July 30, 2015

Greg Boysen

Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs spoke with Joe Haggerty of CSNNE shortly after Wednesday’s Winter Classic press conference at Gilette Stadium and he had plenty to say about his former general manager Peter Chiarelli.

“I think Peter is a great human being, and a great hockey mind,” Jacobs said. “I think he’s going to prosper out west. He’s got a great young team there. We were not in the same position. It’s a cap environment we find ourselves in here, and you’ve got to look to the future.”

Jacobs admits that it was Chiarelli’s handling of the roster and the salary cap that ultimately led to his dismissal shortly after the 2014-15 season ended.

“If you watch the success of the Chicago team, and I do admire them quite a bit, they dealt with their high-priced players early on and kept creating room. Every year, there was a change, not too unlike the change we see here (this year). We see some great players going elsewhere. Even to this year, you see very successful teams have met that problem. We didn’t deal with it in a timely enough manner and we found ourselves in a cap position that wasn’t attractive for us.”