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Former Bruin Aaron Ward Retires

By KC Downey ⋅ August 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After a 13-year career in the NHL, including three Stanley Cups, defenseman Aaron Ward has decided to hang up his skates. The 37-year-old Ward spent parts of three years with the Bruins from 2007-2009.
“I’m very proud to have played for as long as I did in the NHL, with and against the best players [...]

Doug Jarvis Hired as Bruins Assistant Coach

By Brian Kintz ⋅ August 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins filled their assistant coaching void on Wednesday, hiring former Canadiens assistant Doug Jarvis to be the new “eye in the sky.” Jarvis will watch all of the team’s games from up in the press box, as assistant coach Doug Houda has done for the past three seasons. Houda has been asked [...]

Seguin Pens Contract, Puts Bruins Over Salary Cap

By Chris Buonomo ⋅ August 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Today the Bruins inked a deal with their top draft pick, Tyler Seguin, but the contract puts the Bruins over the salary cap. Who will the B’s get rid of to get back under the cap?
The Bruins and their second-overall pick agreed to terms on a three-year contract that can be worth up to $3.75 [...]

Bruins Sign Four Players With Salary Cap Space Dwindling

By Brian Kintz ⋅ July 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The NHL off-season wages on, and the Bruins remain one of the more active teams in the market. Thursday, GM Peter Chiarelli took care of some in-house business, inking four Bruins to new deals, including newly acquired Gregory Campbell, forward Jeff LoVecchio, and a pair of defensemen, Adam McQuaid and Andrew Bodnarchuk.
Campbell, who came [...]

Andrew Ference Visits BP Oil Spill

By Brian Kintz ⋅ July 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It’s a sticky situation down in the Gulf of Mexico these days, literally. But who better to swoop down south and save the day than the Bruins’ resident green machine, tree-hugging defenseman Andrew Ference.
Where there’s a cause, there’s a Ference. Long an advocate for anything to do with the health of the environment, [...]

Paille Returns to Boston on New Two-Year Deal

By Brian Kintz ⋅ July 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Both Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger from TSN in Canada are reporting that the Bruins have agreed on a two-year deal with restricted free agent Daniel Paille. The deal is reported to be worth $2.15 million in total, with Paille earning $1 million in 2010-11, then $1.15 million in 2011-12. The annual cap [...]

Lots Bruin’: B’s Sign Recchi, Draft Seguin, Trade Sobotka, etc.

By Brian Kintz ⋅ June 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hockey’s hot stove season has heated up and nowhere is it hotter than here in the Hub of Hockey.
Highlighted by the NHL entry draft this past weekend and the selection of overall No. 2 pick Tyler Seguin, the Boston Bruins have put themselves in the center of it all, with moves being made, and rumors [...]

Bruins Draft Tyler Seguin

By KC Downey ⋅ June 26, 2010 ⋅ One comment

For a while, it was Taylor over Tyler. Then, it was Tyler over Taylor. Friday night, the Bruins finally landed one of the two studs, drafting center Tyler Seguin with the No. 2 pick in the NHL Draft. GM Peter Chiarelli wasted no time in taking Seguin at No. 2, rushing to the podium shortly [...]

Bruins Sign Johnny Boychuk to Extension

By KC Downey ⋅ June 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins and defenseman Johnny Boychuk agreed on a two-year contract on Thursday worth $3.75 million. The 26-year-old will make $1.75 million next year and $2 million in the 2011-2012 season.
“I was thinking about maybe going to free agency and seeing what was out there, but when I looked around the league I [...]

Bruins Bench Boss Ramsey Heads to Atlanta as New Head Coach

By Brian Kintz ⋅ June 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

According to several reports, led by Pierre LeBrun at ESPN.com, Bruins’ assistant coach Craig Ramsey has been hired as the new head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers.
The 59-year-old Ramsey will head up his third NHL team in his long hockey career, with brief head coaching gigs in Buffalo (21 games in ‘86-’87 season) and Philadelphia [...]

Penguins Re-Sign Public Enemy No. 1: Matt Cooke

By KC Downey ⋅ June 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Matt Cooke is most well-kn0wn in these parts for his cheap, yet devastating hit on center Marc Savard that ended Savard’s regular season. Savard, of course, returned for the Flyers series in the second round of the playoffs, but wasn’t so impressive while still working himself into playing shape. Cooke can be blamed for that.
Cooke [...]

Bruins Acquire Nathan Horton in Trade with Florida

By Pete ⋅ June 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Just mere days before the NHL draft, the Bruins made some noise with their trade with the Florida Panthers. Boston sent Dennis Wideman, the No. 15 pick in Friday’s draft, and a 2011 third-round pick down south in exchange for Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell.
Horton, who has been criticzed in the past for his work ethic, [...]

Tim Thomas Trade Winds Blowing, Destination Unknown

By Brian Kintz ⋅ June 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The action on the ice has cooled off around the NHL, but this week the focus shifts off the ice, as a busy week in hockey is headlined by Tuesday’s Hall of Fame inductees announcement, Wednesday night’s awards ceremony in Las Vegas, and this weekend’s NHL entry draft in Los Angeles. Follow that up [...]

Taylor or Tyler? That is the Question

By Greg ⋅ June 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With the second pick in the 2010 NHL Draft, the Boston Bruins select……Tyler Seguin? Of course everyone was hoping that the Bruins would get Taylor Hall over Seguin, but to have the opportunity to get Seguin is one Boston should not pass up.
When these two young stars announced that they were going to declare for [...]

Blackhawks Clinch Stanley Cup in Overtime Thriller

By Binyamin Cooper ⋅ June 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In one of the strangest ways to end a title-winning game, the Blackhawks defeated the Flyers in overtime 4-3, Wednesday night, clinching their first championship in 47 years.
Patrick Kane slid his shot right through Philadelphia goalie Michael Leighton four minutes into overtime in a way that only he could see it go in the net. [...]