Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 21, 2024

The Swift Current Broncos dropped a 5-2 decision to the Medicine Hat Tigers in WHL action on Tuesday. Reid Dyck stopped 19 of 24 shots in the loss as he works his way back from a 2-month layoff due to injury. I would say he would like two of the goals back. His rebound controlContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 21, 2024”

Bruins Get Healthy and Compliant, for Now

Saturday nights 9-4 shellacking of the Montreal Canadiens saw the return of several of the Bruins walking wounded, namely Brandon Carlo, Derek Forbort, Linus Ullmark and Matthew Poitras. The return of Forbort meant that they could no longer use his $3 million cap hit as LTIR. The others were on regular injured reserve and thusContinue reading “Bruins Get Healthy and Compliant, for Now”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 14, 2023

Tuesday night saw the return of Reid Dyck to the lineup for the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL. However, he did not play but is expected to make his first start since being sidelined in early November. Let’s hope he can return to the form he was at prior to his injury and helpContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 14, 2023”

Decisions Loom as Derek Forbort Inches Closer to a Return to Action

The Boston Bruins are in the midst of a four-game road trip through the Western Conference. The roster below is what the Bruins will be carrying on the trip. Derek Forbort has been on long-term injured reserve since December 7, 2023 and has been eligible to return since the calendar flipped to 2024. But justContinue reading “Decisions Loom as Derek Forbort Inches Closer to a Return to Action”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 7, 2024

On Wednesday, the London Knights were at home and defeated the Erie Otters by a score of 5-1. Jackson Edward did not factor in the scoring, but something I have to get off my chest. With the Knights leading 1-0 thanks to a goal 10 seconds into the game, Edward crosschecked an opponent from behindContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 7, 2024”

Should We Be Surprised by Alec Regula and His Defensive Domination?

I’ll ask again: Should we be surprised by Alec Regula and his defensive domination? The short answer is, yes. The much longer answer is, no. And yes, I will explain. When the Bruins acquired Regula from the Chicago Blackhawks along with Ian Mitchell for Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno, I wrote about how the HawksContinue reading “Should We Be Surprised by Alec Regula and His Defensive Domination?”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 31, 2023

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday season and that the new year brings you and your family plenty more joy and happiness. 2023 was a productive year here and I hope to bring you plenty more for 2024 and hope that you will come along for the ride!Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 31, 2023”

Making a Case for Mason Lohrei; Jake DeBrusk Awakening; Fabian Lysell Fighting?

It appears that most people would agree. At training camp, Mason Lohrei made the Bruins decision to send him to the Providence Bruins of the AHL a difficult one. There were some obvious things Lohrei needed to work on and appeared that the opportunities to work on those things would be in Providence. And ofContinue reading “Making a Case for Mason Lohrei; Jake DeBrusk Awakening; Fabian Lysell Fighting?”

Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update Part Four: The Conclusion

Part One: Prospect Chances Part Two: Prospect Production Part Three: Providence Bruins This is the conclusion to my four-part series looking at Boston Bruins prospects. If you missed the first three parts, you can find them at the links above. Much has been written about the Bruins prospect pool and it hasn’t been kind toContinue reading “Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update Part Four: The Conclusion”

Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update: Part Three

Welcome to Part Three of the Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update. Be sure to check out Part One and Part Two if you haven’t already. Here, we will look at prospects playing at the AHL level with the Providence Bruins and the ECHL level with the Maine Mariners. It must be noted that playersContinue reading “Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update: Part Three”