The move comes a month after team president Cam Neely said he needed to think about whether to keep dON Sweeney around after a decade in which the Bruins have seen unprecedented regular-season success followed largely by playoff flops.

Boston Bruins President Cam Neely announced today, May 20, that the organization has signed General Manager Don Sweeney to a two-year contract extension through the 2027-28 season. “Don has navigated a disappointing period for our club with conviction,

“Explaining his decision to extend Sweeney, Neely pointed to some of the “difficult decisions” Sweeney made around the trade deadline as indicators that change is coming. Most notably, captain Brad Marchand was traded to the Panthers, and blue-line staple Brandon Carlo was shipped to the Toronto Maple Leafs."