Bruins superstar Bill Guerin saw the handwriting on the wall and went to Dallas today, thus continuing the Bruins' tradition of constant rebuilding. Star goalie Byron Dafoe is reported to be next to leave. Said Guerin:

"From the owner on down, to have a guy like [Hicks] come out and meet with guys and the GM and coach and [special assistant] Guy Carbonneau. Mr. Hicks wants to win big-time. All you can ask for is a chance to win every year and he's going to provide that."

Kirk Luedeke of bossports.net has a good column about what this means to the Bruins and their fans. It seems to me, as the most casual of hockey fans, that the Bruins are doing everything they can to field a team good enough to compete for a playoff spot but not at the risk of spending any of owner Jeremy Jacobs' precious money. The fact that they finished first in the East notwithstanding, they're on a treadmill. Some teams (all out West, except the Rangers) have realized that the Yankees and Lakers keep winning by spending money on great players. Some teams, like Calgary and Buffalo, can't spend that kind of money. The Bruins won't.

Which makes me wonder why people like Jacobs own sports teams. You'd like to think that sports owners own the team with the goal to win championships, not turn the largest profit possible. I think Jacobs is one step away from laying off his players and moving the whole operation to Mexico.