Author: Matt Barry

Where Boston Bruins Prospects from the 2020 Draft Will Be Playing This Season

The Boston Bruins have found themselves near the bottom of NHL prospect pools as the season approaches in two months. Recent call-ups Mason Lohrei, Matt Poitras, and John Beecher are now most likely on the NHL roster, leaving the pool of young players a little thin yet again. As the 2024-25 season nears, here are […]

Prospect Profile: Drew Bavaro

Drew Bavaro was born on June 10, 2000, in Bradenton, Florida. The defenseman’s brother, Vito, was a four-year player at Sacred Heart University as a right-wing at Sacred Heart University from 2016-20. Drew played four seasons at Lawrence Academy Prep School in Massachusetts, where he scored 20 goals and collected 43 assists in 117 total […]

Player Profile: Mark Kastelic

Mark Kastelic was born on March 11, 1999, in Phoenix, Arizona. Kastelic comes from a hockey family, as his father, Ed, played 210 career NHL games for the Washington Capitals and Hartford Whalers. His grandfather, Pat Stapleton, and his uncle, Mike Stapleton, each played in the NHL as well. Mark played two seasons for the […]

Player Profile: Max Jones

Max Jones was born on February 17, 1998, in Rochester, Michigan. Jones comes from a hockey family as his father, Brad, played for three NHL teams (Winnipeg, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia). Max’s brother, Mitch, plays in the Federal Prospects Hockey League, and his cousin, Harrison Caines, is a forward at Nipissing University. Max played on […]

One Boston Bruins Prospect Lands in the Top 100

Scott Wheeler of The Athletic has compiled a list of the Top 100 NHL prospects heading into the 2024-25 season, and the Boston Bruins are represented by one of their young organizational talents at number 88. Talented forward Fabian Lysell, a 2021 first-round draft pick, is still considered Boston’s best prospect after a season with […]

Prospect Profile: Casper Nassen

Casper Nassen was born on April 11, 2004, in Norrtalje, Sweden. Nassen’s older brother, Linus, played two seasons as a defenseman in the Western Hockey League for Medicine Hat and is currently with Jukurit of the Finnish Liiga. Casper played during the 2019-20 season for SDE HC U16 in Sweden and scored 19 goals with […]

Prospect Profile: Kristian Kostadinski

Kristian Kostadinski was born on March 20, 2005, in Goteborg, Sweden. Kostadinski played for Frolunda HC U16 team during the 2018-19 season and split time between divisions 1 and 2. In eleven games, the defenseman totaled one goal and four assists. The next season, in 25 games, Kostadinski scored 10 goals with 18 assists. During […]

Coaching Profile: Jim Montgomery

Jim Montgomery was born on June 30, 1969, in Montreal, Quebec. Montgomery was a forward who played four seasons at the University of Maine-Orono from 1989-1993. In that time, Montgomery appeared in 170 games and scored 103 goals with 178 assists. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound center played 122 career NHL games with five teams and registered […]

Boston Bruins Re-Sign Restricted Free Agent to One-Year Contract

The Boston Bruins re-signed restricted free agent forward Marc McLaughlin to a one-year, two-way contract extension worth $775,000, the team announced on Tuesday. The 24-year-old McLaughlin has played parts of three seasons with the Bruins, totaling 14 career games and four points in that span. The forward has played in 134 total games with Boston’s […]

Prospect Profile: Cole Spicer

Cole Spicer was born on June 13, 2004, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Spicer stood out for the Grand Forks Bantam AA club during the 2017-18 season by scoring 34 goals with 44 assists in 50 games. The center played one season of high school hockey at Grand Forks Central High School and registered 14 […]