
Bruins give GM Don Sweeney a 2-year extension to lead rebuild after first playoff miss since 2016
The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Don Sweeney to a two-year contract extension, trusting him to rebuild the roster after the team missed the playoffs this season for the first time since 2016. The move comes a month after team president Cam Neely said he needed to think about whether to keep Sweeney around after a decade in which the Bruins have seen unprecedented regular-season success followed largely by playoff flops. Sweeney fired coach Jim Montgomery in November and then sold off the roster at the trade deadline when it failed to respond under interim Joe Sacco.