Over the last week, the news on the injury front for the Boston Bruins has not been good. First Derek Forbort ended up on Injured Reserve on Dec. 7, then on Dec. 13, the team announced that defenseman Charlie McAvoy and top center Pavel Zacha were joining Forbort on IR (from ‘Bruins place Charlie McAvoy,
Linus Ullmark
The Boston Bruins’ goaltending has been in the conversation a lot in the past few weeks. Both Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman are off to terrific starts to their season and are arguably the best goaltending tandem in the league right now. But the conversation has not simply revolved around how talented they are. Related:
The 2023-24 season is here, and the Boston Bruins are entering the campaign with mixed expectations from their fans. Some feel that they are still a playoff-caliber club, while others believe that they will fall off because of their many notable offseason subtractions. For them to have success, they are going to need Linus Ullmark
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, one scribe believes we’ve seen the end of the “Kid Line” for the New York Rangers. Meanwhile, could the Boston Bruins consider trading Linus Ullmark? The Minnesota Wild have some tough decisions to make a number of players who might not return next season. Finally, did Leon Draisaitl suffer an
In this latest edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) Tyler Bertuzzi and the Bruins have not had any extension talks. Meanwhile, it appears that Dmitry Orlov’s preference in free agency is to sign with another team. In other news, veteran Bruins forward David Krejci discussed his playing future. Lastly,
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Washington Capitals have some roster decisions to make and one scribe looked at the players he’s not sure will be back with the team next season. The Edmonton Oilers may also be facing roster challenges based on next season’s salary cap. Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. Meanwhile,
The Boston Bruins have a short turnaround as they visit the St. Louis Blues for a Sunday afternoon matinee. Both clubs will be playing on the back end of back-to-back weekend sets. On Saturday (April 1), the Bruins picked up a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. David Pastrnak notched his 14th career hat trick
The Boston Bruins ended the first half of the 2022-23 season with a 3-0 loss to the Seattle Kraken, but they still own a league-best 32-5-4 record. It has been a historic start for first-year coach Jim Montgomery and his team on many different levels. The second half of the 2022-23 season begins on Jan.
In this latest edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, the Bruins and Anaheim Ducks are reportedly in “some deep discussions.” With that, an NHL insider has named the Bruins as one of the teams currently interested in Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun. Furthermore, following his recent scratch by the New York Rangers, could Alexis
Welcome to the latest edition of the Boston Bruins’ 3 Up, 3 Down for the 2022-23 season. This will be a weekly column released on Mondays chronicling the highs and lows of the previous seven days. It was another positive week for the Boston Bruins. They won two out of three games and made NHL
The New York Rangers (6-3-2) are on a three-game winning streak after losing four straight in October. Their latest victory, a 1-0 overtime win, came on Nov. 1 against one of their Metropolitan Division rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers. Chris Kreider (two goals, two assists) and Mika Zibanejad (two goals, three assists) have led the team
An extension coming for Sweeney Joe Haggerty: Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney doesn’t have a contract extension in place just yet but expects that it will be resolved “in very short order” Conor Ryan: Bruins president Cam Neely said that they started talking to Sweeney about an extension right after the trade deadline. On a
In this edition of Boston Bruins News & Rumors, Brad Marchand has been slumping through the month of April, and told reporters he isn’t happy with his game as of late. Meanwhile, his teammate in Taylor Hall recently snapped out of a goalscoring skid and appears to be heating up with playoffs right around the
Listen to The Hockey Writers Podcast on iHeartRadio and wherever you listen to podcasts, every weekday (Monday to Friday). In this edition of NHL Talk, these are the top storylines with quotes from players, coaches, managers, and more: Predators Victorious on Rinne’s Number Retirement Night Former Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne had his No. 35 retired and raised to the
The Boston Bruins are officially in the second half of the 2021-22 season. Although they started the campaign a bit slowly, they have been able to step things up since the start of the new year. This is made clear by their current 26-14-3 record. Yet, the Bruins still have many more games to play
Over the offseason, Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney had a lot of roster turnover from the 2020-21 season. Sweeney let some of his free agents walk, while retaining Mike Reilly and Taylor Hall who were acquired at the April trade deadline. Sweeney brought in five new free agents from outside the organization to help
In this edition of Bruins Weekly, Jeremy Swayman struggled for the first time in his career, the Black and Gold have a tough two-game road trip this week, two former Buffalo Sabres’ return to Buffalo, and more. Swayman Struggles Against Flyers You knew that this going to happen sooner or later, right? After 10 impressive
Following their second-round playoff elimination at the hands of the New York Islanders in six games in June, there were a lot of questions facing the Boston Bruins entering the offseason. Was general manager Don Sweeney going to close the chapter on the Bruins championship window, or was he going to put together a roster