Former Bruins’ goaltending prospect Dan Vladar left tonight’s game early, yielding the net to Aleksei Kolosov, who has been good when needed. The Bruins have gotten a solid preseason debut from Jeremy Swayman, who has only surrendered a late, first-period goal to Jacob Gaucher as Boston and Philadelphia took a 1-1 into the third period.Continue reading “Bruins vs. Flyers Part 1: Brunet, Locmelis Look The Part”
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All hands on deck for Bruins
In an improving Atlantic Division, the Boston Bruins will need everything they’ve got to repeat last season’s 100-points, back-to-the-playoffs performance. The Bruins are one of the few teams in the National Hockey League that can endure a 2026-27 playoff miss, so long as the long-range goals remain intact and the team gives a solid accountContinue reading “All hands on deck for Bruins”
Bruins getting future in order
Fraser Minten is the future of the Boston Bruins, first and foremost. Tuesday morning’s announcement that the 22-year-old center has signed a seven-year contract extension (at $7.2 million annual that kicks in next year) is a strong sign that Bruins management is able in this volatile environment to find solutions where the National Hockey League’sContinue reading “Bruins getting future in order”
Bruins had better be ready
Instead of ending later, hockey is starting sooner. In 2026, September not only promises Boston Bruins training camp but, for the first time in over three decades, the National Hockey League’s return to an 84-game regular season, something done only twice previously in league history: 1992-93 and 1993-94. Garry Galley was among many who startedContinue reading “Bruins had better be ready”
Whitfield earned this chance
Trent Whitfield, who played 833 American Hockey League games and 212 National Hockey League games (playoffs included) before embarking on a coaching career now a decade old, has been in the right place at the right time for a long time. And now his patience pays off with his appointment to coach the Providence BruinsContinue reading “Whitfield earned this chance”
Bruins Re-Do Right D
If there was splash for the Boston Bruins in the offseason, it was the acquisition of flashy winger J-J Peterka from the Utah Mammoth, but if there is an acquisition who could change the game for the Bruins next season, it’s Will Borgen. The 29-year-old defenseman (30 on Dec. 19) was acquired from the NewContinue reading “Bruins Re-Do Right D”
Bergeron’s brand of greatness earns home in Hall, Bruins history
Wayne Gretzky was holding his hallway scrum on the night of Oct. 6, 2007, after his Phoenix Coyotes lost a 3-1 game to the Boston Bruins, the second game of the season for both teams. Far away from hockey’s epicenter out in Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix’s version of Foxboro, the Great One surveyed the faces ofContinue reading “Bergeron’s brand of greatness earns home in Hall, Bruins history”
Next steps trickier for Bruins
Brady Tkachuk to Florida for draft picks, and now that first-rounder the Panthers owe Boston in the Brad Marchand trade isn’t looking so juicy. Aleksander Barkov and the Panthers are back, probably for at least a few more years, with or without Sergei Bobrovsky. Cue that annoying cat-growl sounder. Of more immediate concern, can anyoneContinue reading “Next steps trickier for Bruins”
Canes carry a monkey wrench
That the Carolina Hurricanes have eight pucks on their board against no losses may be a commentary on the vulnerabilities (or at least developmental stage) of their first two playoff opponents, but the Canes’ invincibility through two rounds also points to them as a candidate for monkey-wrench team of the playoffs. They’re the team –Continue reading “Canes carry a monkey wrench”
Bruins still forming identity
Charlie McAvoy and the Boston Bruins’ messy exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs on Friday night reminds Rink Rap of the Bruins’ 1982, Game 7 loss to the Quebec Nordiques on home ice, where an injured Raymond Bourque was not available and when, with two ticks left in a 2-1 game Quebec was about toContinue reading “Bruins still forming identity”
