BOSTON — After a day that saw the Bruins dump so many key parts of their lineup and their culture before the trade deadline on Friday, their short-term future is bleak and their long-term prospects are uncertain.

The trade deadline has passed, and the Boston Bruins were quite busy this year. But this season, unlike the past seasons in Don Sweeney’s tenure, they were sellers, not buyers.

Quite literally, the Boston Bruins are a different team than they were yesterday. General manager Don Sweeney detonated the Bruins roster, shipping out several core players at the trade deadline on Friday,

When he woke up on Saturday morning, David Pastrnak didn’t want to believe it was real. “When I woke up today, I honestly thought it was a dream,” Pastrnak said. But the Bruins had traded three core pieces — Brad Marchand,

The Boston Bruins blew it up at the trade deadline. Trent Frederic, Justin Brazeau, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo and captain Brad Marchand were all shipped out of Beantown to contending teams while the Bruins sit on the outside of the playoff cut.

"The human side of me was crushed," Jeremy Swayman said as the Bruins tried to pick up the post-deadline pieces.

After general manager Don Sweeney just about nuked the roster on Friday, the Boston Bruins somehow managed to beat the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Saturday. New guys like Casey Mittelstadt and Henri Jokiharju made immediate impacts.