February 25, 2019. That is the date teams around the National Hockey League have circled on their calendars and will be forced to make a tough decision. That decision comes in the form of a one-worded answer to the following question: Buyers or sellers? The Boston...
BOSTON, MA – We are about two-thirds of the way through the 2018-19 National Hockey League season and the bigger picture is beginning to take shape. In fact, this is the time of year where teams are taking a hard look at themselves. With the NHL trade deadline just a...
For Boston Bruins’ defenseman Brandon Carlo, the future is staring him right in the face. Currently in his third full season at the National Hockey League level, Carlo has made significant strides in his game and is setting himself up nicely to be the team’s true...
What the quarterback means to a football team is what the offensive defenseman means to a hockey team. That is the perfect comparison when analyzing positions across different sports. Both are important pieces to a team and both are necessary to win a championship....
Even though the All-Star Weekend marks the unofficial midway point of the season around the National Hockey League, the true halfway mark comes after a team has played 41 games and turns the calendar to January. For the Boston Bruins, the progress reports are in. The...
It takes two. That ancient adage is an expression that is overused to a nauseating degree. Unfortunately (having said unfortunately stems from all writers trying to avoid clichés), the above-mentioned phrase can apply to all National Hockey League teams vying for the...
Just one day removed from an epic Winter Classic victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, the Boston Bruins were made aware of some great news regarding one of their own. David Pastrnak will be heading to San Jose to participate in the 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend beginning...
The entire National Hockey League is back up and running after its shutdown for the mandatory three-day Christmas break. On a personal level, the league certainly does the right thing by allowing the players, coaches, and employees of the teams to enjoy the holidays...
BOSTON – Without question, the rigors of a full 82-game schedule can take its toll. It will be nothing short of a minor miracle if a team can endure all the tribulations of a hockey season and not have to make any adjustments along the way. There is no better...
BOSTON – Thanksgiving here in the United States has come and gone. The Boston Bruins have an awful lot to be thankful for. Currently hovering around a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the Bruins have successfully attained the short-term goal that every team...
BOSTON – There are times during the year when the National Hockey League throws a curveball at a particular team. The aforementioned curveball comes in the form of an unusual patch in the schedule. The Boston Bruins are currently undergoing one of those calendar...
We are 10 games into the regular season and the Boston Bruins have started to level out. Although that might sound derogatory, that is actually a fair assessment. With the way things started this season, this team is very fortunate to be where it is presently. After a...
The Boston Bruins are back, but are they better than ever? The short-term answer is not so much. In fact, Boston is maintaining a homeostasis-like form in the first week back on the ice. Only time will tell how good this team can be as the year unfolds. The Bruins...
When you sit near the top of the National Hockey League as one of the highest-paid goaltenders, one would think that player should not need to have an insurance policy lurking behind him. For the Boston Bruins, they find themselves in a peculiar position this upcoming...
The Atlantic Division could be one of the most competitive divisions in the entire National Hockey League this coming season. With the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring John Tavares in the offseason and the Tampa Bay Lightning continuing to roll out a juggernaut onto the...
The Boston Bruins just got a little bit younger on the blue line with training camp now officially underway. Boston traded defenseman Adam McQuaid to the New York Rangers this past Tuesday morning. The news was announced by Bruins general manager Don Sweeney just...
BOSTON – Just one month left to go in the regular season. Wow, that was fast, right? It seemed like it was not too long ago that the Boston Bruins were preparing for the start of another 82-game campaign back in October. After their first playoff berth in three...
BOSTON – Many franchises around the National Hockey League are dressing new players and welcoming new faces into their locker rooms after the trade deadline this past Monday afternoon. There were a handful of teams that decided that they are legitimate Stanley Cup...
BOSTON – The National Hockey League All-Star Weekend has come and gone. It is now back to business where the real hockey matters. Even though the Boston Bruins had one lone representative (Brad Marchand) at the mid-season festivities this year in Tampa Bay, this was...
BOSTON – The New England Patriots are not the only team in town rolling through the competition as of late. Just in case anyone has been following the football team extra closely this winter and semi-neglecting the hockey team, let’s take a moment to put into...
BOSTON – The young talent on this Boston Bruins roster is continuing to get the job done. A lot was made earlier in the season of the plethora of players who recorded their first-career goals for the Black and Gold this year. That is all well and good, but the thing...
In what proved to be a mediocre November for the Boston Bruins, the month of December has been anything but average to say the least. It had to have been the curse of those ridiculous mustaches, right? After winning nine of its last 11 games, Boston has catapulted...
BOSTON – The Boston Bruins are in quite the predicament. The old adage around the National Hockey League is that the future of a team’s season could very well be determined by Thanksgiving here in the United States. In other words, if a team sits above or below the...
BOSTON – How early is too early to push the panic button? Rhetorical question aside, the cause for genuine concern with this Boston Bruins team is starting to surface. With only five games into the regular season, however, there is still plenty of time to figure...
BOSTON – As the preseason draws to a close around the National Hockey League, the teams are starting to take shape. Some teams will have an easy time trimming down the final roster spots while others will have to make some very difficult decisions. In the case of the...
BOSTON – Hockey season is back. Well, sort of. It is not October just yet. It has felt like an eternity since the TD Garden played host to a National Hockey League tilt. Even though it was a preseason game, which will not affect regular-season records, the buzz was...
The Boston Bruins have decided to protect Kevan Miller and not Colin Miller from the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Let that sink in for a minute. What thoughts come to mind? Relief? Frustration? Intrigue? It is hard to pinpoint just one emotion. The 24-year-old C. Miller...
It was fun while it lasted. Well, that is premature. Nothing has officially happened yet in terms of the future of Ryan Spooner in a Boston Bruins’ sweater. What is gone is the potential for the 25-year-old center to be a focal point of the B’s offense for years to...
BOSTON – The date was May 14, 2014. That was the last time Causeway Street played host to playoff hockey. In what felt like an eternity, and in this case an eternity equates to almost three full years, the National Hockey League postseason is back here in the city....
What a difference a year makes. Honestly, let’s take that one step further. What a difference two months make. This Boston Bruins team was left for dead back on February 4th when they lost at home to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In that high-octane tilt, the Bruins blew...
