HOW DOES THE MCAVOY CONTRACT AFFECT THE BRUINS CAP MOVING FORWARD?

The Boston Bruins announced Friday October 15, 2021 that they have signed Defenseman Charlie McAvoy to the maximum allowable 8-year contract with an average annual value of $9.5 million. Some would say that McAvoy didn’t give the Bruins a discount with this deal. I beg to differ, although it’s not as much of a discountContinue reading “HOW DOES THE MCAVOY CONTRACT AFFECT THE BRUINS CAP MOVING FORWARD?”

PROVIDENCE BRUINS SUBMIT THEIR ROSTER

American Hockey League teams needed to submit their rosters last night by 11:59 PM Eastern and the Providence Bruins did just that. Goaltenders Callum Booth and Jeremy Brodeur and already been assigned to the Bruins affiliate in the ECHL, the Maine Mariners and are currently taking part in their camp. The P-Bruins roster consists ofContinue reading “PROVIDENCE BRUINS SUBMIT THEIR ROSTER”

WITH BOSTON’S ROSTER SET, A BATTLE IS BRUIN IN PROVIDENCE

With the Boston Bruins roster almost set in stone on free agent frenzy, the only real battles were on the fourth line and thirteenth forward positions and who was going to be waived for possible assignment to the Providence Bruins of the AHL. All those questions were answered at 5:00 pm Monday when the BruinsContinue reading “WITH BOSTON’S ROSTER SET, A BATTLE IS BRUIN IN PROVIDENCE”

BRUINS ANNOUNCE THEIR 23-MAN ROSTER

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada so a Happy Thanksgiving to those that have found some time away from the Turkey to take the time to read. It also is the day that all 32 National Hockey League franchises must submit their 23-man rosters to the League. Those rosters are due by 5:00 PM EasternContinue reading “BRUINS ANNOUNCE THEIR 23-MAN ROSTER”

BOSTON BRUINS MONDAY MORNING PROSPECTS UPDATE WEEK ENDING: October 10, 2022

The time has arrived! Each and every Boston Bruins prospect not playing in the AHL or ECHL have begun their 2021-2022 season as the NCAA and OHL got into full swing last week. That is except for one. John Beecher will miss four weeks for the Michigan Wolverines with an upper body injury, which isContinue reading “BOSTON BRUINS MONDAY MORNING PROSPECTS UPDATE WEEK ENDING: October 10, 2022”

BRUINS PLACE JOHN MOORE AND CHRIS WAGNER ON WAIVERS

Today, Bruins General Manager did what some thought he didn’t have the balls to do. He placed defenseman John Moore and right-wing Chris Wagner on waivers. Teams now have 24 hours (2:00 pm Sunday) to put in a claim. The 23-man rosters must be submitted to the league by 5:00 pm Monday. There are optionsContinue reading “BRUINS PLACE JOHN MOORE AND CHRIS WAGNER ON WAIVERS”

A LOOK AT THE BRUINS BLUELINE FOLLOWING THEIR EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Prior to the 2020-2021 season, the questions surrounding the Bruins blueline was “who is going to replace Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug?” As it turns out, the defensemen held their own, especially with the injury plagued season and it was well above average after the arrival of Mike Reilly at trade deadline. Enter the 2021-2022Continue reading “A LOOK AT THE BRUINS BLUELINE FOLLOWING THEIR EXHIBITION SCHEDULE”

BRUINS DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY AT TRAINING CAMP

The Boston Bruins have sent several players to Providence over the last couple of days and the starting lineup is almost completed. As it stands now, here is the projected opening night roster: Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak Hall-Coyle-Smith DeBrusk-Haula-Foligno Frederic-Nosek-Lazar Forbort-McAvoy Reilly-Carlo Grzelcyk-Clifton Ullmark Swayman Troy Grosenick is still at Bruins camp, but he is not going toContinue reading “BRUINS DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY AT TRAINING CAMP”

BRUINS MAKE CAMP CUTS

The Boston Bruins made moves to reduce their camp to a more manageable roster yesterday and getting closer to finalizing their opening night roster. Tuesday began with placing Joona Koppanen, Cameron Hughes and Tyler Lewington on waivers. NHL teams have until 2:00 PM Wednesday to put in a claim. Those moves were then followed byContinue reading “BRUINS MAKE CAMP CUTS”

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JAKOB FORSBACKA-KARLSSON?

Whatever happened to Jakob Forsbacka-Karlson? JFK, as he was known to Boston Bruins fans, was part of that infamous 2015 NHL Entry Draft, selected by Boston in the second round, 45th overall. He was being labeled by many as Patrice Bergeron Light. He was coming off a good season with the Omaha Lancers in theContinue reading “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO JAKOB FORSBACKA-KARLSSON?”