By Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio
The NHL free agent period is used to sign not only the league’s biggest stars but also a time where General Managers sign collegiate hockey players their organizations have scouted for several months. The Bruins’ General Manager (Don Sweeney) has long valued National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) players, and this newest signing is no different.
By: Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio
The National Hockey League playoffs ended, crowning the Tampa Bay Lightning the champions. The Bruins were handed an early exit loss by the champs and headed for an enticing off-season. The rumor mill swirled with the Bruins being the forefront of most conversations, but alas, the Bruins made one splash in Craig Smith. The Bruins were rumored to be front runners
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The Boston Bruins are currently taking their sweet time in signing free agents, which many have speculated that the Jacobs family set an internal cap for General Manager Don Sweeney. The Bruins have seen their Eastern Conference rivals sign highly-touted free agents and increase their chances of winning. The Bruins have stood pat for most of the free
By Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me on Twitter: @BostonDiGiorgio
The Boston Bruins are generally active on trade deadline day, and 2019 was no different. The Bruins struck a deal with the Minnesota Wild to bring back a hometown player.
If
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The Boston Bruins are starting one of the most interesting off-seasons they’ve had in recent memory. Since the Bruins exited the NHL bubble, the rumors have been flying off the shelves. Torey Krug is all but gone, the Bruins have checked in on Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jake DeBrusk could be a valuable trade target,
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Due to COVID-19, the NHL has neither increased nor decreased the salary cap, making it a flat cap. The stagnant cap number puts even more pressure on general managers to make necessary moves for future years.
The Bruins are entering the 2020 off-season with $15M in cap space. Their priority list is large needing to sign unrestricted free
By: Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio
Tuukka Rask decided to leave the Boston Bruins and the NHL bubble to take care of a family emergency. The Bruins Twitter folks heavily scrutinized him, but family always comes first, and this is no different.
More recently, Tuukka has gone on record with Boston sports radio station, WEEI, about what happened and how it led
By: Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio
Well, Bruins fans, that is not the round-robin we all expected. To be fair, most of the NHL did not expect the fourth-ranked Philadelphia Flyers to sweep the competition either. But the Bruins disappointed its fans in a big way. The Bruins were the top-ranked team in the entire NHL when the league suspended its season. They were a lock to
By: Michael DiGiorgio | Follow Me On Twitter @BostonDiGiorgio
The Boston Bruins’ phones are generally ringing off the hook at each trade deadline. This year, they made two moves, with the same team, in two separate trades. The Bruins acquired Anaheim Ducks’ Nick Ritchie and Ondrej Kase for David Backes, Axel Andersson, a 2020 first-round pick, and Danton Heinen. General Manager, Don Sweeney, received tons of praise for these separate
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Since the NHL released its Return to Play schedule, the NHL community has been buzzing with news and rumors. The latest news comes from NBC Boston Sportswriter, Joe Haggerty.
If Jake DeBrusk “is a $6 million a year player” as some like @Bob_Stauffer have suggested, then the Bruins might be in salary cap jeopardy…particularly after DeBrusk’s agent suggested today that a