<p>The 2024-25 season has not been a contending one for the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/boston-bruins/news">Boston Bruins</a>, but their demise might be going perfectly to plan under interim head coach Joe Sacco.&nbsp;</p>



<p>After letting former head coach Jim Montgomery go in November, the Bruins are 30-36-9 and continuing to slide down the standings as they approach their final seven games. It took bullish trades from general manager Don Sweeney, but it’s a strategy that could lead to a quick top prospect for the organization.&nbsp;</p>



<p>On Wednesday’s episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5RDyLSJJpY"><em>Daily Faceoff LIVE</em></a>, Frank Seravalli and Colby Cohen discussed the Bruins’ season and where they might go with Sacco and their outlook in the near future.</p>



<p><strong>Seravalli:</strong> The Boston Bruins are dead last in the Eastern Conference. You could say that’s good news for the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/news">Buffalo Sabres</a>, but Colby, I will throw this at you – the Bruins have done the trade deadline right. Rip the Band-Aid off, and trade away five pieces from your team, including Brad Marchand.&nbsp;</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="163"></div>



<p>They’re 2-8-1 since March 7, which was NHL Trade Deadline day, which has put them in line, depending on how the lottery ping-pong balls shake out, for a top-five pick…this is how you do it. If you’re not going to make the playoffs, don’t linger.</p>



<p><strong>Cohen: </strong>100%, and they’re not going to tear down fully. They’re not going to trade Charlie McAvoy and David Pasternak this summer; that’s just not going to happen, and you’ve got Jeremy Swayman, so now they have their core pieces. You’re right. Why not get a top-five pick? They do not have a deep prospect pool. Whoever they draft this year will automatically be their top prospect.</p>



<p>I give Don Sweeney credit for doing something incredibly unpopular and trading Brad Marchand. I think he will play and play enough games [for the Florida Panthers], so this ends up a first-round pick for [the Bruins].&nbsp;</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="149"></div>



<p>At the end of the day, if there’s one person I’m disappointed for, it’s Joe Sacco. He’s a guy that I played for in the NHL, he’s a guy that I respect and a guy that I like a lot as a human being off the ice. I would have liked to have potentially seen him have an NHL roster, not a half NHL, or maybe quarter NHL roster, just to see if: ‘Hey, listen, here’s your opportunity to be a head coach again, right?’</p>



<p>You can catch the segment and full episode below…</p>



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