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No reason to think the Bruins are trading David Pastrnak
August 15, 2017
In less than one month, the Bruins will hit the ice for training camp. Yet, Don Sweeney still has one more item to cross off on his off-season to-do list. A pretty important one at that – and one that Sweeney hoped to have done by now. As the dog days of summer are nearing […]
Read More »Still no contract for David Pastrnak and still no reason to panic
August 1, 2017
One month before training camp and a mere two months away from the start of the National Hockey League’s regular season. Boy, the summer of 2017 has gone by fast. Yet as we sit here on August 1, David Pastrnak is still without a new contract. As for the negotiations? Well, certainly GM Don Sweeney […]
Read More »Spooner, Bruins, agree to settle
July 26, 2017
They didn’t need a neutral party to settle things after all. On a day where they were scheduled to go to arbitration, the Bruins and Ryan Spooner agreed to a one-year deal on Wednesday with a cap hit of $2.825 million. That is essentially right in the middle of the two sides’ original offers with […]
Read More »As arbitration hearing nears, is Ryan Spooner worth a risk?
July 25, 2017
For the last decade or so, very few restricted free agents and general managers across the National Hockey League have reached the arbitration table. Last year alone, all 25 cases were settled before reaching an independent negotiator. To date, each player eligible for arbitration reached a deal before a decision from that neutral arbitrator. Last […]
Read More »Why there’s no need to panic over Pastrnak negotiations
July 9, 2017
He’s coming off a career year in which he was the second leading scorer behind Brad Marchand on the Black and Gold during the 2016-17 season. So, after tallying 70 points on 34 goals and 36 assists in 75 games, inking David Pastrnak to a new contract was one of Don Sweeney’s top off-season priorities. […]
Read More »Ryan Donato continues to use Havard as outlet to become more versatile
Ryan Donato is going back to Harvard in the fall for his junior semester as earning a degree is extremely important for the Scituate, Mass native. However, something else he is gaining from Harvard is equally important, and that’s the ability to become more versatile on the ice. Entering his freshman year at Harvard, Donato […]
Read More »Comparisons to Brad Marchand flattering for Jesse Gabrielle
July 7, 2017
Hard-nosed; agitator; skilled. Those are three traits that perfectly describe Brad Marchand, who’s been, for better or worse, a player that fans set their eyes to everytime he steps on the ice. In the not too distant future, Jesse Gabrielle hopes to follow in his footsteps. “He’s my favorite player. I’ve actually talked to him […]
Read More »Jakub Zboril’s maturity on display at Development Camp
July 6, 2017
As noon approached during the first day of Development Camp, the coaches instructing this year’s four-day event for Bruins prospects hit the ice roughly an hour later than originally scheduled. The young and future B’s blueliners followed minutes later. The first member of that defensive pipeline to hit the ice? Jakub Zboril, one of the […]
Read More »What to watch for at Bruins Development Camp
July 5, 2017
(Photo credit: Notre Dame Athletics) Having completed his third NHL Entry Draft as the general manager of the Boston Bruins, Don Sweeney has restocked the team’s pool of prospects. He has certainly seen his share of ups and downs, but the drafting and developing of guys like Brandon Carlo and Charlie McAvoy give Sweeney and […]
Read More »Once again, Brandon Carlo the subject of Avalanche rumors
July 3, 2017
Remember the time prior to this year’s trade deadline where the Bruins were rumored to be interested in acquiring Gabriel Landeskog from the Colorado Avalanche? Well, it turned out that that he stayed put as Colorado struggled to a last place finish in the Western Conference. The same Avalanche team that Landeskog captains is in […]
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