The Boston Bruins dipped into the free agent market relatively early by signing Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov. One year ago, we were glued to our computers or televisions as the cash strapped Bruins signed the likes of Morgan Geekie, James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jesper Boqvist and Milan Lucic to name a few. WithContinue reading “Bruins Sign Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov”
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A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021
Previous drafts: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 What constitutes a successful draft or a failing draft? The hockey community looks at NHL games played to determine success, although some choose to look at 100 games as successful while others look at 200 games. Fans in droves prefer to look at stats. Harman Dayal andContinue reading “A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 4: Your Questions
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 Mike has four questions: Lysell- interesting first half of the season, was called out, then showed marked improvement from what I can tell. What are the next steps for him to make that final push/jump? I maintained my belief in Fabian Lysell, and bluntly put, I thought he neededContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 4: Your Questions”
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 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: March 24, 2024
The Boston Bruins signed goaltender Michael DiPietro to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 in the NHL and $200,000 in the AHL. The deal marks a substantial raise from his previous AHL salary of $80,000 and comes after the signing of Ryan Bischel. On Wednesday, the J20 Nationell Slutspel (playoffs) began and Frolunda won theContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 24, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 25, 2024
Reid Dyck is on a roll. On Monday, he stopped 25 of 27 shots as the Swift Current Broncos defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-2. Dyck won his eighth consecutive start and has helped the Broncos jump into 4th place in the WHL Eastern Conference standings. Dyck improved to 17-6-2 on the season. For comparison,Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 25, 2024”
Boston Bruins Top Trade Assets
With Don Sweeney working the phones to find a potential deal to improve his team for not just this season but beyond, and with no draft picks in the first three rounds of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, what bargaining chips does he have at his disposal? A lot depends on exactly who or whatContinue reading “Boston Bruins Top Trade Assets”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 28, 2024
In Thursday’s SHL action, Jonathan Myrenberg went pointless in his 12th consecutive game as Linkoping dropped a 4-2 decision to Vaxjo. Myrenberg did not register a SOG and had 2 hits in 17:06 TOI. I know I’m sounding like a broken record at this point, but I’m still not concerned about point production this season.Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 28, 2024”
Making a Case for Mason Lohrei; Jake DeBrusk Awakening; Fabian Lysell Fighting?
It appears that most people would agree. At training camp, Mason Lohrei made the Bruins decision to send him to the Providence Bruins of the AHL a difficult one. There were some obvious things Lohrei needed to work on and appeared that the opportunities to work on those things would be in Providence. And ofContinue reading “Making a Case for Mason Lohrei; Jake DeBrusk Awakening; Fabian Lysell Fighting?”
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