After last week’s Prospect Update, I was asked via Twitter how long the Bruins hold the rights to players before they become unrestricted free agents. If you don’t like following the blog here, you can refer to CapFriendly which provides you with the date the Bruins hold onto the rights of players here. But howContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 19, 2023”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 12, 2023
Let’s begin with the NCAA. Hockey East Riley Duran missed Wednesday’s First Round Hockey East matchup against New Hampshire with his ongoing injury. However, Philip Svedeback did his part stopping 22 of 23 shots in a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over UNH. That meant number 7 seed Providence would face number 3 seed Northeastern inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 12, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 5, 2023
As you know by now, the Boston Bruins have a couple of significant injuries on the club and that injury bug has trickled down to some key prospects for their respective teams. Riley Duran and Philip Svedeback for Providence College and Brett Harrison for the Windsor Spitfires. I’m told Harrison “Could miss significant time” asContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 5, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 12, 2022
I am periodically asked how I set my expectations for a player at the start of the season. Well, there are two things. First, I watch what some might say is too much hockey. But in order to get a sense of how a player is progressing, there is no other choice. Not only areContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 12, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 22, 2023
There is no debating that the Canadian Hockey League trade deadline has brought out the best of Brett Harrison once he traded in his OHL Oshawa Generals red jersey for the Windsor Spitfires red. And even though his OHL cousins Ryan Mast of the Sarnia Sting, Jackson Edward of the London Knights and Matthew PoitrasContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 22, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 15, 2023
It’s been said that the Boston Bruins have the best goaltending tandem in the National Hockey League. You will not get much of an argument from me there. It’s also been said that the Bruins prospect pool is one of the most lacking in high end talent. Again, you won’t get much of an argumentContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 15, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 8, 2023
Last week saw two key prospects traded in the Canadian Hockey League as trade deadline approaches quickly through the Canadian Major Junior ranks. If you’re a follower here, then you know I have been talking for a couple of weeks about the pending trade of Brett Harrison, the Bruins third round pick – 85th overallContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 8, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 1, 2023
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2023 brings you good health and happiness. We are unofficially into the second half of the season so I thought this would be a good time to do some player grades on the season to date. A lot of it is based off my expectations coming into the seasonContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 1, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 11, 2022
I am going to start this week off by going in a different direction. Some of you have probably heard me discuss this in the past. Some of you may take this as a rant of sorts and maybe it is because like you, I love my Boston Bruins. I truly believe that our belovedContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 11, 2022”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending November 27, 2022
There are only 4 games remaining in the J20 Nationell Norra (North) Division regular season for Dans Locmelis and his Lulea HF squad. From there, the top 5 teams in the Norra Division will join the top 5 teams in the Sodra (South) Division to form the J20 Top-10. The bottom 5 teams from eachContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending November 27, 2022”