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By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
The 2021 NHL season officially gets underway tomorrow with five games taking place including the defending Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightning taking on the Chicago Blackhawks and an iconic Original Six rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Bruins, although, will not start their shortened season until … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
To no surprise, on January 7th, 2021 – the Boston Bruins officially named forward Patrice Bergeron the captain of the team, replacing defenceman Zdeno Chara who departed in free agency to Washington. Bergeron, 35, has been a Bruin since he was drafted by the club 45th overall in the 2003 … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
As we all say our farewells to 2020 and say hello to 2021, I decided to put the pen to paper or should I say fingers to keyboard (that doesn’t seem to have the same ring to it), and put down my thoughts on a variety of Boston Bruins and hockey topics.
Before we … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
Historic franchises like the Boston Bruins have often been around for so long, that a character, no matter how much time passes – will always be associated with them. Ask any longtime hockey fan and the Boston Bruins were not called by their actual team name, no. They were known by most as the ‘Big Bad Bruins’.
Of course, … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
Beside every great player is his partner-in-crime, his right-hand man, his “sidekick”, if you will. Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier (… and Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, etc. Man, those Oilers teams were stacked.), Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe – and so on, you … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
Hockey is an intense sport. The high-paced game with ultra-talented players all over the ice creates an action-packed event that draws fans year after year. One of the most back-and-forth sports, it’s more uncommon to see a full-blown blowout in the NHL compared to other major sports. When the going gets tough and the team is in desperate need of … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
Goals in the National Hockey League are hard to come by. While the skill of the forwards and defenceman on the ice are arguably the most advanced overall that we have seen in the sport’s history, the players that defend the goal in between the pipes have also improved over the years. Players such as Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
The National Hockey League has a very difficult task at hand to get the 2020-21 regular-season and playoffs underway. With the ideas of having players in a bubble similar to those in Edmonton and Toronto during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs and potentially a shorter season from the normal 82-game schedule – it is not going to be easy to … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
There is one thing that the offseason does better than any other time of the year – question the certainty of a player returning to his current team for the upcoming season. This offseason, as the NHL still works out a potential return to action, is even more dramatic as teams are actively trying to … Keep Reading
By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj
While the upcoming NHL season is very uncertain in regards to when it starts and how many games will be played, we can still look ahead to the 2020-21 campaign in anticipation. The Bruins lost some assets during the offseason, but remain to be a veteran-filled roster that has many opportunities to reach some milestones next season.
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