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”
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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 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 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 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”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 26, 2023
Let’s begin this week with the European playoffs. In the Finnish Liiga on Monday, Assat shocked Matias Mantykivi and Ilves 5-2 to even up their best-of-seven series at one game each. Mantykivi had a goal and an assist in a losing effort but showed he was still offensively capable. On Wednesday, Ilves took a 2-1Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 26, 2023”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: March 19, 2023
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”
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”