Returns To The Bruins
Within days after the Summit Series, Sinden signed a five-year deal with the Bruins to become the team's general manager, succeeding Milt Schmidt, who was made executive director. Sinden would spend just over 28 years as general manager of the Bruins, almost surpassing the 30-year tenure (1924–54) of the team's founding manager, Art Ross. He added the title of club president in 1989, and remained as the chief executive of the club until the summer of 2006, when he retired to a consulting role.
As GM, Sinden presided over the team's long years of consistent success, setting the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs with 30, which including making the finals five times (1974, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1990) and two regular season first place finishes (1983, 1990).
Recently, Sinden was the subject of controversies ranging from video replays to salary arbitration, and was under frequent fire from Bruins' fans. In the 1996–97 season, the NHL fined him $5,000 USD for verbal abuse towards a video replay official after a goal was disallowed in the second period during a game between the Bruins and the Ottawa Senators. Sinden also refused a salary arbitration award, letting Dmitri Khristich, a 29-goal scorer, leave the team with no compensation. Sinden had been highly critical of Khristich's performance in the playoffs and was angered when an arbitrator awarded him a salary of $2.8 million.
Currently, Sinden is the Senior Advisor to the Owner for the Bruins, as well as a member of the selection committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is also a "Hockey GM & Scouting" instructor for the online sports career training school, Sports Management Worldwide, in Portland, Oregon. In 2011 Sinden's name was inscribed on the Stanley Cup for a second time — 41 years between Stanley Cup wins.
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