Posts About "Ryan Donato"
NHL News & Notes: Donato, Puljujarvi & More
November 1st, 2018 In today's News & Notes, Ryan Donato has been assigned to the AHL, Jesse Puljujarvi will return to game action and Alexander Radulov is out with an injury again. Related: NHL News & Notes: Luongo, Lehner & More Donato Assigned to AHL The Boston Bruins have assigned Donato to the AHL. The 22-year-old has played in 11...
Bruins Assigning Donato to AHL is the Right Move
November 1st, 2018 Five goals and nine points in 12 games. That's how Ryan Donato's NHL career started when he signed his entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins last March. Fresh off of an excellent college hockey campaign and a very good performance in the Olympics that saw him score five goals and six points in five games, Donato appeared ready...
Bruins Mishandling Third Line Center Role
October 8th, 2018 Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari and David Backes. All three players are or have been capable of playing center in their career and have been reliable in the spot when called upon. Despite this, there's a clear distinction between a player who can play center and a player who can play center in a top-nine role. That's unfortunate for the...
Boston Bruins 2018-19 Prospect Pyramid
October 3rd, 2018 Evaluating talent is part of the business in the NHL. While general managers, scouts and executives for each team have to look at talent within the system and typically create an internal ranking of their own players, it's almost impossible to definitely list prospect A over prospect B with the exception of a few elite talents who are...
Will Donato Drown in Bruins' Youth Depth?
August 9th, 2018 When you're describing the 2017-18 Boston Bruins, what word comes to mind? You could use many descriptors to summarize last season's Bruins campaign, but one that stands out to me is "budding." Under a head coach taking on his first full NHL season, a rejuvenated Bruins roster budding with fresh young talent exceeded expectations in...
Time For Donato to Get His Chance?
April 25th, 2018 The Boston Bruins have found themselves in a bit of a sticky situation following back-to-back losses in Games 5 and 6 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, as the series shifts back to TD Garden for a series-deciding Game 7 on Wednesday. Throughout the first six games of the series, recent signee and 2014 second-round pick out of Harvard,...
