There is a lot the Boston Bruins have yet to explain, even after releasing prospect Mitchell Miller on Sunday night and after team president Cam Neely met with media on Monday morning.
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MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 21: A detailed view of the Boston Bruins' logo is seen during the second period against the Montreal Canadiens at Centre Bell on March 21, 2022 in Montreal, Canada. The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime. There is a lot the Boston Bruins have yet to explain, even afterand after team president Cam Neely met with media on Monday morning.
Nothing team officials have said, in statements or in front of cameras, offers a satisfying answer as to why the Bruins, who are off to an 10-2-0 start this season, signed Miller, a 20-year-old defenseman, to a three-year rookie contract and open a gaping, entirely self-inflicted injury on an organization that was doing just fine.
Neely and general manager Don Sweeney brought all of this on themselves, and even after four days of outrage from Boston fans and the hockey community at large, they still don't seem to understand why signing Miller was a terrible idea. This was a person who subjected a Black developmentally disabled classmate toand who has, according to the victim's family, never shown true remorse for his behavior.
When even NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, a frequent piñata of media and fans alike during his nearly 30-year tenure for myriad unpopular stances and decisions, is on the side of keeping Miller out of the league for hisBut on Monday, there was Neely at the team's practice facility, passing the buck when it came to why there hadn't been communication with the family of Mitchell's bullying victim, Isaiah Meyer-Crothers, before the Bruins signed Mitchell, and solemnly rueing that...
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