Maybe this is what the Bruins and GM Don Sweeney have been waiting for to finally re-sign their captain. NHL teams now have some financial clarity for the future. In case you missed it, the NHL and NHLPA on Friday released their salary cap projections and it’s good news for teams that are bumping up … Read more
The Bruins may not be the most talented bunch and the direction of the organization is still very much up in the air. But whether the “blow-it-up” portion of the fanbase likes it or not, the players are not about to lay down on the season. Former Senator Joonas Korpisalo (29 saves) pitched a timely … Read more
Another day passed in the Black and Gold world, and we saw another third line combination in practice. With Fabian Lysell dispatched back to Providence, it was Cole Koepke’s turn to get a look with Trent Frederic and Justin Brazeau in the Bruins’ session at Warrior Ice Arena before the team headed off to Washington … Read more
The Bruins were given the rare gift of an immediate do-over and they made the most of it on Saturday night at the Garden. After the Blue Jackets romped over the B’s in Columbus on Friday, the B’s walloped the Jackets, 4-0, before heading out on a tough road trip in Washington, New York and … Read more
The previous time the Bruins played the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Jackets’ 5-1 win at the Garden triggered the end of the Jim Montgomery Era. The B’s have come a long way since then. But, boy, the return game in Columbus on Friday looked awfully familiar. The B’s allowed odd-man rushes, made bad changes and … Read more
The Bruins were tantalizingly close to finishing off their five-game road trip in style, but they just couldn’t close the deal. The B’s lost a 2-0 lead, with the equalizer coming off the stick of Connor McDavid with 2:21 left in regulation, and Matthias Ekholm scored the overtime winner at 1:04 of the extra session … Read more
After Bruins management claimed Oliver Wahlstrom off waivers earlier in the day, every player on the team performed like the newcomer was coming for his job in Vancouver on Saturday night. In a 5-1 romp over the Canucks, the B’s got contributions from up and down the lineup and ran away from their opponents, a … Read more
The Bruins are just two games into a five-game road trip and it already has the feeling of a season-defining disaster. The B’s did not play a horrible game in Seattle on Thursday, but they had an unforgivably bad start after what happened to them in Manitoba on Tuesday. Thanks to three minor penalties off … Read more
The Bruins received a spoonful of reality on Tuesday in Winnipeg and it did not go down smoothly. The B’s slot defense and penalty-killing, which had been much improved under coach Joe Sacco, backslid in a big way with an 8-1 loss to the Jets, who went 3-for-6 on the power play at Canada Life … Read more
David Pastrnak took part in the Bruins’ morning skate in Winnipeg on Tuesday and coach Joe Sacco confirmed that the tam’s leading point man will be in the lineup when the B’s take on the Jets at 8 pm. Pastrnak was held out of practice on Monday with what Sacco said was an upper body … Read more
