All Entries Tagged With: "Blake Wheeler"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 23-23-5 with 51 points through 51 games. After 51 games last season, the Bolts were 31-15-5 with 67 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, eight points [...]
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Get Back On Track Against Wheeler, Jets
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins will look to bounce back from their 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, when they host Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and the rest of the Winnipeg Jets. The B’s and Jets have met twice already this season, with each team winning one game. This first meeting saw the Black [...]
The Perfect Trade: 10 Months Later
In the NHL, most deadline deals orchestrated by genius General Managers in the heart of winter are one-sided. In a sense that you have “buyers” and “sellers”. One team looking to bolster their chances for a deep run in the playoffs, while the other is looking to collect assets to build upon for the future. [...]
Bruins’ Point Streak Comes To A Close As Pavelec Outshines Rask In Winnipeg
All good things must come to an end. Right? At least that’s what I’ve learned. On Tuesday night, in front of a raucous Winnipeg crowd, the newest incarnation of the Jets were able to halt the Boston Bruins’ four game winning streak and their 15-game point streak all in one foul swoop. Backstopped by 34 [...]
Thomas, Kelly Lead Bruins To 4-2 Win Over Jets
On Saturday night the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to twelve games with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the TD Garden. Over that stretch, the B’s have notched wins over five of the NHL’s seven Canadian-based franchises. Sparked by the magnificent play of goaltender Tim Thomas, who recorded his eight straight [...]
Bruins GameDay: Stuart, Wheeler Visit Garden In First Year With Winnipeg
Tonight the Boston Bruins (13-7-1 (27 Points)) will attempt to recover from their Black Friday shootout loss against the Red Wings as they face-off with the Winnipeg Jets. This will mark the first visit to TD Garden ever from the new-era Jets after relocating to Manitoba last summer. Winnipeg is 9-9-4 (22 Points) and is [...]
B’s Ink Peverley To 3-Year Extension; Krejci Out Indefinitely
Last February, as the 2011 NHL trade deadline was fast approaching, many believed they knew what Bruins’ GM Peter Chiarelli was looking for; a “puck-moving defenseman”, something that had alluded the team for quite a while. For better or worse, Chiarelli brought in Tomas Kaberle, to fill that void. However, in order to acquire [...]
Five Predictions For The Bruins In 2011
News & Notes – On Saturday evening, the Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 in their final exhibition game of the year, in Bridgeport, CT at the home of the Islanders’ AHL affiliate. It was the Islanders who got on the board first, and would build a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals from [...]
Top-10 oversized players in the NHL
Following last week’s blog on the Top-10 undersized players in the NHL these days, I decided to do the exact opposite and have a look at the NHL’s biggest and strongest NHL players who can dominate the game with their size advantage over smaller and lighter players. These jumbo players have always received extra attention [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Another Brad Richards Rumor . . .
Just when you think everyone in the mainstream media finally had the good sense to realize the Dallas Stars won’t be trading star center Brad Richards this season up pops a pundit – who is either engaged in wishful thinking or really hasn’t paid much attention to Richards and the Stars – envisioning trade scenarios. [...]
Logically Looking at the Blues & Bruins as Trading Partners
The Boston Bruins need to create cap space to bring back Marc Savard. With key injuries the St. Louis Blues may need help in their forward ranks. Is there a deal to be made?
Breakout Or Bust: Will Wheeler Prove His Worth For B’s?
In the summer of 2008 when forward Blake Wheeler couldn’t/wouldn’t agree to terms with the Phoenix Coyotes, the 6’5″ forward hit the open market as an unrestricted free-agent and instantaneously became a marquee name among second-tier pool of free agents. Drawing interest from the Canadiens and Rangers along with the B’s, the Hub had every [...]
Bruins’ Wheeler Awarded 2.2 Million In Arbitration
Heading into the arbitration process, it’s safe to assume most Bruins fans had no clue what to expect when it came to forward Blake Wheeler. Potential is what led to him being drafted fifth overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in 2004, and it’s what led to him being targeted so highly by the Bruins in [...]
Cap-Crunching Ahead: Bruins Extend Mark Stuart
Boston Bruins sign Mark Stuart to a one-year extension, but with two-million dollars left in cap-space, what’s next for the Bruins?
Presidencies & Rumors: A Quietly Busy Week In Boston
It’s been an interesting and eventful week in Boston, but the Boston Celtics and the trade (and ensuing riot via social-networking) of Jaroslav Halak to St. Louis by the Montreal Canadiens has really buried the Bruins’ headline-sweeping ability. However, with the temperatures approaching 90 degrees in the city of Boston, it’s probably the only time [...]
Make It Seven: Bruins On Brink Of Ultimate Failure
Where to begin? Was it the season-ending wrist injury to the resurgent David Krejci in Game 3? Was it in Game 4 when the returning Simon Gagne played the hero in overtime, parked in front of the net uncontested by Zdeno Chara and Dennis Wideman on the play? Or was it the meltdown of a [...]
Late Lucic Goal Gives Bruins 2-0 Series Lead
During the regular season, the Boston Bruins were unable to string more than two consecutive wins on home ice. Now, after some more late-game theatrics at the TD Garden, the B’s are heading to Philadelphia with a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. I’m sure a ‘History Will Be Made’ parody could fit [...]
Do Rask & The B’s Give Reason To Believe In Boston?
While it looked unlikely, and at times just plain impossible, the B’s are in the NHL Playoffs for the third straight season. It wasn’t easy, and the climb has yet to begin, but when the Bruins take to the ice of the HSBC Arena on Thursday night to begin their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against [...]
