Posts About "Jaroslav Halak"
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 Sign Halak to Contract Extension
May 1st, 2020 The Boston Bruins have signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a one-year contract extension worth $2.25 million, the team announced Friday. Halak is set to turn 35 years old in May and was a pending unrestricted free agent. https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1256331237100158978?s=20 As mentioned by Elliotte Friedman, Halak is...
Canadiens' Top UFA Goalie Targets
April 30th, 2020 This offseason, the Montreal Canadiens have a few areas they need to improve on, including finding a top-six forward, a puck-moving, left-handed defenceman and most importantly, a reliable backup for Carey Price. Related: Montreal Canadiens Face Key Decisions This Offseason There will be an abundance of quality NHL goaltenders...
Bruins' Core Players Hurt by Season Pause
April 21st, 2020 If all was right in the world, the National Hockey League would be in the middle of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As we know, all is not right in the world as we work our way through the coronavirus pandemic that has broken out worldwide. When the NHL went into their protective pause on March 12, there was uncertainty...
Canadiens: 4 Late-Round Draft Steals
April 19th, 2020 There must've been something in the air when the Montreal Canadiens selected defenseman Andrei Markov 162nd overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Having announced his retirement on Thursday, he finished his illustrious NHL career with 572 points in 990 games, all with the Habs. He's the top-scoring defenseman in that draft class, ahead...
4 NHL Backup Goalies Who Should Be Starters
April 15th, 2020 One can argue that the hardest position to properly fill in hockey is the role of the backup goaltender. Not only do you need an NHL-caliber goalie who is able to perform without having a consistent playing schedule, but he also has to be good enough to step into the starting role for weeks or even months should injury strike the...
3 Bruins Key Free Agents Not Named Torey Krug
April 14th, 2020 Every offseason, free agency causes sleepless nights for National Hockey League general managers and fans. There seem to be decisions that have to be made each summer that can set up a franchise to compete for Stanley Cup championships for years to come, or they can deter championship runs. Related: Derek 'Turk' Sanderson - A Boston...
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Rangers, Canadiens, Neutral Site Games, More
April 12th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is news that a Vancouver Canucks forward is heading overseas to the KHL, Artemi Panarin tries to clarify comments he made about skipping next season, the Canadiens are looking at suitable backup goaltender options, and there is talk about the NHL moving to neutral site games in an attempt to finish...
3 Bruins Who Deserve 7th Player Award
April 3rd, 2020 The end of the National Hockey League regular season was scheduled to be this weekend on April 4. The two-plus month grind to a Stanley Cup championship for 16 teams was about to begin before the league put the season on pause on March 12 amid the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. Some teams give out season-ending awards that are voted on...
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...
