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Team effort in team building

Print | Comments () Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff November 23, 2008 03:28 PM

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While it has been more than two years since Mike O'Connell stood at the helm of the Bruins, the ex-GM's moves still play a significant part in the team's current success.

Here's a look at the current 20-man lineup and which GM (O'Connell, Harry Sinden, Jeff Gorton, Peter Chiarelli) was in charge when each player was brought to Boston.

Lucic/Gorton	Savard/Gorton	Kessel/Gorton
Axelsson/Sinden	Bergeron/O'Connell	Ryder/Chiarelli
Wheeler/Chiarelli	Krejci/O'Connell	Kobasew/Chiarelli
Nokelainen/Chiarelli	Yelle/Chiarelli	Thornton/Chiarelli

Chara/Gorton	Ward/Chiarelli
Hunwick/O'Connell	Wideman/Chiarelli
Stuart/O'Connell	Hnidy/Chiarelli

Thomas/O'Connell

Fernandez/Chiarelli

O'Connell was fired on March 25, 2006, and replaced by Gorton as interim GM.

While Chiarelli was hired on May 26, 2006, he did not officially assume his position until July 8, 2006. Gorton served as interim GM for the 2006 draft, when the Bruins selected Phil Kessel and Milan Lucic, and for the opening of free agency, when the club signed Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard.

Chiarelli: 10
O'Connell: 5
Gorton: 4
Sinden: 1