Boston Bruins Milestones

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How to play the Boston Bruins milestones game

Here the cards are turning points for the Bruins: drafts, trades, arena moves, Cup wins and painful Final losses, each with a short note under its title. The aim is to line them up by the year each one happened. One card starts on the timeline with its year shown, and each new one goes into a gap of your choosing. If it's right, the year is revealed and the card stays. If it's wrong, the card moves to where it belongs anyway and you drop one of your three lives.

Boston has been in the league a very long time, but this deck doesn't spread evenly across it: there are quiet stretches, then bursts where several cards land close together. Trades are the sneaky ones, because a star leaving is easy to confuse with a star arriving. The notes help most when they name an opponent, since the Bruins met some of the same rivals in the Final across more than one era.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 25 of the 25 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Founded as the NHL's first US team Charles Adams brings the league across the border to Boston
Boston Garden opened its doors The team moves into the arena that will host a boxing-inspired ice sheet
Swept the Rangers for a first Cup A two-game sweep of New York brings the franchise's first title
Eddie Shore won his first MVP The rugged defenseman earns the first of his Hart Trophies
Cup over Toronto with the Kraut Line The Schmidt-Dumart-Bauer trio powers a title over the Maple Leafs
Swept Detroit for the Cup A four-game sweep of the Red Wings before the war-era roster scatters
Bobby Orr made his NHL debut An 18-year-old defenseman from Parry Sound takes the ice
Traded for Phil Esposito A blockbuster deal with Chicago reshapes the roster
Orr's flying goal won the Cup A soaring overtime score seals a sweep of the St. Louis Blues
Esposito's 76-goal season The center shatters the single-season goal record
Cup over the Rangers A six-game Final win over New York for a second title in three years
Esposito traded to the Rangers The star center is dealt to a rival in a stunning swap
Drafted Ray Bourque eighth overall A future Hall of Fame defenseman joins as a teenager
Acquired Cam Neely from Vancouver A lopsided trade lands a power forward and a top draft pick
Swept in the Final by Edmonton The Gretzky-led Oilers sweep them, one game ending in a Garden blackout
Lost the Final to Edmonton again A second Final defeat in three years to the Oilers
Left Boston Garden for a new arena The old barn closes as the team moves next door
Drafted Joe Thornton first overall The top pick becomes a franchise cornerstone
Traded Bourque to Colorado The longtime captain is dealt west to chase a championship
Signed Zdeno Chara in free agency A towering captain arrives to anchor the blue line
Game 7 Cup over Vancouver A road shutout in the deciding game brings the title back
Lost the Final to Chicago A late collapse in the deciding game hands the Blackhawks the Cup
Presidents' Trophy season The team finishes atop the entire NHL standings
Lost Game 7 of the Final to St. Louis A home defeat in the decider ends a long playoff run
Record 65-win season The team posts the most regular-season wins in league history