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The Bruins had a very exciting, very frustrating, and in the end, very disappointing conclusion to their 2011-2012 season.

Win a Stanley Cup and be one of two NHL teams with the shortest offseason and it is easy enough to explain, not necessarily excuse, losing four or more of the first seven games next October.

Johnny Boychuk, Michael Ryder and Matt Hunwick with Tuukka Rask after beating the Flyers 4-1. Eric Hartline-US PRESSWIRE 1970 : The Boston Bruins defeat the St.

Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins win 6-1. 1979 : The Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime to win Game 2 of their semifinal series.

If that evaluation of the group headed by Zdeno Chara had been made on Jan. 7 this year, 37 games into the season, there likely would have been no doubt the B's were the best.