Posts About "John Michael Liles"
Projecting the 2018 United States Olympic Men's Hockey Team
July 31st, 2017 What’s been hinted at for months is now reality: NHL players will not be participating in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. That means no Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, or Jonathan Quick representing the United States on what would be an absolutely stacked team. Instead, USA Hockey will need to look outside of the NHL when building...
Be Boring, Bruins
February 26th, 2017 The Boston Bruins are playing their best hockey of the 2016-17 season, putting them in the middle of a tight Eastern Conference playoff race heading into the trade deadline. Even with the exciting action on the ice and in the standings, the Bruins should elect to be boring at the deadline. Being boring does not mean GM Don Sweeney...
Bruins Re-Sign Defenseman John-Michael Liles
July 1st, 2016 The Boston Bruins have resigned defenseman John-Michael Liles to a one-year deal. Per Hockey Night In Canada reporter Elliotte Friedman, the deal is worth an estimated $2 million contract. Liles in BOS is one year, $2M — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2016 Liles is a 5'-10" 185-pound Indianapolis, Indiana native was...
John-Michael Liles Will Have Hearing for Hit on Kucherov
March 9th, 2016 New Boston Bruins defenseman John-Michael Liles will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety, the DoPS announced Wednesday. The hearing will be in regards to a hit delivered to the head of Tampa Bay Lightnning forward Nikita Kucherov in Tuesday's overtime win against the Bolts. On the play Kucherov evades Liles as...
How Did The Bruins Fare On Deadline Day?
March 1st, 2016 Deadline Day in Boston. It was a day filled with anticipation at the outset. Pending free agent Loui Eriksson was the biggest fish in their pond and the wild card to what they would do. Contract negotiations had stalled out in recent days, leading most to believe he had certainly played in last game as a Bruin. Well, 3pm came...and...
Breaking Down the Bruins Trade Deadline
February 29th, 2016 At 2:58 pm on Monday's NHL Trade Deadline, Bruins Twitter was rioting about Boston's passivity. By 3:30 pm, Bruins Twitter was upset about the moves that Boston had made. So what happened? In the final minutes before Monday's 3:00 pm deadline, the Bruins made two controversial moves, in both cases giving up draft picks for a veteran...