This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Boston BruinsOverall: 99 Title track:?30 Ownership:?82 Coaching: 65 Players: 79 Fan relations: 79 Affordability: 114 Stadium experience: 96 Bang for the buck: 114 Change from last year: -6Few franchises have fallen further faster than the Bruins, both here and on the ice. Boston won a Stanley Cup five short years ago, then rebounded from a 2014 Stanley Cup loss to win the Presidents Trophy a year later, when we ranked them a respectable 39th overall. But Boston didnt make the playoffs in 2014-15 and narrowly missed out again last season, dropping the Bs to within an inch of triple digits, easily their lowest position since our Ultimate Standings began in 2003.Whats goodThe core of that Cup winning team -- captain Zdeno Chara, centers Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci and skillful pest Brad Marchand -- are still elite NHL performers. And Beantowns demanding public hasnt forgotten its teams storied past -- a 30th-place title track ranking is by far the Bruins best in this survey. Moreover, the fan base remains confident that the team can get back to the promised land in a hurry under second-year GM Don Sweeney, an ex-Bruin with an economics degree from Harvard, and longtime coach Claude Julien, who kept his job in spite of those postseason misses.Whats badThe Bruins didnt raise season ticket prices like they did last year, but it still costs a fortune to be a hockey fan in Boston. The average get-in-the-door cost at TD Garden is almost $89, second highest in the NHL and $11 more than any other American team. Parking is an extortionate $42, six times more than Blue Jackets backers pay. Add in the on-ice struggles, and its easy to see why affordability and bang for the buck (Boston is 114th in both) are among the lowest in professional sports.Whats newThe high overhead and lack of recent success have eroded fan relations, which fell eight spots to 79th. Stadium experience suffered, too, dropping six. Its not all bad news, though. Sweeney rewarded Marchands career season in 2015-16 by signing the 28-year-old winger to an eight year, $49 million contract extension. He also re-upped young blueliner Torey Krug (four years, $21 million) and added hard-checking former St. Louis Blues captain David Backes as an unrestricted free agent.Next:Edmonton Oilers?| Full rankings Cheap Soccer Jerseys Stitched .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. http://www.cheapsoccerjerseys.info/ .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Authentic . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Cheap Nike Soccer Jerseys . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Vic Fangio says he intends to return for a third year as Chicagos defensive coordinator.Fangio denied a report saying he might be out after the season because of philosophical differences with Bears coach John Fox. Fangio said there is no friction between them and he wants to return next season. Asked if he expects to remain Chicagos defensive coordinator beyond this year, he said, I do.Fangio said he wasnt aware of the report until Fox informed him.He told me about it because he was all nervous about it, so I said, `Dont worry about it, Fangio said.Big changes could be looming with the Bears last in the NFC North at 3-9 heading into Sundays game at division leader Detroit.Quarterback Jay Cutler might have played his final game in Chicago, with a season-ending shoulder injury and little guaranteed money remaining on the seven-year contract extension he signed in January 2014. Offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains could be on shaky ground with the Bears 30th in points scored. But Fox -- who like Fangio is in his second year -- had high praise for his assistants.I want our whole staff back, he said. Now whether that proves to be a reality or not, things happen. Guys get jobs, get head jobs, get chances to advance their careers. Like any of the projection stuff, I just stay away from.The report about Fangio was a surprise because the defense has been one of the bright spots in a lost season.I think our staff is tremendous. ... I couldnt be more proud of our staff, Fox said. Ill just leave it at I am veryy, very pleased with our staff.ddddddddddddangio came to Chicago with a reputation as one of the leagues top defensive coordinators following a successful four-year run in San Francisco. Chicago, which has prided itself over the years on stifling opponents with units led by Butkus and Singletary and Urlacher, had a defense that ranked among the worst in franchise history before Fangio arrived.The defense comes into Sundays game ranked seventh overall and sixth against the pass despite a lengthy line of injuries, not to mention linebacker Jerrell Freemans four-game suspension for violating the NFLs policy against performance-enhancing drugs. The Bears have been getting production from young players such as rookie linebackers Leonard Floyd and Nick Kwiatkoski.Floyd, the ninth overall pick, had two sacks in last weeks win over San Francisco. He has seven on the season, along with a fumble recovery for a touchdown and a safety, despite missing three games with injuries.Fangio insisted his relationship with Fox is fine, that it hasnt changed, and that he gets plenty of autonomy from a head coach with a defensive background.We pretty much do what I see fit to do 98 percent of the time, he said.The other two percent?Well, Im always going to leave you a little bit there. Nothings . thats just the way it is, Fangio said.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL. 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