Editing Boston Bruins (section)

===Ownership===
The team founder Charles Adams owned the team until 1936, at which point he transferred his stock to son [[Weston Adams]], general manager and minority owner [[Art Ross]] and minority owner Ralph Burkard.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Bruins in New Hands|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=October 10, 1936}}</ref> Weston Adams remained majority owner until 1951, when the [[Boston Garden-Arena Corporation]] purchased controlling interest in the team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Bruins Change Hands|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4paAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,4255312&dq|access-date=March 19, 2012|agency=Associated Press|date=October 12, 1951|archive-date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514110050/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4paAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,4255312&dq|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the Garden-Arena Corporation's management, [[Boston Celtics]] founder [[Walter A. Brown]] ran the team from 1951 until his death in 1964. After Brown's death, Weston Adams returned to the role of team president. In 1969, he was succeeded by his son, [[Weston Adams, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Adams after Adams as Bruins president|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4MuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6038,221826&dq|access-date=March 17, 2012|agency=United Press International|date=April 1, 1969|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201184204/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4MuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6038,221826&dq|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:JeremyJacobs.jpg|thumb|left|Former Bruins winger and current president [[Cam Neely]], and owner [[Jeremy Jacobs]].]]
On December 7, 1973, [[Storer Broadcasting]], owner of [[WSBK-TV]], and the Garden-Arena Corporation agreed to a merger which resulted in Storer acquiring a 100% interest in the Bruins. Adams remained as team president.<ref>{{cite news|title=Storer Denies it Will Dump Bruins Prexy|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PtZGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1241,2178443&dq|access-date=March 17, 2012|agency=Associated Press|date=February 14, 1973}}</ref> In August 1975, Storer Broadcasting then sold the team to an ownership group headed by [[Jeremy Jacobs]]. Jacobs had to promise to keep Bobby Orr as a condition of the purchase.{{sfn |Brunt |2006 |pp=261–262}} The Bruins and Orr reached a verbal agreement with Jacobs during the summer of 1975, including a controversial agreement for Orr to take an 18.5% share of the Bruins after his playing days were over. The agreement was to be checked out as to whether it would be legal for tax reasons and whether or not the league would approve it. However, Orr's agent, the later-notorious [[Alan Eagleson]], rejected the deal.{{sfn |Brunt |2006 |p=262}}

Jacobs represents the club on the NHL's board of governors, and serves on its executive committee, and he has chaired the finance committee. At the NHL board of governors meeting in June 2007, Jacobs was elected chairman of the board, replacing the [[Calgary Flames]]' [[Harley Hotchkiss]], who stepped down after 12 years in the position. Jacobs has frequently been listed by the ''[[Sports Business Journal]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/member/jeremy-jacobs/|title=Jeremy Jacobs – Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame|date=July 25, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200638/https://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/member/jeremy-jacobs/|url-status=live}}</ref> as one of the most influential people in sports in its annual poll<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/|title=SportsBusiness Journal|website=sportsbusinessjournal.com|access-date=January 1, 2014|archive-date=September 20, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920162242/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and by ''The Hockey News''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-hockey-news-people-of-power-and-influence-no-3-jeremy-jacobs |title=The Hockey News' People of Power and Influence: No. 3 – Jeremy Jacobs |work=The Hockey News |date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212810/https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-hockey-news-people-of-power-and-influence-no-3-jeremy-jacobs |url-status=live}}</ref> His company owns TD Garden and he is partners with [[John W. Henry|John Henry]], owner of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Boston Red Sox]], in the [[New England Sports Network]] (NESN).

