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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]