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Prospects News & Rumors: Bouchard, Hajek, Michkov & More
September 10th, 2020 It was a relatively slow news day in the National Hockey League, but we still had some updates on a few prospects. Two Czech players are loaned to European clubs, the Edmonton Oilers loan one of their top prospects and a 15-year old Russian phenom stars in the MHL. Oilers Loan Bouchard to Sweden On Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers...
Reviewing the Bruins' 2015 Draft
June 6th, 2020 It's rare that a team can get three first-round draft picks, but to get them consecutively is even rarer. That is what Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney had in 2015. He used those picks to select two forwards and a defenseman, and one of those picks has already paid off. That year, Sweeney had 10 picks total, the most in one...
Bruins Nearing the End of Their Reign
August 18th, 2019 The Boston Bruins have been one of the best teams in the NHL's salary-cap era. They've been to the Stanley Cup Final three times, winning once, and have made the playoffs in all but four of the 14 salary-cap seasons. You can bet they'll be there again this season, but the end of their reign is coming. In The Athletic's farm system...
McQuaid Trade Providing Depth for Providence Bruins
September 22nd, 2018 As is the case with most hockey trades, the Adam McQuaid trade had a ripple effect on the Bruins organization. For the big club, it clears cap space and solves the problem heading into camp of eight NHL-proven defenseman on the roster. Steven Kampfer returns to the organization where he began his professional career. Kampfer seems...
How The Providence Bruins Roster May Change in 2018-19
August 4th, 2018 The Providence Bruins are set for next season. Many familiar faces are returning but some key veterans are departing, like Austin Czarnik, Kenny Agostino, and Tommy Cross. Their replacements appear to be Mark McNeill, Martin Bakos, and Cody Goloubef. With the exception of Bakos, those spots seem set as AHL replacements. However, AHL...
Carlo & Grzelcyk: Odd Men Out on Bruins' Blue Line?
July 30th, 2018 With free agency over and training camp about a month and a half out, the Boston Bruins enter the 2018-2019 season with some question marks on defense after a busy offseason. However, these questions are not the type that GM Don Sweeney and company are used to. In past seasons as recent as 2017-18, the main storyline with Boston's...
Would Bruins Trade DeBrusk for Hanifin?
June 18th, 2018 Two things are clear at this point in the 2018 NHL offseason. The Boston Bruins are in need of a two-way left-shot defenseman, and former first-round pick Noah Hanifin may want out after a rather bitter end to the 2017-18 season for the Carolina Hurricanes (36-35-11, 14 points out of a playoff spot). Given that Hanifin is a local...
Providence Bruins Season Recap: Defensemen
May 30th, 2018 The Providence Bruins 2017-18 defensive group helped contribute to the AHL’s second-lowest goals against average at 2.54, trailing only the Toronto Marlies, who happen to be in the Calder Cup Final. The P-Bruins had size, physicality, and above-average skating ability on the back end this season, but the group’s offensive...
Providence Bruins Add Late Season Youth
March 31st, 2018 The Providence Bruins managed to get even younger over the last two weeks. Injuries all over the organization combined with late-season signings have brought changes to the Providence lineup, many of them fresh faces to the organization. Over the weekend, the P-Bruins were undeterred by the lineup changes, earning an important...
Bruins Top 4 Prospects 2018
March 8th, 2018 Prior to the season, the Boston Bruins prospect pool was filled to the brim with talent that could make the jump to the NHL level and make an impact. From that group, Charlie McAvoy, Jake DeBrusk, Anders Bjork, Sean Kuraly, Danton Heinen and Matt Grzelcyk have all made a splash for the Bruins in role ranging from top-four defender and...
What Does Nick Holden Trade Mean for Paul Postma?
February 20th, 2018 The dominos are starting to fall. When the Boston Bruins traded Rob O'Gara and a 2018 third-round draft pick to the New York Rangers for veteran defender Nick Holden, they made it clear that depth will be important for a long postseason run. It wasn't the big swing many expected with the team being reportedly interested in Ryan McDonagh...
How Bruins Prospects Are Developing in Providence
January 2nd, 2018 The Providence Bruins came away with a resilient 5-4 shootout win Wednesday night over the Utica Comets. The P-Bruins erased a 4-2 third-period deficit to come away with the win. Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson had a goal and an assist in the game, while recent addition Matt Beleskey scored the tying goal with just over a minute left in...
A Look Into The New Year For The Providence Bruins
December 26th, 2017 The Providence Bruins split a pair of road games in Hartford and Springfield over the weekend to remain on top of the AHL’s Atlantic Division. Missing from Friday’s 6-4 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack was forward and P-Bruins alternate captain Colby Cave. A native of Battleford, Saskatchewan, Cave was busy on Friday night making his...
