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”
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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”
The Progression of Georgii Merkulov
Having spent two successful seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL, Georgii Merkulov went on to have an outstanding freshman year at Ohio State University before leaving after just one season. The Bruins closely followed the undrafted prospect from Ryazan, Russia during his time playing alongside Mason Lohrei, with head collegiate scout Brett HarkinsContinue reading “The Progression of Georgii Merkulov”
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”
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?”
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”
An Early Look at the Bruins Next Offseason
The Boston Bruins are the winningest regular season team in the salary cap era. When franchise cornerstones Zdeno Chara and Tuukka Rask moved on in free agency and retirement respectively, along with an aging Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, we were supposed to see a downgrade. Instead, the remained near the top of the league.Continue reading “An Early Look at the Bruins Next Offseason”
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”
Wednesday Mailbag October 4, 2023
Kevin O’Keefe via X asked: How long before they send (Matthew) Poitras back to juniors and ruin my fun for the season? Answer: Well Kevin, go back to very early in the offseason when everyone was talking about Mason Lohrei, Fabian Lysell, Marc McLaughlin and Georgii Merkulov making the roster for the upcoming season. IContinue reading “Wednesday Mailbag October 4, 2023”