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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”

For two decades, the Boston Bruins have been the envy of the National Hockey League. They have yet to win the Stanley Cup during General Manager Don Sweeney’s 11 years in his role as the final say, but from February 2017 when Sweeney promoted his own coach until the wheels fell off last winter, theContinue reading “No tank in Bruins’ thinktank”

The Boston Bruins and David Pastrnak reached 100 on the same night, the final night of the 2025-26 regular season, with their 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Boston also secured the first wild-card position in the Eastern Conference and an opening-round playoff series against Atlantic Division champion Buffalo. For the Bruins, a 100-pointContinue reading “Bruins, Pastrnak race to 100”

The weekend’s two-in-two – home today against Minnesota and tomorrow at Columbus – brings an AHL flavor to the NHL’s stretch run toward the playoffs. The Wild (41-20-12=94) are tuning up while constantly being reminded of the unfair Stanley Cup tournament format that will pit their top-five-in-the-league record against Dallas in the Central Division’s 2-3Continue reading “Wild at Bruins”

After all the hype, reports and speculation, this is the same Boston Bruins team as it was prior to Friday’s trade deadline, as General Manager Don Sweeney simply found the prices of roster upgrade to be too intrusive to his long-range program. The one player Rink Rap would have allowed to take a serious biteContinue reading “Caps at Bruins”

Don Sweeney has been consistent in his win-now/win-later approach toward managing the Boston Bruins roster over his decade as general manager so, by 3 p.m. Friday, will the Bruins be… … or? Sorry not sorry. As much as Sweeney has been diligent in contrasting this deadline from last year’s when he used a seller’s marketContinue reading “Sweeney: Bruins may buy, but they won’t rent”

The Boston Bruins are back … well, almost all of them. Jeremy Swayman became the latest asterisk to the 2025-26 season when he was place on Injured Reserve, necessitating the recall of Michael DiPietro from Providence (AHL). So Joonas Korpisalo got the first start since the Olympic break, as the Bruins faced a Columbus teamContinue reading “Blue Jackets at Bruins”

When I used to sit at my desk in the northwest corner of the house my father built in East Walpole, Mass., drawing my pictures of the old Boston Garden, imaginary expansions thereof, Fenway Park, the old Foxboro (then Schaefer Stadium), Bruins tickets (I was good at it – the one time my work wasContinue reading “Reflections on Bruins’ fumble”

The Boston Bruins have been pretty good at this outdoor game thing, their only notable flop coming 10 years ago in the Winter Classic held at Gillette Stadium. Neither the Bruins nor the Montreal Canadiens made the playoffs that year, but the Winter Classic cost the Bruins a playoff spot, something we may look backContinue reading “Stadium Series: Bruins-Bolts”

It’s Montreal at Boston, the 28-16-7 Canadiens in the red “official” uniform and the 29-20-2 Bruins in their 1970-71 through 2002-03 white, as Commissioner Bettman has encouraged/endorsed reverse-sweater and color-vs.-color nights (when there is effective contrast). Sam Montembeault in net for Montreal and Jeremy Swayman for Boston. Jakub Dobes on the bench for the CanadiensContinue reading “Canadiens at Bruins”