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What Will a McAvoy Extension Look Like Given Recent Defensemen Signings?

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Ryan Duffy | Follow me on Twitter @Rduffy26

With the 2021-22 NHL season looming, teams throughout the league have taken the initiative to sign their number one defensemen to extensions at long-term and high average-annual-value. Players like Zach Werenski being extended by the Blue Jackets (6 years X $9.583m AAV), Seth Jones by the Blackhawks (8 years X $9.5m AAV), Darnell Nurse by … Keep Reading

Bruins Should Prioritize D Jake McCabe in Free Agency

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By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj

With the start of the 2021 NHL Free Agency right around the corner, teams around the league are preparing to make offers on a plethora of unrestricted (and perhaps restricted) free agents and the Boston Bruins are no different. After signing Taylor Hall to a four-year contract extension, the Bruins have a projected $20.7 … Keep Reading

Productive Pastrnak Critical for a Bruins Deep Playoff Run

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By: Ryan Anderson | Follow Me @habshater63

Can David Pastrnak return to the goal-scoring machine we all know he can be? Let’s take a look at what he’s done these playoffs and see what we could expect to see in round two.

Pastrnak Wakes Up at End of Series Win vs Capitals

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Boston Bruins Regular Season Report Card Final Grades

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow meĀ @BruinsBreakdown

By the time you read this, the Boston Bruins will have already completed their first playoff game against the Washington Capitals. The playoffs are indeed a new campaign where regular-season individual performances are often rendered moot. Stars sometimes go missing and bit players can step up to be the hero. Nonetheless, we’ve made it to this … Keep Reading

David Pastrnak Becomes Fastest Bruin to Reach 200 Career Goals

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By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff

21 seconds into the third period of Saturday afternoons game against the New York Rangers, David Pastrnak notched his 200th career goal becoming the fastest Bruin to reach 200 goals in the club’s history. Brad Marchand found a streaking Pastrnak. Pasta quickly redirected Marchand’s pass into the net for a 2-1 Bruins lead and his 20th goal … Keep Reading

Bruins Report Cards: Boston Squanders Lead Before Losing In OT

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow meĀ @BruinsBreakdown

Boston concluded their eight-game season series with New Jersey with an overtime loss. On the season, the Bruins managed a 3-3-2 record against a pesky, speedy, and opportunistic Jersey squad. The game highlighted a number of Boston’s strengths of late dominating possession and making plays off the rush. It also showcased some of their deficiencies such … Keep Reading

Bruins Report Cards: Boston Nears Playoff Berth After Buffalo Bump

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow meĀ @BruinsBreakdown

The Bruins concluded their season series against the Sabres with an emphatic win. After struggling through a horrid stretch mid-season, racking up points against lowly Buffalo was exactly what was needed to catch up to all the teams who were doing exactly that while Boston swooned. With the most recent win, number seven of eight against … Keep Reading

Boston Bruins Finding Second-Line Success

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By: Max Mainville | Check me out on Twitter @tkdmaxbjj

For years, the Boston Bruins have desperately needed top-six help alongside veteran center David Krejci. Last season, General Manager Don Sweeney traded for forward Ondrej Kase from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a 2020 1st Round Pick, D Axel Andersson and forward David Backes. Kase, 25, was the target winger to bring in … Keep Reading

Bruins Report Cards: The Win Streak Comes To An End

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow meĀ @BruinsBreakdown

All good things must come to an end, according to the saying, and it is now a fact for the Bruins’ most recent winning streak. The Buffalo Sabres had the livelier legs and played pressure-free hockey, consistently using their speed to back off the Boston defenders. The Bruins pushed back late but were in too deep … Keep Reading

Bruins Report Cards: Boston Beats Buffalo In The Skills Competition

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By Leon Lifschutz | Follow me @BruinsBreakdown

How the Bruins perform against the Sabres in the coming weeks could dictate their season. While Boston was swooning at the mid-point of the campaign their contemporaries racked up points while taking advantage of a Buffalo team enduring an epic losing streak. Buffalo has been playing better of late but that was before the trade deadline … Keep Reading

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