Throughout the 2023-2024 season, I became weary of referring to it as a transition year, as the Bruins appeared well-positioned for the upcoming offseason. Like anything, there is room for discussion about whether the Bruins have made improvements. In my opinion, they have certainly strengthened their forward lineup and significantly enhanced their defensive unit. WhileContinue reading “A Way Too Early but Promising Look at the Bruins Next Offseason”
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Are the Bruins a Better Team After Free Agent Frenzy?
Now that the dust has settled on the 2024 NHL Free Agent Frenzy, it begs the question: Are the Boston Bruins better? Well, I want to share my thoughts and then let you be the judge. GOALTENDING Breaking up the top NHL duo of recent years is sure to result in a decline. The tradeContinue reading “Are the Bruins a Better Team After Free Agent Frenzy?”
A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2020
Previous drafts: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. 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 and DomContinue reading “A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2020”
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 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”
Are the Bruins in the Market for a Blueliner?
Boston Bruins defenceman Derek Forbort went down with an injury in late October and missed 10 days. He returned to the lineup and went down again in what the team called a lingering injury and shut him down for 6 weeks. He returned for four games and again went down with an injury but theContinue reading “Are the Bruins in the Market for a Blueliner?”
Bruins Get Healthy and Compliant, for Now
Saturday nights 9-4 shellacking of the Montreal Canadiens saw the return of several of the Bruins walking wounded, namely Brandon Carlo, Derek Forbort, Linus Ullmark and Matthew Poitras. The return of Forbort meant that they could no longer use his $3 million cap hit as LTIR. The others were on regular injured reserve and thusContinue reading “Bruins Get Healthy and Compliant, for Now”
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”
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