The Road to the NHL Takes Many Turns

Last week for my Wednesday Mailbag, the following question was raised: To give that the answer it deserves, it couldn’t come in the form of a paragraph in a question-and-answer format that is my Wednesday Mailbag. Instead, I informed Mike, I would give it the answer it deserves here. And here we are. The pathContinue reading “The Road to the NHL Takes Many Turns”

Bruins Acquire Pavel Zacha from the Devils for Eric Haula

In a surprise (?) move, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney sent Eric Haula to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Pavel Zacha. Interesting enough, both can play center or left wing. The move clears Haula’s $2.375 million cap hit from the books. However, Zacha is a restricted free agent with arbitration attached afterContinue reading “Bruins Acquire Pavel Zacha from the Devils for Eric Haula”

The Work in Providence Needs to Continue for the Bruins

Back on April 1 I wrote about how General Manager Don Sweeney and Assistant General Manager Evan Gold were making over the Providence Bruins. It was no April Fools Joke as the brain trust added size, speed and skill to a roster that was transitioning for the 2022-2023 season. In are Georgii Merkulov and MarcContinue reading “The Work in Providence Needs to Continue for the Bruins”

The Providence Bruins are in for a Makeover

While we still have to complete the 2021-2022 regular season and playoffs, there is no denying that Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney and Assistant General Manager Evan Gold are looking to revamp their AHL affiliate roster, the Providence Bruins. Let’s start with the defence. Like the Six Million Dollar Man they are bigger, strongerContinue reading “The Providence Bruins are in for a Makeover”

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”