ray bourque, who won the norris trophy five times, was the team's greatest star in the 1980s and 1990s. he is the team's top career scorer, and the highest scoring defenseman in nhl history. the bruins won the president's cup as regular-season champions in 1983 and 1990, and made the stanley cup finals in 1988 and 1990. cam neely was an important player until the mid-1990s, and joe thornton was a top scorer until he was traded to the san jose sharks in 2005. the bruins won the stanley cup championship in 2011. in the 2018-2019 season the bruins made the stanley cup final once again, losing to the eventual stanley cup champion st. louis blues in 7 games.