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NHL Free Agency Fireworks Around the League on Day 1

By Brian Kintz ⋅ July 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The door was opened to the offseason free agent frenzy yesterday at noon ET, and it didn’t take long before several teams made impact moves across the league.
Locally, while our Bruins made no major moves, GM Peter Chiarelli was able to lock up two forwards yesterday for next season… one young and one old, one [...]

Bruins Sign Byron Bitz, Steve Bégin, and Johnny Boychuk

By Erikk ⋅ July 2, 2009 ⋅ One comment

On the first day of the free-agency signing period, Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli kept his word. Tuesday, after failing to make a draft day trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs involving Phil Kessel and Thomas Kaberle, Chiarelli told the press that he would not sacrifice depth in order to sign a big name. In [...]

Future Looks Bright for Young Bruins

By Ty Scheiner ⋅ June 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

After earning their first Division championship since ’04, this past post-season looked very promising for the B’s. Boston had arguably the best goaltender in Tim Thomas, who averaged 1.85 GA throughout the regular season, and one of the most feared defenseman in Zdeno Chara.
After a clean sweep of the long-time rival Montreal Canadiens, there was [...]

Bruins Draft Caron in First Round

By Erikk ⋅ June 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Back in Montréal for the first time since his team swept the Canadiens out of the playoffs, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli knew he was less than welcome at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Commenting on how nice it was to return to Montréal, the locals booed Chiarelli as if the Bruins had decided to host [...]

Phil Kessel Leaving to Leaf Land?

By Brian Kintz ⋅ June 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome to NHL Draft Day 2009! Today marks the kickoff to what could be a very interesting and very important week for the hometown hockey squad. The first round of tonight’s big event will be broadcast live from the Bell Centre in Montreal on Versus, with rounds 2 through 7 being held tomorrow. This all [...]

Phil Kessel: Bound To Leave Boston?

By Ty Anderson ⋅ June 26, 2009 ⋅ One comment

At the conclusion of the NHL Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, the 2008-09 season was officially over. After the Bruins took home the Jack Adams, Vezina, Norris, and Jennings Trophies, it’s now back to work for General Manager Peter Chiarelli.
With the signing of the David Krejci to a three-year deal worth a total of [...]

Feeling a Draft? Could Be Trade Winds

By Brian Kintz ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Every June each year, the best of the best in the world of high school and collegiate athletics set their sights on making the big leagues. Major League Baseball kicked this off by holding their amateur entry draft two weeks ago, and this week, the focus turns to winter sports, as the NBA will stage [...]

Bruins Season Review

By Erikk ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The end of this year’s hockey season saw a team dressed in black and gold hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup above their heads in triumph. Unfortunately for Bruins fans, it was not Zdeno Chara, Marc Savard, or Tim Thomas lifting sports’ most storied trophy; instead, it was Sid “the Kid” Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the rest [...]

Andrew Ference Undergoes Surgery

By KC ⋅ June 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference, who was injured during the whole playoffs, underwent surgery Wednesday at Mass. General to repair an abdominal hernia and an abductor release to repair an injured groin.
According to the team, Ference will miss four-six weeks of action. I would think that means 4-6 weeks starting now, but Globe writer Kevin Paul [...]

Bruins GM Chiarelli – Contract Extension to 2013-14

By Chris ⋅ June 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has earned an extension through to the 2013-2014 NHL season. Chiarelli has helped to take the Bruins from the fifth-worst team in the NHL, three season ago when he started, to the second-best record this past season.
About the extension, Chiarelli said:
“For them to have said to me at one point in [...]

Bruins Sign Krejci to Contract Extension

By KC ⋅ June 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

After a breakout season, Bruins center David Krejci became a restricted free agent and could sign a max deal with any team, but GM Peter Chiarelli wouldn’t have any of it. He re-signed his second line center on Tuesday to a three-year contract extension with an annual cap hit of $3.75 million.
Under the new terms [...]

Bruins Season Report Card 2008-2009

By KC ⋅ May 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

OK, the hangover is over. It’s been a little while since the boys in Black & Gold hung up their skates for the season, so it’s time to find out who made the grade.
It was the most successful season in 10 years for the Bruins, but many rightfully feel they didn’t go as far as [...]

Jacobs Expects Winter Classic at Fenway Park

By KC ⋅ May 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs expects the NHL’s third annual Winter Classic, played outdoors on Jan. 1, to be held at Fenway Park. Jacobs believes an official announcement from the league could come in July.
Sports of Boston reported back in April that the Bruins’ likely opponent would be the arch-rival Montreal Canadiens.

Chiarelli, Julien Win Sporting News Awards

By KC ⋅ May 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Sporting News has named Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli the NHL’s Executive of the Year. On Tuesday they named coach Claude Julien the Coach of the Year.
Over the last year, Chiarelli signed Michael Ryder to a 3-year, $12 million deal in the off-season and traded for Steve Montador and Mark Recchi at the trade deadline. Ryder [...]

What Can We Do Now?

By Chris ⋅ May 18, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

So we’ve lost our two playoff teams in the same week. How are we going to recover? I guess for most of us, the Bruins Game 7 against the ‘Canes will be the last hockey game we will see until next April, just enough time to rebuild our faith in them. It was a painful [...]

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