A bit surprising but they seem stuck with a few really good players and trying to climb the ladder against Tampa and Florida and Toronto.
lots of commenters (writers and posts) say that Boston's problem is on the personnel side, Cassidy did the best with what Sweeney gave him, and basically Neely ok'd the sacking of Cassidy to cover for the failure of Sweeney's version of baseball stars and scrubs. It's the end of the line for their personnel soon. MArchand will be out at the start of the year. Bergeron is likely to retire. They will be stars and scrubs without the stars.
