Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 8, 2023

On Wednesday, Roman Bychkov scored his first goal (and the game winner) in any league (MHL, VHL, KHL) since December of 2020 when he notched one for Buran Yaroslavl in the VHL. Things have just not gone well for Bychkov since the Bruins drafted him in the fifth round, 154th overall at the 2019 NHLContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 8, 2023”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 1, 2023

On Tuesday, Jonathan Myrenberg played arguably his best game of the young SHL season. For the second consecutive game he played over 20 minutes – 20:56 – after averaging just over 14 in his first 3 games. The boost in confidence is markedly noticeable as he used his skating, stick handling, smarts and vision timeContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 1, 2023”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 24, 2023

After being a healthy scratch on Monday and Wednesday and 7 of the first 8 games on the season, Lokomotiv of the KHL loaned Roman Bychkov to Molot Perm of the VHL – Russia’s equivalent to the AHL. On Wednesday, the USHL regular season got under way for Sioux Falls Stampede teammates Beckett Hendrickson andContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 24, 2023”

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 Prospect Update: Preseason

As we get set for another season of Boston Bruins prospects from around the world, I thought it would be good to start with my preseason outlook and expectations. Let’s begin by looking at what I call my “chances” chart. Here, I determine what I believe the chances are of each prospect reaching a certainContinue reading “Boston Bruins Prospect Update: Preseason”

Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings

If you’re wondering whether there has been a change in where I ranked the players at the start of the season, the answer is yes. The criteria is this: 1) Must be playing in any league outside the NHL including the AHL and ECHL. 2) Must be drafted by the Boston OR 3) Signed asContinue reading “Boston Bruins Prospect Rankings”

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”