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”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 12, 2022
I am periodically asked how I set my expectations for a player at the start of the season. Well, there are two things. First, I watch what some might say is too much hockey. But in order to get a sense of how a player is progressing, there is no other choice. Not only areContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 12, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 1, 2023
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2023 brings you good health and happiness. We are unofficially into the second half of the season so I thought this would be a good time to do some player grades on the season to date. A lot of it is based off my expectations coming into the seasonContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 1, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 20, 2022
When the Boston Bruins made their 5th round selection, 132nd overall at the 2022 National Hockey League Entry Draft in Montreal and selected Frederic Brunet, some fans took to social media with an “oh great, another overager” response. As fans, sometimes we never learn. We quickly forgot Mason Lohrei and although there were three roundsContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 20, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 13, 2022
If you were sitting at a table with anyone covering the Ontario Hockey League prior to the season beginning and told them that Jackson Edward would have 3 goals and 6 assists through his first 16 games, you probably would be sitting across someone who just rolled their eyes at you. It’s not that EdwardContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 13, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 6, 2022
On October 30, Guelph Storm Center Matthew Poitras, the Bruins second round pick at the 2022 National Hockey League Entry Draft was suspended for three games by the Ontario Hockey League for a slew foot. It was Poitras’ second suspension for the same infraction in a week – the fifth to an OHL player inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 6, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 20, 2022
As you probably know by now, the Boston Bruins traded Jack Studnicka to the Vancouver Canucks for Goaltender Michael DiPietro and Defenceman Jonathan Myrenberg. My focus this week is on the right shot blueliner and what we can expect. Yes, he was a former fifth round selection – 140th overall – at the 2021 NHLContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 20, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 23, 2022
Congratulations to Philip Svedeback on being named the Hockey East Goaltender of the Week last week. One game, three prospects, same team; That was the situation Tuesday as Trevor Kuntar, Oskar Jellvik and Andre Gasseau and Boston College skated to a 3-3 draw with Northeastern. Jellvik set up Kuntar for his first goal of theContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 23, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 16, 2022
It was a busy week for Frederic Brunet and Rimouski Oceanic with 4 games that began with a 4-2 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres on Monday. Brunet had a powerplay helper on the game’s opening goal just over 7 minutes into the second period and Rimouski never looked back. It was the first game inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 16, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 2, 2022
On Monday, Roman Bychkov got into his fifth consecutive game after sitting out the first couple of games with Lokomotiv Yaroslav of the KHL. Bychkov remains without a point in those 5 contests while averaging just over 13 minutes TOI per game. On Tuesday, as expected, Matias Mantykivi broke out of his goal scoring slumpContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 2, 2022”
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