By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me on Twitter @PlaydonJeff
With 17 games left before the playoffs, the Bruins skated into Toronto and looked to end a two-game skid. Boston was sitting around the top of the Eastern Conference, while Toronto was scraping at a Wild Card spot. Bruins forward Daniel Paille would miss his second straight game because of an upper-body injury. Due to a lower-body
By: Van Alan Clark | Follow me on Twitter @VanAlanClark
Three weeks out from the NHL trading deadline, there are a lot of decisions facing GM Don Sweeney. There are players available that would improve the team, but Sweeney needs to weigh the need to improve this year’s roster against the organization’s needs going forward. Many of the short-term needs are
By: Nathan Anderson | Follow me on Twitter @dairybeast
On September 18, 2009, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs shook the hockey world with a blockbuster trade that would go on to have a massive impact on the future of both franchises. Phil Kessel, after scoring 36 goals in the 2008-09 campaign, packed his bags in Boston and was shipped up to Toronto in
By Matthew Cahill | Follow Me On Twitter @MWCahill5
For the better part of the last ten years, David Krejci has been one of the best playoff performers for the Boston Bruins and certainly the best during specific stretches. In the Bruins five first-round games against the Capitals, Krejci tallied two assists, giving him 117 career points in the NHL Playoffs. Krejci has recorded his
By: Andrew Lindroth | Follow me on Twitter! @andrewlindrothh
For the second season in a row, Kevan Miller has been nominated for the 2021 Bill Masterton Trophy, as selected by the Professional Hockey Writer’s Association (PHWA). Every year, each team has a player nominated for the Bill Masterton Trophy, which is awarded “to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship,
By: Jeff Playdon | Follow me @PlaydonJeff
Ten years ago, Boston was treated to witnessing the Boston Bruins win their 6th Stanley Cup. A Stanley Cup that broke a 39-year cold spell for Boston and uplifted the spirits of all Bruins fans. Today we look back on February 15th, 2011. A game that took place in Boston against divisional rival Toronto Maple Leafs.
By Mike Cratty | Follow me on Twitter @Mike_Cratty
TSN Senior Hockey Reporter Frank Seravalli released another edition of his TSN Trade Bait Lists yesterday. The main thing that caught my eye on that list was the presence of four former Bruins – Phil Kessel (no. 6), Ryan Donato (no. 11), Johnny Boychuk (no. 13), Dougie Hamilton (no. 30). It got me thinking, what are
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By: Jamie Gatlin | Follow Me on Twitter @JamieGatlin1217
Two years ago, the Bruins organization was at a crossroads. During the 2016 season, longtime head coach Claude Julien was let go mid-season. At the time, the Bruins had a record of 26-23-6. They were not adapting to a changing league and not making much traction in the standings. They were a defensive, hard-
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By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
Today the Professional Hockey Writers Association’s Boston Chapter announced that they’ve selected Boston Bruins forward David Backes as this year’s Masterton Trophy nominee. The 12 -year National Hockey League pro who spent a majority of his career with the St. Louis Blues organization has never won the prestigious award which is handed out annually to
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The former first-round pick Malcolm Subban (24th overall, 2012) was placed on waivers yesterday and claimed by the Vegas Golden Knights earlier today. Vegas now has three goalies on their roster. Fleury, Pickard and Subban will make quite the tandem in nets for them. For the Bruins, they will now use Daniel Vladar and Zane McIntyre as the