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What we know about the NHL/NHLPA tentative agreement for the new season

December 19, 2020

Talk about a news dump on the Friday before Christmas. As reported by several outlets, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement for the start of the 2021 season. The players had a conference call on Friday to discuss the details, while the owners are scheduled to have their teleconference on Monday. Indeed […]

Bruins re-sign Jake DeBrusk as pandemic uncertainty continues

November 24, 2020

Even before the pandemic, Jake DeBrusk found his name on the trade rumor mill on a small handful of occasions. Yet, the Bruins didn’t have any thoughts about shipping the 2015 first-round selection to another squad. Though he’s provided his share of clutch moments through his first three seasons in Boston, including a magnificent Game […]

Craig Smith signing provides a need, but Bruins still have work to do

October 10, 2020

The Bruins were less than 24 hours removed from watching Torey Krug depart for St. Louis. They’ll need to fill that big hole on the left side of the defense either from within the organization or via free agency or trade. But GM Don Sweeney had other holes to fill entering an important off-season, particularly […]

Blues sign Torey Krug; Kevan Miller re-signs with Bruins

October 9, 2020

Torey Krug became an unlikely hero during the Bruins’ run to the Stanley Cup run in 2013. He became a fan-favorite among the Causeway faithful as exemplified by his helmetless, bone-jarring hit on Blues forward Robert Thomas in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final six years later. Well, Thomas and Krug will now be […]

Tuukka Rask speaks on his future and exiting the Toronto bubble

October 8, 2020

For whatever reason, Tuukka Rask became a polarizing figure among certain Bruins fans since he took over for Tim Thomas full time in 2013. And some of his detractors didn’t cut him slack when he exited the Toronto bubble during Boston’s first-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes as he attended to a family situation. After […]

3 hot items on Don Sweeney’s off-season to-do list

September 30, 2020

It’s been over a month since the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning eliminated the Boston Bruins in five games. But alas, the NHL off-season is officially here. Expect a busy off-season — with the league’s proposed startup for the 2020-21 season in December or January — beginning next week with the NHL Draft and […]

How short is the Bruins’ Stanley Cup window?

September 1, 2020

The Boston Bruins entered the Toronto bubble as the recipients of the Presidents’ Trophy. They exited without any additional hardware. Now they’re left with questions of ‘what if?’ Such queries include: “What if the regular season hadn’t come to a halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic?” Or: “What if Tuukka Rask hadn’t exited the bubble […]

What We Learned: Lightning strikes again on Bruins’ season

The Boston Bruins season is officially over. It did not end in redemption. It did not end hoisting the Stanley Cup. Instead, it was an unfitting silent goodbye from the Eastern Conference bubble in Toronto at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning. In an eerily similar result to their second-round matchup in 2018, the […]

What we learned: Lightning put Bruins on brink of elimination

August 29, 2020

The Boston Bruins had an extra day to get the bitter taste out of their mouths following their poor effort in Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Now they have to face a new reality. The Bruins will have no margin for error after dropping their third straight game to the Lightning in Game […]

Commentary: On sports and social unrest

August 28, 2020

On Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Boston Bruins lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-1, in embarrassing fashion, falling to a 2-1 series deficit. The blowout loss wasn’t even close to the main story of the day. Instead, the focus lies on the harsh reality that social and racial injustice exists in this country and around […]