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
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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
The Buffalo Sabres, like most seasons of late, have a tough schedule. It has nothing to do with clusters of top-notch opponents in key stretches or the Atlantic Division being loaded; it has to do with the team continuing their rebuild. There are still some key dates to mark on the calendar. In fact, every
Following his junior season at the University of Maine in March of 2019, Boston Bruins prospect goaltender Jeremy Swayman decided to forgo his senior season and sign his entry-level contract. At the time of his decision, there were a lot of unknowns not only about hockey, but life in general as the NHL was at
As we approach the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft – when one player from each NHL team besides the exempt Vegas Golden Knights will be selected by Kraken general manager Ron Francis – writers at THW representing each NHL team completed a Mock Expansion Draft to project a realistic outcome for each club. As acting armchair
It almost felt like the Buffalo Sabres would never win a game again. Heading into Wednesday’s 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, who they had lost to just two days prior after blowing a 3-0 third period lead and losing 4-3 in overtime, the Sabres were riding a humiliating 18-game winless streak. Tied with the
With a 3-3-1 record so far this season, you’d be hesitant to put money on the Buffalo Sabres as a shoo-in to make the playoffs. But, there are some indicators that make a case for the Blue and Gold being more competitive than we might think. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Sabres are nipping
If there’s one word to describe the Buffalo Sabres’ first six games of the 2020-21 season, it’s “inconsistent.” Despite playing well in nearly every game, the Sabres find themselves at just 2-3-1 in the early going. The team isn’t getting goalscoring from some of their stars — Jack Eichel, Taylor Hall, Jeff Skinner, and Rasmus
General manager Kevyn Adams fixed the Buffalo Sabres’ most glaring need of the last two seasons with one decisive trade. In acquiring Eric Staal from the Minnesota Wild, the team now has a bonafide second-line centre. Related: Remembering an Old Friend: Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium While the team still needs scoring in the top-six, there is