I can honestly say that I have not heard the Boston Bruins mentioned in so many different rumors, trades, and transactions in one day since I started covering the team from this perspective. June 26, 2015, will certainly go down as a historic day in Bruins history....
The Chicago Blackhawks officially ended the 2014-15 NHL season this past Monday night by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win their third Stanley Cup in six years. For the record, they ARE indeed a dynasty. Anyway, let’s get back on track. Now that...
The wait of agony is over...and apparently new Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has made up his mind. Earlier in the week, it was rumored that current Bruins head coach Claude Julien would remain with the team heading into next season. The...
What serendipity it is that the National Hockey League playoffs are just as enjoyable without the Black and Gold being one of the 16 teams in the tournament. For seven straight seasons, the Boston Bruins were still playing hockey this time of year. Regardless, the...
It is that time of year yet again. The two months of hockey that takes place after the regular season-commonly referred to as the playoffs, for those of you who live a sheltered life-bring along several other aspects of the game. While 16 teams jostle and fight for...
Returning to a place of prominence is a long and grueling process. No one ever said that the road to getting back to elite status would happen overnight. The true fans of the Boston Bruins must be patient. Since the offseason has slowly begun to unfold, several...
While most of us around Beantown will be enjoying the Stanley Cup playoffs from the comfort of our own homes, the folks associated with the Boston Bruins are already eager to get a jumpstart on next season. When the team spoke to the media on breakup day down at the...
Several seasons have come and gone, but the 2014-15 campaign has been a roller coaster to say the least. From a roster that contained the youngest player in the league to being decimated with season-ending injuries, and from fraudulent contract extensions to jabbing...
That is a question that Boston Bruins fans were asking on the day of the trade deadline a little over a month ago. To be honest, it was not a bad question to ask. Even now, it is hard to pinpoint an accurate portrayal of a player who has not panned out the way he was...
Let’s be honest here: The Boston Bruins received an enormous amount of backlash for dealing Tyler Seguin to the Dallas Stars this past offseason. Arguably, Seguin was the most skilled offensive player to come through this town in years…and it was all thanks to a trade...
Around here, National Hockey League trade deadlines equate to uneventful happenings and complacent behavior. That has become the status quo around the Boston Bruins’ organization for the last several years. To a certain extent, the “make a deal just to make a deal”...
This is shades of last spring. From May 1, 2014 through May 14, 2014, the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens faced off against each other in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Throughout the two-week slugfest, we witnessed the B’s...
Does anyone out there remember when the Boston Bruins got off to a less-than auspicious start to the 2014-15 NHL season? Does anyone remember that they finished with a record of 19-15-4 three months into the year? Does anyone remember that the Bruins only won five...
This past Thursday night, all of us in Boston and throughout New England were made aware of some encouraging news from the Boston Bruins’ organization. General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced during the game against the New York Rangers that rookie David Pastrnak...
Just the thought alone seems blasphemous: Why would the Bruins part ways with their captain, franchise player, and gentle giant? It cannot possibly make sense, right? Well ... Anyway, let’s start from the beginning. Zdeno Chara was signed as a free agent during the...
November 13, 2014 If you are a general manager in the NHL and you are looking to build a championship-caliber team, what are some of the assets that you need to have? The last three Stanley Cup winning teams definitely drew up the blueprint for how to construct a...
No beating around the bush here—the monkey is out of the bag. Ignoring the typical writing clichés, the argument for this one can be made without reasonable doubt. No, this has nothing to do with the fact that the Boston Bruins just faced off against the Edmonton...
The 2014-15 Boston Bruins have given us ulcers, induced panic attacks, and caused a media smorgasbord of outcries due to the under-performing nature of our hockey club. Welcome to Boston. And bring on the rest of the ’14-15 NHL season. Although some of it might be...
September 4, 2014 The Boston Bruins have just paid their top-line center. According to sources, David Krejci has agreed to a six-year contract extension with the Bruins that will pay him somewhere around $43 million. Based on annual value, the playmaking center will...
June 24, 2014 It is hard to imagine the Boston Bruins taking the ice next season without the services of veteran winger Shawn Thornton. Unfortunately, that will actually come to fruition. Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli announced on Monday afternoon that the...
April 15, 2014 Well, there you have it. The Boston Bruins will enter the Stanley Cup playoffs as the number one overall seed by clinching the Presidents’ Trophy this past weekend. They finished with 117 points (54-19-9), and this marked the first time that the Bruins...
March 30, 2014 The month of March has reached its conclusion. The NHL season is down to its last two weeks. What will follow suit? Playoff hockey. The most exciting two months in professional sports is drawing closer, and the Boston Bruins are among the teams looking...
March 24, 2014 The Boston Bruins certainly have a difficult decision to make in regards to injured defenseman Adam McQuaid, and this decision needs to come sooner rather than later. McQuaid, 27, has not played poorly in the brief showing for the Black and Gold this...
February 4, 2014 The Boston Bruins are sitting atop the Eastern Conference with a 6-1-1 record, which is good for 13 points. The Bruins are quickly becoming a potent offensive team, as they have five players with at least two goals so far this season. Although they...
January 20, 2014 In just a few short weeks, the National Hockey League will be going on a two-week hiatus to recognize the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Starting after the games on Feb. 8, the entire world will shift their attention to the hockey that will be played at...
June 28, 2013 That old expression “you can’t win them all” is so overused, it borderlines on the nauseating level. However, with this particular Boston Bruins team, it undoubtedly applies. After taking a few days to sit back and reflect on this particular Stanley Cup...
October 23, 2012 The night was March 7, 2010. The Boston Bruins traveled to Pittsburgh to play a regular season game against the Penguins. In what turned out to be a highly-contested game with some good goals and solid goaltending, this game was remembered for...
June 28, 2012 It was never a matter of “if” a deal was going to get done, but “when” was the deal going to be made official. On Thursday afternoon, the Boston Bruins announced that they had re-signed goaltender Tuukka Rask to a new contract. The deal is only for one...
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has always been considered one of the top two-way players in the NHL. He has had the reputation of playing like a veteran, even though he is only 26 years of age. With his youth came great poise, leadership, and a Stanley Cup...
April 3, 2012 BOSTON, Ma. - On Sunday night, the Boston Bruins clinched the Northeast Division by knocking off the New York Rangers with a final score of 2-1. They have now won the division crown in four of the last five years. The victory was also significant because...
