Frederic Brunet had heart, determination, motivation, and skills, but needed to fine-tune and refine his development. The Bruins selected Brunet in the fifth round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with the 132nd overall pick, fully aware that the draft re-entry player, also known as an overaged pick, needed further development. The 6’3″, 189-pound defensemanContinue reading “Baby Steps for Frederic Brunet in His First Pro Season”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 2024
Game 3 between the Dubuque Fighting Saints and the Youngstown Phantoms was a nail-biter on Tuesday, with the teams locked in a scoreless tie until late in the third period. Dubuque finally broke through to take a 1-0 lead at the 13:33 mark, but Youngstown evened the score at 1-1 with just 1:42 remaining toContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 2024”
Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update Part Four: The Conclusion
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”
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”
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”
Bruins Sign 2022 Fifth Round Pick Frederic Brunet
There were concerns (among fans) this offseason on whether the Boston Bruins would sign Frederic Brunet to his entry level contract even though all the signs pointed to it happening. Today, it became a reality as the Bruins announced they’ve signed the defenceman to a 3-year ELC and an AAV of $860,000. The deal isContinue reading “Bruins Sign 2022 Fifth Round Pick Frederic Brunet”
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”
Bruins Rookie Camp and Prospect Challenge Roster
The Boston Bruins announced their roster for the upcoming rookie camp and the upcoming Prospects Challenge in Buffalo. Joining the Bruins and Sabres in this year’s battle of the prospects are the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins schedule is: Friday, September 15 versus Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm; SaturdayContinue reading “Bruins Rookie Camp and Prospect Challenge Roster”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 21, 2023
The OHL Finals moved to Peterborough for game 3 of the series on Monday. It was a wild, exciting, back and forth game that the Petes would take 6-5 in overtime. Up 2-1, Jackson Edward had time but a weak attempt from the point got intercepted and the Petes sent the puck the other wayContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 21, 2023”
Frederic Brunet: Player Comparable?
Earlier in the week in my Prospect Updates, I wrote about Frederic Brunet being a finalist for the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the Defenceman of the Year in the QMJHL, and I was swamped with questions asking about NHL player comparables. Well, I don’t do player comps for a few reasons. It’s not fair toContinue reading “Frederic Brunet: Player Comparable?”
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