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By: Mark Allred | Follow me on Twitter / X @BlackAndGold277
Earlier this week, goaltender Kyle Keyser officially left the Boston Bruins organization to seek opportunities elsewhere in the global landscape. The 25-year-old undrafted netminder, who’s been with the B’s since October of 2017, signed a deal to play hockey overseas for the Chinese KHL team Kunlun Red Star. Per reports … Keep Reading
By: Jason Cooke | Follow me on Twitter / X @cookejournalism
Linus Ullmark is an Ottawa Senator. Less than an hour before puck drop of Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals, Don Sweeney and the Boston Bruins cracked the hockey airwaves with perhaps their most significant offseason decision this summer.
Ullmark, who was swirling around trade rumors dating back to the trade … Keep Reading
By: Tom Calautti | Follow me on Twitter @TCalauttis
What is the value of a number-one goaltender in the NHL? What kind of return should Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney expect when shopping former Vezina Winner Linus Ullmark? In an attempt to solve that very conundrum, I researched every goalie transaction over the last ten years and found eight examples that may provide some insight.… Keep Reading
By: Jason Cooke | Follow me on Twitter / X @cookejournalism
The Boston Bruins have had one of the most luxurious goaltender situations in the National Hockey League for the past two seasons. They have Linus Ullmark, the 2023 Vezina Trophy winner, in one stall. The veteran goaltender would be the starter on most of the teams across the league. But Boston was … Keep Reading
By: Jason Cooke | Follow me on Twitter / X @cookejournalism
Freshly pushed to the brink of elimination, the Boston Bruins announced a slew of roster transactions Monday morning. Patrick Brown, Jayson Megna, and Brandon Bussi have been recalled from Providence, while Michael DiPietro has been assigned back to Boston’s American Hockey League affiliate.
While some of these moves may impact Boston’s Game Five … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
Happy birthday, Andrew ‘Razor’ Raycroft! The former Bruins’ netminder celebrates his 44th turn around the sun today.
Raycroft, born in Belleville, Ontario, played parts of five seasons with the Boston Bruins, as well as playing for Toronto, Colorado, Vancouver, and Dallas. He shined in his 2003-04 rookie year in Boston, posting a … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
There is no doubt a correlation between the elite type of playoff performance a goaltender must demonstrate for his team in the NHL playoffs and the actual hoisting of the Stanley Cup. Few goalies in modern times can afford to play below regular season form over the grueling long haul that today’s playoffs demand. … Keep Reading
By: Steve McClure | Follow me on Twitter / X @stmcclure1993
As we approach the anniversary of the Boston Bruins’ first Stanley Cup celebration in 1929, it’s important to understand the contribution of one Cecil ‘Tiny’ Thompson, the 25-year-old who took over the team’s goaltending job in the fall of ’28.
Thompson had usurped Hal Winkler, who had accumulated 15 shutouts the prior … Keep Reading
By: Jason Cooke | Follow me on Twitter / X @cookejournalism
The Boston Bruins are in no shortage of goalies. On Wednesday afternoon, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced that Michael DiPietro has been signed to a one-year, two-way contract extension with a National Hockey League cap hit of $775,000. The other half of Boston’s minor league affiliate goalie tandem, Brandon Bussi, will … Keep Reading
By: Andrew Bluestein | Follow Me On Twitter / X @adbblue
For almost the last two decades, Boston Bruins fans have been spoiled with seeing great goaltending. There have been four Vezina Trophies from three different guys in that span. They currently have what is widely regarded as the best goaltending tandem in the league with Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark.
They also have … Keep Reading
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