After taking over as owner in 1975, the Bruins have been competitive (making the playoffs for 29 consecutive seasons from [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]] to [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]], 20 of which were with Jacobs as owner) but have won the Stanley Cup only once, in [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|2011]] and only in his 36th year as owner. Under previous ownerships, the Bruins had won the Stanley Cup five times. Under Jacobs, the Bruins have reached the Stanley Cup Finals seven times (twice against the Bruins' arch-rival Montreal Canadiens in [[1977 Stanley Cup Finals|1977]] and [[1978 Stanley Cup Finals|1978]], twice against the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in [[1988 Stanley Cup Finals|1988]] and [[1990 Stanley Cup Finals|1990]], finally winning in 2011 against the [[Vancouver Canucks]], and losing in [[2013 Stanley Cup Finals|2013]] and [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|2019]] to the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues). Jacobs' management of the team in the past earned him spots on [[ESPN.com]]'s "[[Page 2]]" polls of "The Worst Owners in Sports",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/2001/0710/1224543.html|title=The List: Worst owners in sports|work=Page2|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=February 23, 2009|archive-date=December 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215928/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/2001/0710/1224543.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 7 on their 2005 "Greediest Owners in sports" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/owners/greediest.html|title=The Greediest Owners in Sports|work=Page2|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=February 23, 2009|archive-date=December 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219004100/http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/owners/greediest.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' has suggested longtime star defenseman Ray Bourque, who "often drawn the ire of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association|NHLPA]] for his willingness to re-sign with Boston with minimal negotiations over the years" instead of setting the "watermark for defenseman salaries", requested and received a trade in 2000 since the team's "hardline and spendthrift ways" meant he would have to make the move to get his elusive Stanley Cup (Bourque holds the record for most games played before winning the Cup).<ref>{{cite news|title=CNNSI.com – NHL Hockey – Say It Ain't So: Boston Bruins – Wednesday May 09, 2001 05:36 PM|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/15/sayitaintso_bruins/|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 9, 2009|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707143151/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/02/15/sayitaintso_bruins/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to the [[NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement]] signed in 2005, fans felt team management was not willing to spend to win the Stanley Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/31/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=31&passYear=2004&passListType=Misc&uniqueId=313364&datatype=Misc |title= NHL Team Valuations |work=Forbes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317151159/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/31/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=31&passYear=2004&passListType=Misc&uniqueId=313364&datatype=Misc |archive-date=March 17, 2011}}</ref>

Since 2005, Jacobs' public image has improved as he invested in the team and rebuilding the front office to make the team more competitive. The Bruins were the second highest-ranked team in the NHL in the 2008–09 season and were the top-seeded team in the East. With a complete change in management, including now-former general manager [[Peter Chiarelli (ice hockey)|Peter Chiarelli]] – who lost his position with the Bruins on April 15, 2015, with the May 20 hiring of [[Don Sweeney]] – long-time assistant general manager with the team. Sweeney and team president Cam Neely had continued working with the longest-term Bruins head coach ever, [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]] until his firing on February 7, 2017,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Bruins Relieve Claude Julien of Coaching Duties|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-relieve-claude-julien-of-coaching-duties/c-286508860|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=February 7, 2017|date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804213821/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-relieve-claude-julien-of-coaching-duties/c-286508860|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Bruce Cassidy]] being hired as interim head coach with Julien's firing – Cassidy would become the permanent head coach of the Bruins as of April 26, 2017.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Bruce Cassidy Named 28th Head Coach of the Boston Bruins|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruce-cassidy-named-28th-head-coach-of-the-boston-bruins/c-289096528|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=April 26, 2017|date=April 26, 2017|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027203730/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruce-cassidy-named-28th-head-coach-of-the-boston-bruins/c-289096528|url-status=live}}</ref> Neely has continued as team president since the Bruins' most recent Stanley Cup victory in 2011.

The current administrators in the Bruins front office are:
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* [[Jeremy Jacobs]] – owner
* [[Charlie Jacobs]] – principal
* [[Don Sweeney]] – general manager
* [[Cam Neely]] – president<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/2124340/report-neely-be-named-bruins-president |title=Neely to be named Bruins president|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150225122046/http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/2124340/report-neely-be-named-bruins-president|archive-date =February 25, 2015|work = WEEI|date =June 15, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Harry Sinden]] – senior advisor to the owner
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