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”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 17, 2023
After sitting out the first three games of the KHL season, Roman Bychkov got into his first game for Lokomotiv but the result was the same. A 5-0 loss to HC Sochi. Bychkov finished with zero points, a minus-2, two hits and no blocked shots. Here’s a stat the KHL makes available that I wishContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 17, 2023”
Boston Bruins Prospect Update: Preseason
As we get set for another season of Boston Bruins prospects from around the world, I thought it would be good to start with my preseason outlook and expectations. Let’s begin by looking at what I call my “chances” chart. Here, I determine what I believe the chances are of each prospect reaching a certainContinue reading “Boston Bruins Prospect Update: Preseason”
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”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 7, 2023
I guess we’ll begin with the top news story: The Bruins signed 2022 second-round draft pick Matthew Poitras to a three-year entry-level contract the team announced on Friday. With a June 1, 2023 deadline to ink Matias Mantykivi to his entry level contract, time is ticking away. Moving on to the Ontario Hockey League playoffs,Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 7, 2023”
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”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 16, 2023
Well, it wasn’t meant to be for Matias Mantykivi and his Ilves squad as they lost to the Pelicans 3-1 on Thursday and dropping the series in 6 games. Ilves will now play in the third-place game on April 20, 2023 against IFK Helsinki. Following that and the end of Liiga play is the IIHFContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 16, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 9, 2023
Plenty of disappointing ends to their season for Boston Bruins prospects last week. But hey, they should be happy with the seasons they have had. Today I am going to do it a little different and break it down by day. Monday Jonathan Myrenberg was the only prospect playing and Mora was down 1 gameContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 9, 2023”
A Look at What Bruins Prospects Accomplished This Season
Prior to each season, whether a prospect is playing in the Finnish Liiga, Sweden’s J20 Nationell, the NCAA or the Canadian Hockey League, I attempt to come up with expectations for each player and I call them forecast. I have a little formula I use that sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t work. But the majorityContinue reading “A Look at What Bruins Prospects Accomplished This Season”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 2, 2023
Some teams recognized individual awards to pass along to begin this week’s addition. The Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League awarded goaltender Reid Dyck the Charlotte Letkemman Memorial Award for Desire and Leadership. Matthew Poitras took home 3 awards awarded from the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. He received the TopContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 2, 2023”
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