Posts About "Don Sweeney"
Bruins' Aging Core Impacting Front Office Decisions
October 13th, 2020 The Boston Bruins have an old core. This topic isn’t news by any means, and speculation has been whirling for several seasons on how long they can keep going without seriously investing in some younger players. The 2019-20 season seemed to indicate that they had a lot of life left in them. Despite the regular season being cut...
Bruins' 3 Most Impactful Draft Picks Under Sweeney
October 7th, 2020 When the NHL began their virtual draft on Tuesday night, it marked Don Sweeney’s sixth draft as general manager of the Boston Bruins. In his first five drafts, he has made 32 selections, including 10 in his first draft as GM in 2015. While some of the 32 picks have been gaining experience in the American Hockey League with the...
Bruins GM Sweeney Faces Most Challenging, and Important, Offseason to Date
September 18th, 2020 Entering his sixth offseason of his tenure as the general manager of the Boston Bruins, Don Sweeney has his work cut out for him. This team is at a crossroads, and, as a result, the 2020 free-agency period and Entry Draft will be crucial in determining just which path the club takes. The Bruins roster is essentially divided currently...
Bruins' Draft History Under Don Sweeney
June 22nd, 2020 Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney's first National Hockey League Entry Draft was one for the ages. Just over one month after the former Boston defenseman got the job, he was at the helm of a draft that included six picks in the first two rounds, with three consecutive selections in the first round alone. Certainly, no story...
Bruins' All-Time Best Draft Picks
June 13th, 2020 Over the years, the Boston Bruins have had some great success in the NHL Draft. From late-round steals to future Hall of Famers, the B’s front office has managed to draft and develop a number of solid players in nearly every round of the draft. The following is an exhaustive look at each round, and the best player the Bruins...
Bruins Re-Sign Halak to Affordable Win-Win Deal
May 2nd, 2020 For Boston Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak, it was clearly more about quality with his latest one-year, $2.25 million extension than quantity. Regardless, he got some of the latter too. Halak's Career Highs and Lows Halak could have theoretically made more come free agency (whenever that will be), term especially. Nevertheless, the...
Bruins' Trades Help Future Salary Cap
February 27th, 2020 Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney traded for two Anaheim Ducks' players in two separate deals before Monday's trade deadline. Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie are not household names, but both hope to play a role for the Black and Gold in the playoffs. In trading for Kase, Sweeney sent David Backes to the Ducks and retained 25...
Boston Bruins Set for Cup Run Post-Deadline
February 26th, 2020 Another trade deadline has come and passed with all of the late-February drama that we've come to expect from the modern NHL. Despite rumors of a move for a definitive top-six forward, the Boston Bruins played it safer at the trade deadline, opting to free up some cap space while making two notable moves to secure the bottom-six forward...
Bruins' Sweeney Makes Deal, Time Left for Another One
February 22nd, 2020 Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney made his first move with the NHL trade deadline quickly approaching on Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. It was not a move that was expected, something that Sweeney has been known to do in the past - make a move nobody sees coming. He acquired right wing Ondrej Kase from the Anaheim Ducks Friday...
Bruins' Rivals Add Depth for Playoff Run
February 20th, 2020 As the Feb. 24 NHL trade deadline approaches, contending teams in the Eastern Conference are making moves in an attempt to dethrone the Boston Bruins from the top of the conference and make a run for the Stanley Cup. Related: Esposito - The Trade That Shaped the Bruins The Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins both bolstered...
Bruins Need to Go All-In at Trade Deadline
February 17th, 2020 It's that time of year. With the NHL trade deadline days away, teams are ready to go shopping. Buyers want to make their team better for what they hope is a long run in the Stanley Cup playoffs and sellers are looking to add pieces for the future while parting ways with players who have value. Last season at the deadline, Boston...
Bruins Have the Keys for Another Deep Run
February 14th, 2020 Chris Kreider. Tyler Toffoli. Kyle Palmieri. Josh Anderson. Ilya Kovalchuk. Joe Thornton. Ondrej Kase. Brenden Dillon. Those are but a handful of names being thrown around as potential trade targets for the Boston Bruins less than two weeks before the Feb. 24 trade deadline. It's that crazy time of the "silly season" when fans and...
4 Bruins' Storylines to Keep an Eye On
January 26th, 2020 With the All-Star Game in the books for another year, the NHL will begin the march to April and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Monday, the league resumes the regular season schedule. Over the next two-plus months, the Boston Bruins will look to hold off the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers in the Atlantic Division. If they are...
