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Tom Calautti is a graduate of UMass Amherst (Go UMass!) and a lifelong Bruins fan. I covered NCAA hockey while in college and now report on all things Bruins. Infamous in men's league and career 4th line energy guy who can chip in on offense.
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The Boston Bruins can’t seem to get away from the injury bug. The team announced early this afternoon that center Mark Kastelic is being placed on injured reserve, a move that comes just six days after he returned to practice from injury. In a corresponding transaction, the Bruins have recalled Patrick Brown … Keep Reading
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On November 11, 2024, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney sent shockwaves through his team’s fandom when he sent sophomore forward Matt Poitras down to Providence. Many fans (this writer included) weren’t happy at the time and thought Poitras deserved an opportunity to grind through his struggles and stay at the NHL level. Fast … Keep Reading
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The Boston Bruins have a bad power play. There really isn’t any way to fudge the numbers or sugarcoat the stats to change that fact. The team’s man advantage currently ranks 31st out of 32 NHL, clicking at only 12.4 percent. As the team heads into one of its most important stretches of the season, it … Keep Reading
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The Boston Bruins are 1-6-1 over their past eight games and the wheels seem to be coming off the wagon. After a hot start under interim Head Coach Joe Sacco, the team has regressed back to their bad habits from the early season, and those bad habits reared their ugly head once again as … Keep Reading
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What a 48 hours this weekend must have been for Fabian Lysell and the Boston Bruins faithful. The former first-round pick woke up Saturday morning expecting to suit up for the team’s AHL affiliate when he got the call that he was coming to Boston.
Lysell donned the spoked-B for the first time Saturday night … Keep Reading
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Let’s call a spade a spade; there aren’t many areas where the Boston Bruins are a better team than last season. Overall, their scoring is down, Jeremy Swayman has been (somewhat of a) letdown based on his contract, and their defense hasn’t been as stout as predicted. One area you can look at and say, ‘This … Keep Reading
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The Boston Bruins maybe 7-3 in their first ten games under interim head coach Joe Sacco, but they aren’t the only ones finding their game. Second-year center Matt Poitras is lighting up the AHL and making a case that he deserves to return to Boston before Christmas.
After another impressive training camp that saw him … Keep Reading
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The Boston Bruins improved to 5-2 under interim head coach Joe Sacco after prevailing over the division-rival Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. The game wasn’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but in the end, the Black and Gold pulled out an ugly win on the front end of a back-to-back. Here’s how it … Keep Reading
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Whether you like them or not, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by the possibility of hypothetical what-ifs. They allow us to scratch that unreachable itch in the part of our brain where fantasy and imagination reside. And perhaps one of the biggest what-ifs of our modern-day Boston Bruins involves Jake DeBrusk.
DeBrusk returned to Causeway … Keep Reading
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The dust has finally settled on a whirlwind 48 hours for the Boston Bruins, and they’ve come out the other side with a new bench boss. On Tuesday evening, the team announced via Twitter (X) that they relieved Jim Montgomery of his duties and hired longtime staffer Joe Sacco as interim head coach. General Manager … Keep Reading
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