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 Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 10, 2023

The season began Saturday September 2 when Frolunda HC and Bruins seventh round picks in 2023 Kristian Kostadinski and Casper Nassen took to the ice against IF Malmo in J20 Nationell action and came away with a 4-2 victory. It was the type of game you’ve come to expect from the season opener – aContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 10, 2023”

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 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 25, 2022

I hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas. There isn’t much in the way of Bruins prospect updates but there is some news. But remember, today is Boxing Day in Canada and that means the World Junior Championships Under-20 begin and you can keep tabs on Fabian Lysell (Sweden) and Dans Locmelis (Latvia). TheContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 25, 2022”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 4, 2022

The Boston Bruins have Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman at the NHL level. Keith Kinkaid was signed as their number three goaltender and that may just be for this season unless management feels it necessary to bring a veteran once again. Then there is Kyle Keyser and Brandon Bussi developing in minor professional leagues, notContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 4, 2022”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 20, 2022

When the Boston Bruins made their 5th round selection, 132nd overall at the 2022 National Hockey League Entry Draft in Montreal and selected Frederic Brunet, some fans took to social media with an “oh great, another overager” response. As fans, sometimes we never learn. We quickly forgot Mason Lohrei and although there were three roundsContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 20, 2022”

The Road to the NHL Takes Many Turns

Last week for my Wednesday Mailbag, the following question was raised: To give that the answer it deserves, it couldn’t come in the form of a paragraph in a question-and-answer format that is my Wednesday Mailbag. Instead, I informed Mike, I would give it the answer it deserves here. And here we are. The pathContinue reading “The Road to the NHL Takes Many Turns”