Cam Neely faces tough questions about Mitchell Miller.

The Boston Bruins made a deeply unpopular move last week when they announced the signing of highly controversial defenseman Mitchell Miller. The signing resulted in a considerable amount of backlash against the Bruins over the weekend and eventually resulted in the Bruins rescinding their decision to sign Miller to a contract, resulting in the team cutting ties with Miller just days after announcing his signing.

There is no doubt going to be considerable fallout as a result of this incident and there's little doubt that the Bruins have had their reputation damaged in the eyes of at least some of their fans, and on Monday we got our first example. Bruins president Cam Neely went in front of the media on Monday and faced some tough questions about the controversial decision, questions that Neely did his best to face head on.

Neely began by acknowledging that this had been a failure on the part of the Bruins, a decision that simply did not live up to the high standards the Bruins have set for themselves as an organization.

“I take a lot of pride in what we stand for as an organization, and we failed there," admitted Neely on Monday.

Neely was also asked if this would go down as the biggest regret of his career, as far as being an NHL executive is concerned, and much to his credit he openly admitted that it likely would be.

“Definitely," said Neely in response to the question.

Neely also vowed to contact the victim's family, something the Bruins have reportedly failed to do so far, and also issued an apology to that family on behalf of the Bruins.

"I'll say it again. I want to apologize to Isaiah and his family. It's something that they shouldn't continue to go through," said Neely on Monday.

Neely was asked if he had spoken to the family himself since the incident, and while he confirmed that he had not he did add that it was something he plans to do in the near future.

“No, but I plan on it," said the Bruins president.