2011 Bruins Draft…Who’s next?
It seems hard to believe that it’s been a full year since we last heard Taylor versus Tyler…Seguin versus Hall. Who would Edmonton pick? Could Boston actually trade up to get the #1 overall? We all...
View ArticleTwo Picks and a Trade: Draft Day for Leafs Nation
The Kaberle Trade Keeps Giving A trade that already looked good for Toronto grew that much sweeter on Friday, as the Leafs used their 2012 second rounder acquired from Boston in the Tomas Kaberle deal...
View ArticleAnd the Off-Season Games Begin
The parade is over. The confetti’s been swept up. The last few drops of $100K champagne downed. The lockers have been cleared. All the hardware has been handed out. The faithful of the Back-and-Gold...
View ArticleBoston Bruins Summer Playbook
Over the years, I have argued that Bruins GM, Peter Chiarelli, has overpayed while paying for his team. I have written in this space that Andrew Ference, Tim Thomas, Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron and...
View ArticleAn Off-Season in Review
In just 13 days training camp opens. Fourteen days they’ll be back on the ice for the first time since that faithful night in Vancouver and a short, celebration-filled Summer will be over. The quest to...
View ArticleThe Leafs This Week – Dec. 1-8
What Happened The great misleading thing about the NHL standings in the shootout era is the extra category for the “OT loss” and what it says about the team that gets one on their record. The Leafs...
View ArticleCalgary Flames – Trade Deadline Plan
Back to back wins have kept the Calgary Flames right in the hunt for the post season. I think it is fair to say that even the most die hard Flames fan would have said Christmas morning that for the...
View ArticleTrade Deadline Preview…?
The assignment: Come up with an analysis of your take on what your team’s game plan should be for the NHL’s impending trade deadline. Thank you, Peter Chiarelli, for throwing a wrench into that simple...
View ArticleThat was a Statement Game Alright
Wasn’t this supposed to be the Golden Age of the Bruins Power Play? Wasn’t the whole reason Peter Chiarelli spent nearly two years trying to pry Tomas Kaberle out of Toronto that he was supposed to...
View ArticleThe Sky May Not be Falling
A little over two weeks ago, the Boston Bruins were on top of the world. The Black-and-Gold were coming off a Trade Deadline where they were seen as having been big winners, were riding a season-high...
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