Posts About "Don Sweeney"
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...
Revisiting Bruins' 2019 Deadline Deals
January 20th, 2020 The NHL trade deadline is on Feb. 24, just over a month away. Contenders for the Stanley Cup will try to upgrade their rosters in an attempt to dethrone the defending champion, St. Louis Blues. One team that needs an addition or two is the 2019 Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins. They need a forward, specifically, a second...
Sweeney Sees Draft Success With DeBrusk, McAvoy & Carlo
January 11th, 2020 On May 20, 2015, Don Sweeney was hired as general manager of the Boston Bruins. Sweeney replaced Peter Chiarelli who was fired and he only had a month to get ready for his first National Hockey League Entry Draft. In that draft, Sweeney and the Bruins had three straight first-round picks at Nos. 13, 14 and 15. In his tenure as Bruins...
Bruins Get Another Bargain With Carlo Deal
September 17th, 2019 Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has been a very busy man over the last couple of days. After signing defenseman Charlie McAvoy to a three-year contract worth a total of $14.7 million on Sunday, he locked up another young blueliner on Tuesday morning. The team announced that they have signed Brandon Carlo to a bridge...
2019 Boston Bruins Draft Guide
June 17th, 2019 Welcome to our 2019 Boston Bruins draft guide. Our guide will get you ready for everything that could happen at the NHL Draft in Vancouver. From history to a brief season recap and from full previews to draft pick predictions, you will be thoroughly prepared for what the Bruins could do. Last season, the Bruins didn't have a...
