Posts About "Jaroslav Halak"
3 Bruins Thoughts During the League Pause
March 18th, 2020 The world is in an unprecedented pandemic. It’s been a week since the sports world shutdown. When an NBA player tested positive for the coronavirus March 11, the league took action and shut down operations immediately. Eleven NHL teams share arenas with NBA teams. Of those 11 cities, the infected Utah Jazz player played in three of...
Top 10 NHL Backup Goaltenders
March 13th, 2020 The Russian hockey legend and 1989 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Vladislav Tretiak once said: "there is no position in sport as noble as goaltending." Perhaps what Tretiak ought to say is that no position is as noble as the backup goaltender. As much as the 31 NHL starting goalies have a heavy burden to bear, the men who play behind...
Canucks' Goaltending Options for Next Season
March 13th, 2020 It probably isn't bold to say Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom has been the team's best player this season. With all due respect to Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and J.T. Miller, it's been Markstrom who has, at times, carried this team to victories. When he went down with injury, his absence was felt immediately. The...
Bruins Need to Plan for Future at Backup Goalie
March 9th, 2020 The Boston Bruins have one of the best goaltending tandems in the entire NHL. This has been the case ever since the Bruins signed Jaroslav Halak as a free agent in 2018 and it's played a significant factor in the team's success over the last two years. Included in that success was a trip to Game 7 of the Stanely Cup Final last...
Bruins Finding Their Stride At the Right Time
February 19th, 2020 The Boston Bruins currently sit at the top of the NHL standings at 37-11-12 and currently lead the Atlantic Division by three points over the resurgent Tampa Bay Lightning. They have seemingly hit their stride, going 8-1-0 since the All-Star break. While both the Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs had rough starts to the season, they...
Are the Big Bad Bruins Back?
February 3rd, 2020 Are we seeing the return of the Big Bad Boston Bruins? It was only one game, but that one game showed signs of the Bruins' physical, bruising and fighting style of the 1970s and 1980s when they were the toast of the town. After showing no sign of being the physical and intimidating Bruins they used to be through the first 51 games of...
