Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 17, 2024

Casper Nassen Things are not going well for Miami as they suffered their fifth consecutive loss on Friday, this time to Minnesota-Duluth, by a score of 5-0. Nassen obviously finished with zero points, was a minus-2 and had 1 SOG with 17:14 TOI. Just when you think things could not get any worse, the twoContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 17, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 10, 2024

Casper Nassen Miami suffered its third consecutive loss on Friday, falling 3-2 in overtime to St. Cloud State. This marked the third straight game where Casper Nassen did not score any points. He had one shot on goal and played for 17 minutes and 33 seconds. Miami has not won any game in which NassenContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 10, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 3, 2024

Casper Nassen Miami lost a close 3-2 overtime match to Rensselaer on Friday, which brought their record to 3-4-2, with the game being officially counted as a tie. Nassen ended the game with a minus-1 rating and did not record any shots on goal in 15 minutes and 40 seconds of ice time. As aContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 3, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 27, 2024

Casper Nassen On Friday night, Miami suffered their third consecutive loss, falling to Lindenwood with a score of 4-2. In these three games, they have been outscored 13-4. Nassen did not score any points in this match and finished with a plus/minus of zero while playing for 17:55, which is his longest ice time inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 27, 2024”

Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 13, 2024

In Thursday’s USHL matchup, the Dubuque Fighting Saints traveled to Fargo and beat the defending champions 7-4, bringing their season record to 5-1-0-0, which places them at the top of the league standings. While Dubuque showcased strong offensive skills, players Jonathan Morello and Kristian Kostadinski did not score any points. Morello performed better than inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 13, 2024”

Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part Two

If you regularly read this blog, you’re likely familiar with the chart below. For those who are seeing it for the first time, I use this chart to assess whether a player is meeting their expectations production wise. Scoring points is not the only indicator of success. For example, you wouldn’t expect a strong defensiveContinue reading “Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part Two”

Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part One

We are gearing up for another season of coverage on Boston Bruins prospects. There’s no better moment to share my insights as players start to join their teams and leagues worldwide for the beginning of training camps. Every offseason, I start with the chart below. It helps me monitor the players during the season andContinue reading “Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part One”

A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021

Previous drafts: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 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 andContinue reading “A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021”

Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings

PART 1                                                                       PART 2 The Boston Bruins prospect rankings are criticized for lacking top-tier prospects, attributed to their consistent competitiveness leading to low draft positions and trading high picks to pursue Stanley Cup victories. Building a championship-quality roster requires a variety of players. Despite lacking top prospects, the Bruins have a strong prospect pool forContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings”

Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 2

PART 1 This is the second in a series of articles covering Boston Bruins prospects. Today, we will analyze the player’s performance. In the past, I have utilized a formula to assess a player’s expected output. Some fans doubt its effectiveness, and that’s valid as their viewpoints are significant and not ignored. However, one NHLContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 2”