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Fresh off Stanley Cup loss, Bruins won’t use compliance buyouts: report

2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game Six

in Game Six of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 24, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jim Rogash

The Boston Bruins were two wins away from hoisting the Stanley Cup.

Instead, they felt the crushing blow of defeat, as the Chicago Blackhawks, in thrilling but improbable fashion, snatched the victory in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

That gave the Blackhawks the Stanley Cup championship for 2013. For the Bruins, the process has already shifted to the club’s off-season plans, and that includes the compliance buyout, which every team is allowed two.

The buyout period begins Wednesday, just 48 hours after the Bruins lost the silver chalice.

According to a report from Joe Haggerty of CSN New England, the Bruins will not use the buyouts.

Instead, the players would like to see the group stick together going forward.

“We say the same things every season,” Bruins forward Shawn Thornton told CSNNE.com.

“Some things are probably going to change in the offseason, but we’re a tight group in there. We get along and we’ve loved each other for the last few years. [The Stanley Cup Final loss] is a tough pill to swallow right now, that’s for sure.”