Boston Bruins
Bruins Need To Add One Key Component
As the NHL Entry Draft and free agency approach, the Boston Bruins are at a crossroads with their roster after a shocking first-round playoff exit and very little room to maneuver within a salary cap that might not move more than $1 million for the 2023-24 season. General Manager spoke of “roster changes likely coming” […]
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How the Tampa Bay Lightning Helped Me Through a Challenging Time
February 28, 2019. A day I had been looking forward to for nearly a year. The Tampa Bay Lightning were at TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins, and I had made the trip from Florida, part of a tradition my father and I had begun in 2010. Unfortunately, I had started feeling off physically […]
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Bruins Need To Sign This Promising Prospect By June 1
The Boston Bruins have been rebuilding a barren prospect pool in the last few seasons, and some of these young players are beginning to blossom into potential NHL players. Fabian Lysell, Georgii Merkulov, Mason Lohrei, and goaltender Brandon Bussi could be called on to assume roles on the Bruins roster as early as next season. […]
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The Bruins Need To Pick A Goaltender
Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur once said, “Goalies often react quickly to shots with no regard for what might happen to their body because we are trained to stop pucks first and ask questions later.” Boston Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark followed a Vezina Trophy-worthy season by playing with a nagging injury in the first […]
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ECHL Season Review : Maine Mariners
Let’s recap the 2022-23 season for the Maine Mariners, who finished third in the North Divison with a record of 42-27-2-1. A more than respectable season The Mariners had high hopes for their 5th season in the ECHL. It was also Terrence Wallin’s first season as head coach. During this first post-Covid season, the Mariners […]
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Will Bruins Take “Hard Look At Roster” This Time?
At the end of the 2019-20 season, the Boston Bruins management team had an end-of-season media day. During that presser, Team President Cam Neely said, “We will take a hard look at our roster this off-season.” Speculation began to circulate that the Bruins might move away from some of their core members and that a […]
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Boston Bruins Final Grades: Defensemen
The Boston Bruins won 65 games during the 2022-23 regular season, a National Hockey League record. The roster was bolstered by the trade deadline e acquisitions of Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov, and Tyler Bertuzzi, and all signs pointed to a deep playoff run. However, nobody could have predicted this type of ending to a season […]
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Boston Bruins Final Grades: Forwards
The Boston Bruins won 65 games during the 2022-23 regular season, a National Hockey League record. The roster was bolstered by the trade deadline acquisitions of Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov, and Tyler Bertuzzi, and all signs pointed to a deep playoff run. However, nobody could have predicted this type of ending to a season that […]
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Bruins’ Promising Prospect Signs Entry-Level Deal
The Boston Bruins announced on Friday that the team has signed forward 2022 second-round draft pick Matthew Poitras to a three-year entry-level contract beginning with the 2023-24 season worth an annual NHL salary cap hit of $870,000. The 19-year-old center spent the 2022-23 season with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. The Brooklin, […]
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Bruins Break-Up Day Answers Some Questions
The season is over for the Boston Bruins much more abruptly than anyone thought. Record-setting wins and point totals highlighted a sensational year for a team that was primed to win their second Stanley Cup in 12 years. But a 3-1 series lead in the first round turned into a stunning four-games to-three series loss […]
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