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”
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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”
Bruins Prospect Reid Dyck Has Taken the Next Step
When the Boston Bruins selected Swift Current Broncos goaltender Reid Dyck in the 6th round, 183rd overall at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, there was plenty of intrigue from this scribe. Many fans who aren’t invested in the Draft quickly turn to Elite Prospects or Hockey DB once a name is called. In respect toContinue reading “Bruins Prospect Reid Dyck Has Taken the Next Step”
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”
Wednesday Mailbag October 4, 2023
Kevin O’Keefe via X asked: How long before they send (Matthew) Poitras back to juniors and ruin my fun for the season? Answer: Well Kevin, go back to very early in the offseason when everyone was talking about Mason Lohrei, Fabian Lysell, Marc McLaughlin and Georgii Merkulov making the roster for the upcoming season. IContinue reading “Wednesday Mailbag October 4, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 24, 2023
After being a healthy scratch on Monday and Wednesday and 7 of the first 8 games on the season, Lokomotiv of the KHL loaned Roman Bychkov to Molot Perm of the VHL – Russia’s equivalent to the AHL. On Wednesday, the USHL regular season got under way for Sioux Falls Stampede teammates Beckett Hendrickson andContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 24, 2023”
Bruins Sign Brandon Bussi
The Boston Bruins announced today that they have signed netminder Brandon Bussi to a one-year contract extension. Bussi, who was one of three Bruins netminders about to hit restricted free agency, was arbitration eligible. The deal is a two-way, one-year deal that will pay him $775,000 in the NHL and $100,000 in the AHL. WhenContinue reading “Bruins Sign Brandon Bussi”
A Busy Several Weeks Approaching the Boston Bruins
If you are reading this, then you are probably one of many that had hoped the Boston Bruins would still be playing right now. Instead, what we have to look forward to is a very busy offseason for General Manager Don Sweeney and his staff as they try to work their way through what willContinue reading “A Busy Several Weeks Approaching the Boston Bruins”
Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings
If you’re wondering whether there has been a change in where I ranked the players at the start of the season, the answer is yes. The criteria is this: 1) Must be playing in any league outside the NHL including the AHL and ECHL. 2) Must be drafted by the Boston OR 3) Signed asContinue reading “Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings”
Don Sweeney Has a Lot of Work to do This Off Season
The Boston Bruins lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and I don’t know anyone that was expecting that, especially after General Manager Don Sweeney went all-in at trade deadline to give his team the best chance of winning the Stanley Cup. Why did they fail after a record setting regular season?Continue reading “Don Sweeney Has a Lot of Work to do This Off Season”