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One thing the Boston Bruins hated facing from a playoff-size media horde on Media Day at TD Garden was a series of questions about what happened last spring. They played nice but were matter-of-fact transparent about the fact that disappointment had been fully processed, its cud thoroughly chewed and spit out, and the lessons strainedContinue reading “Rink Rap: Old dog learns a new trick”

UPDATED Sunday, October 8: Per the Bruins, Patrick Brown and A.J. Greer have been placed on waivers for purpose of assignment. Jesper Boqvist, Oskar Steen and Jakub Zboril have been assigned to Providence. Here is how the roster shapes up as the Bruins get Sunday off and anticipate two days of focus on Wednesday night’s seasonContinue reading “Rink Rap: Brown, Greer to waivers”

I remember when I thought Sami Pahlsson looked like the second coming of Peter Forsberg. A 1996 Colorado draft pick (176th overall) who came to Boston in the March 6, 2000, Ray Bourque blockbuster, made Boston’s 2000-01 NHL squad, played briefly and timidly for two legendary NHL coaches (Pat Burns and Mike Keenan) and, byContinue reading “Rink Rap: Pencil in Poitras”

The Bruins wanted to shake the rust off their core players tonight in their second preseason home game (and third overall) against Philadelphia at TD Garden. It was a slow start. Bruins lines for tonight: Brad Marchand Matt Poitras Danton Heinen Anthony Richard Pavel Zacha David Pastrnak Brett Harrison Georgii Merkulov Alex Chiasson A.J. GreerContinue reading “Bruins-Flyers: Core performance”

TAKEAWAYS As the New York Rangers got their act together in the second period of Sunday’s 3-0 Bruins victory at TD Garden, Brandon Bussi‘s 14 second-period saves were impressive until two of the seven he made in the third period were even better, one on a chalk-it-up goal that he stole from Jonny Brodzinski. BussiContinue reading “Postgame Sept. 24: Bruins 3, Rangers 0”

The Boston Bruins open their preseason schedule with a 5 pm faceoff against the New York Rangers at TD Garden. The game is on NESN-Plus; even though Patriots-Jets will have been over for close to an hour by puck drop, 98.5 will not push to another signal. All preseason Bruins games this fall will beContinue reading “Bruins announce lineup for Rangers”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”