from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,

History has become almost a dirty concept nowadays, even here in the history-lovin’ Hub. We’re really not into that yesterday thing. Old is out. Particularly in sports. Fan and media focus is ever-centered on the next game, the next trade, the next live slice of craziness to play on the Jumbotron.

OMG, it’s a free pizza and . . . a T-shirt! Followed by, of course, a 100-decibel eardrum assault blasted through the Garden audio system.

Be still, my wood-leather-and-horsehair heart.

Truth is, the Bruins don’t make enough with their grand history, and that said, I am OK with their current ratio of retiring roughly one number for every decade they’ve been in business. The rafters should be for the crème de la crème, the players who put up numbers, capture our imaginations, and frame the conversations from one generation of fans to the next.

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