Posts About "Tommy Wingels"
6 Ex-Blackhawks to Watch in NHL Playoffs
April 16th, 2018 The 2017-18 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, as sixteen teams completed their second and third postseason matchups over the weekend. It’s a little weird for Chicago Blackhawks fans; their team isn’t participating for the first time since the 2008-09 season. For nine consecutive years, they were part of the postseason...
Suspensions Warranted for Kadri & Wingels
April 13th, 2018 The third period of Game 1 of the first-round series between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs was marred by an ugly incident between the Leafs’ Nazem Kadri and the Bruins’ Tommy Wingels. At 08:18 of the third, Kadri was given a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for laying an illegal hit on Wingels, just after...
Wingels Looking to Put Away Title Demons with Boston
April 9th, 2018 Due to a series of injuries to the likes of Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Jake DeBrusk and Rick Nash over the last month, the Boston Bruins have been forced to expand the roles of a significant portion of their bottom-six forward core, all while welcoming newcomers such as Brian Gionta from the USA Olympic Team, and top-draft pick Ryan...
Should the Bruins Re-Sign Wingels?
March 14th, 2018 It's not often that a team spends draft capital to acquire a player they hope plays as little as possible, but that was exactly the pathos behind the acquisition of veteran forward and UFA-to-be Tommy Wingels. That's not a knock on Wingels whatsoever. It's merely an acknowledgement of the fact that prior to the trade things had been...
Newest Bruins Thriving with Injuries Mounting
March 6th, 2018 It was just over one month ago that a Boston Bruins squad embedded in an historic points streak suddenly found itself minus two if its most important players. Between Brad Marchand's delivery of a Macho Man-inspired flying elbow and Charlie McAvoy's finicky ticker the B's were forced to endure the absence of two difference makers for...
Tommy Wingels - Your New Favorite Bruin
February 28th, 2018 In life, you only get one chance at making a first impression. In professional sports, a first-impression can shape a player's entire legacy in a city - for better or for worse. When Tommy Wingels was traded to the Boston Bruins at the Trade Deadline, there were mixed reactions to the move. For some, the move was just a depth trade...
Bruins Acquire Wingels From Blackhawks
February 26th, 2018 The Boston Bruins have acquired forward Tommy Wingels from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the team announced Monday. The fifth-round pick can become a fourth-round pick if the Bruins advance past the first-round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs or if the Bruins re-sign...
Blackhawks Weekly: Back Down to Earth
October 23rd, 2017 We’re three weeks and nine games into the 2017-18 season for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hawks played three times this week, losing to the St. Louis Blues 5-2, dropping an overtime contest to the Edmonton Oilers 2-1, and then beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-2. Their record is now 5-2-2, with 12 out of a possible 18 points on the...
Lessons From Patrick Marleau’s Improved Season
January 27th, 2017 For the past several years, Patrick Marleau’s seasons have followed a template. Start hot and disappear. His first ten games have been terrific, the rest of the season, not so much. In the prior two seasons, Marleau has been more problem than solution. I’ve commented on this before. To summarize, Marleau is not a player capable of...
Senators Keep Rolling in 2017
January 27th, 2017 It’s been a busy and productive 2017 so far for the Ottawa Senators. With the second half of the season in full swing, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion is making some roster moves. The team is looking like a well-oiled machine lately. They have solid defensive structure under head coach Guy Boucher and the top three lines are...
Preview: Hot Senators Host Cold Flames
January 26th, 2017 The Ottawa Senators and the Calgary Flames will face off in a tale of two teams going opposite directions. The Senators are amidst their best stretch of the season while the Flames are going through their worst. The Flames can count on the fact that they beat the Senators earlier this season 5-2. However, things are different this time...
Wingels Trade Puts Sharks' Future in Motion
January 26th, 2017 Time was ticking since the start of training camp for Tommy Wingels. Last season, the physical forward was often scratched from the lineup by San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer. More of the same from Wingels was seen again this season as his play did not satisfy DeBoer, leading to healthy scratches. Like former teammate, Matt Nieto,...
Quick's Status, Habs' Interest in Hanzal, Wingels Traded & More News
January 24th, 2017 Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi expects that the earliest goaltender Jonathan Quick will return to the team is early March, according to L.A. Kings Insider's Joe Rosen. Quick has been out out of the lineup since he suffered a groin injury during their opening night matchup against the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 12....
