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”
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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”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 26, 2023
Let’s begin this week with the European playoffs. In the Finnish Liiga on Monday, Assat shocked Matias Mantykivi and Ilves 5-2 to even up their best-of-seven series at one game each. Mantykivi had a goal and an assist in a losing effort but showed he was still offensively capable. On Wednesday, Ilves took a 2-1Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 26, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 19, 2023
After last week’s Prospect Update, I was asked via Twitter how long the Bruins hold the rights to players before they become unrestricted free agents. If you don’t like following the blog here, you can refer to CapFriendly which provides you with the date the Bruins hold onto the rights of players here. But howContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 19, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 12, 2023
Let’s begin with the NCAA. Hockey East Riley Duran missed Wednesday’s First Round Hockey East matchup against New Hampshire with his ongoing injury. However, Philip Svedeback did his part stopping 22 of 23 shots in a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over UNH. That meant number 7 seed Providence would face number 3 seed Northeastern inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 12, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 5, 2023
As you know by now, the Boston Bruins have a couple of significant injuries on the club and that injury bug has trickled down to some key prospects for their respective teams. Riley Duran and Philip Svedeback for Providence College and Brett Harrison for the Windsor Spitfires. I’m told Harrison “Could miss significant time” asContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 5, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 26, 2022
The Boston Bruins were involved in a huge deal last week with the Washington Capitals and the Minnesota Wild that included Craig Smith, Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway and draft picks. But there was one more component, one that no one is talking about: The Bruins also acquired the rights to Andrei Svetlakov from the Wild.Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 26, 2022”