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Ducks’ 2022-23 Defensive Pairing Predictions

Charlie Hiller | August 8, 2022

With all their restricted free agents signed and a few dips into the unrestricted free agent market, the Anaheim Ducks roster is beginning to take form. With enough skaters to fill a…

Ducks News & Rumors: RFAs, Klingberg & More

Derek Lee | July 31, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks have certainly been busy over the past couple of weeks. Even after making a pair of marquee signings on Day 1 of Free Agent Frenzy, general manager…

Ducks News & Rumors: Shattenkirk, Vaakanainen & More

Derek Lee | April 30, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks’ 2021-22 season is officially in the books after their final game last night. So too concludes the career of captain Ryan Getzlaf, who played his final game…

Ducks News & Rumors: Fowler, Zegras & More

Derek Lee | April 2, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks seem to be in a complete free-fall at the moment. After two consecutive losses at home to the Dallas Stars this week, they finally managed to break…

Ducks News & Rumors: Jones, Vaakanainen & More

Derek Lee | March 30, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks might be hoping that the end to this season comes a lot quicker, given the way they’ve been playing lately. But the remaining games they have left…

Bruins Acquire Hampus Lindholm From Ducks

Scott Roche | March 19, 2022

Entering the trade deadline, the Boston Bruins have multiple needs that needed to be addressed, and Saturday afternoon, general manager Don Sweeney addressed one. The Bruins acquired defensemen Hampus Lindholm…

Boston Bruins News & Rumors: Copp, Marchand, Vaakanainen & More

Colton Pankiw | February 23, 2022

In this edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, there has been some chatter that the team may consider adding forward Andrew Copp from the Winnipeg Jets ahead of the…

Flyers: 4 Young Bruins Trade Targets

Rob Couch | February 13, 2022

I first looked at some young players the Philadelphia Flyers could be interested in and ask for in a trade with the New York Rangers. So now, we will look…

Bruins Depth Further Tested With Vaakanainen Injury

Brandon Share-Cohen | February 3, 2022

The injury bug has once again bitten the Boston Bruins this season. For the better part of the last five seasons, the Bruins have had an absurd number of injuries…

Bruins Rookie Spotlight: Urho Vaakanainen

Hannah Garfield | February 2, 2022

In 2021-22, the Boston Bruins’ defense has seen its share of highs and lows. There are the obvious highs of Charlie McAvoy and his continued ascent to becoming an elite…

7 Bruins Takeaways From Their 7 Game Homestand

Scott Roche | January 25, 2022

The Boston Bruins just finished a successful homestand, going 5-2-0 and collecting 10 out of a possible 14 points. The Bruins are now eight points ahead of the Detroit Red…

Bruins Weekly: Rask’s up and Down Return, Haula, Ullmark & More

Scott Roche | January 19, 2022

It was a busy last seven days for the Boston Bruins with four games that generated plenty of storylines. In this edition of Bruins Weekly, Tuukka Rask continues his dominance…

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