Mark Wallace Graham
Mark Wallace Graham has been a writer for TheHockeyWriters.com since March 2013. Growing up in New England, Boston Bruins hockey was in my blood. Follow me on Twitter, @MarkWGraham
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1999: The Worst NHL Draft Class Ever?
November 30th, 2017 Heading into the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, the draft class was regarded as one of the deepest the NHL had seen in years. The Sedin twins and Patrik Stefan headlined the draft class, but it was still deep if you couldn't draft any of them. Or so they thought. Fast forward fifteen years later, and the 1999 NHL Entry Draft is...
Brass Bonanza Silenced: The Demise of the Hartford Whalers
October 31st, 2017 Hockey fans love nostalgia. We love the past and all the tradition of the NHL. The retro sweaters and the defunct teams, we all love them. It's a huge reason why the Hartford Whalers still continue to be a very brand among hockey fans to this day. A couple even once had a Whaler themed wedding. If the Whalers are still popular now, then...
Boston Gambled and Lost on Adam McQuaid
November 20th, 2014 Author Hunter S. Thompson once said about gambling, "There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having fun and being smart." Well, the Boston Bruins gambled when they traded Johnny Boychuk to the New York Islanders and decided to keep Adam McQuaid...
Zdeno Chara's Injury is the Best Thing to Happen
November 12th, 2014 When Zdeno Chara went down with a knee injury and miss 4-6 weeks, everybody, Bruins fans and pundits alike, thought it would severely hurt the Bruins. After all, the Bruins just traded Johnny Boychuk to the New York Islanders and the Bruins, once deep on the blue line, were short on defensemen. Inexplicably, the Boston Bruins are...
Why Are the Bruins Putting Up with Milan Lucic?
October 17th, 2014 The Boston Bruins lost again last night to the Montreal Canadiens, 6-4, and, again, Milan Lucic made a spectacle of himself in the wrong way. Late in the third period, Lucic was sent to the penalty box and on his way there he made a vulgar gesture to the Canadien...
The Terribly Overrated Boston Bruins
October 13th, 2014 The Boston Bruins may have only played three games into the 2014-15 NHL season, but one thing is apparently becoming clear: the Bruins are highly overrated. Before the season had begun, the Boston Bruins were many pundits pick to win the Eastern Conference, including many writers here at The Hockey Writers, but why exactly? I said...