Sinden to coach of the team after serving as coach for Boston's minor league affiliates since Esposito and Hodge gave the Bruins much-needed offensive depth and, combined with the unparalleled two-way play of Orr and the shrewd and intelligent Sinden behind the bench, the Bruins were on the way to becoming the power team of the early s.
In , Orr became the only player to ever win four trophies in a single season with the Norris, Hart, Ross and Smythe Trophies. Boston's pro hockey team. Goalies: Thomas, Rask. The Boston Bruins are taking home the cup this year. The best team in the NHL. Caught a lot of shit for trading away a playoff bum and a dangler, but they got Marco Sturm for it and he's a badass. Tim Thomas keeps proving people wrong every night.
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