Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings

PART 1                                                                       PART 2 The Boston Bruins prospect rankings are criticized for lacking top-tier prospects, attributed to their consistent competitiveness leading to low draft positions and trading high picks to pursue Stanley Cup victories. Building a championship-quality roster requires a variety of players. Despite lacking top prospects, the Bruins have a strong prospect pool forContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 19, 2024

During the OHL final on Monday, the London Knights faced a tough situation. The Oshawa Generals surged ahead with a 4-1 lead midway through the second period, extending it to 6-2 by the end of the frame. London mounted a comeback in the third period, scoring four consecutive goals to force overtime. The winning goalContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 19, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 12, 2024

On Tuesday, the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation officially announced that Dans Locmelis has been selected for the 2024 Latvian Men’s National Team for the IIHF Men’s World Championships taking place from May 10 to 26. Locmelis will be playing alongside two former Bruins, Eduards Tralmaks and Kaspars Daugavins. Two Bruins prospects were chosen in theContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 12, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 2024

Game 3 between the Dubuque Fighting Saints and the Youngstown Phantoms was a nail-biter on Tuesday, with the teams locked in a scoreless tie until late in the third period. Dubuque finally broke through to take a 1-0 lead at the 13:33 mark, but Youngstown evened the score at 1-1 with just 1:42 remaining toContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 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 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”

Massive Logjam for Providence Bruins

We now know what the Boston Bruins roster will look like for opening night. What we don’t know, is what the Providence Bruins roster will look like with all the bodies the parent club has loaned to the AHL club. I’m a firm believer of keeping the young prospects under NHL contracts in prime positionsContinue reading “Massive Logjam for Providence Bruins”

Bruins Sign Trio

The Boston Bruins announced today that they have signed goaltender Michael DiPietro and defencemen Alec Regula and Reilly Walsh to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2023-2024 season. DiPietro was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks along with Jonathan Myrenberg on October17, 2022 for Jack Studnicka. Regula was acquired with Ian Mitchell in the June 26, 2023Continue reading “Bruins Sign Trio”

The Clock Is Ticking for the Bruins

And it’s moving slowly, especially for the fan base. Today, July 15, 2023 is the final day for players to accept their qualifying offers or they expire. That does not mean they become unrestricted free agents. What it does mean is that contract offer (a qualifying offer is a contract) is no longer on theContinue reading “The Clock Is Ticking for the Bruins”

Recapping the Bruins First Day of Free Agency

To say that General Manager Don Sweeney and his staff were busy on the first day of the NHL Free Agency period is an understatement. Let’s look at what was facing the team and what has transpired so far: Both the Boston Bruins and the Providence Bruins are going to look different when the pucksContinue reading “Recapping the Bruins First Day of Free Agency”