In his scheduled pregame meeting with the media, Boston Bruins Coach Marco Sturm referenced his team’s disappointing showing in Thursday’s 4-1 loss at St. Louis (which caused Friday’s scheduled day off to become a practice), and his message was basic as in back to basics. Defense, checking (including the forecheck) and “identity” were key words.Continue reading “Bruins reset vs. Chicago”
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Bruins face a Mammoth question
The Pavel Zacha question won’t go away, and there are two ways to look at it: One is a problem, the other an opportunity. It could be in this era of the National Hockey League’s sharply rising salary cap that the die is cast. Reports are circulating that the 29-year-old Boston Bruins center, whose $4.75Continue reading “Bruins face a Mammoth question”
Bruins Cook with Pasta
The Boston Bruins became David Pastrnak’s team on March 7, 2025, the day Brad Marchand was traded to the Florida Panthers. It just took a year and a half for it to become official. Pastrnak’s appointment as the 28th captain in franchise history comes with the feeling that – all due respect to top defensemanContinue reading “Bruins Cook with Pasta”
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”
