All Entries Tagged With: "playoffs"
GameDay: Bruins Begin Second Half With Showdown Against Sens
On Tuesday evening the Boston Bruins will officially kick off the second half of their season when they take on the division rival Ottawa Senators at TD Garden. Only four points separate the two teams in the race for the Northeast crown, although the Sens have played in five more games than the Bruins have. [...]
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Fast Five: Predictions For the NHL’s Second Half
As we hit the all-star break this weekend with the Fantasy Draft kicking things off this evening at 8 P.M., the 2011-’12 NHL season has officially reached it’s mid-point. There have been many surprises — and equally as many disappointments — across the league this season on both an individual and team basis. In anticipation [...]
Gaborik Plays Hero As Rangers Edge Bruins In Battle Of Eastern Conference Elite
On Saturday afternoon, the New York Rangers came to TD Garden as the first place team in the Eastern Conference. When they left the snowy mess of New England, they we’re still atop the conference after an impressive 3-2 overtime win over the defending Stanley Cup Champions. With only 3.6 seconds left in overtime in [...]
Setting The Stage For A Perfect 2013 Winter Classic
The success of the NHL’s Winter Classic is simply undeniable. From television ratings to viewership and overall hype, the annual New Year’s eve outdoor showcase has become hockey’s version of the Super Bowl. On Monday, the world’s top hockey league put together yet another fantastic display of ice hockey in South Philadelphia at the Citizen’s [...]
Chiarelli, Bruins Ink David Krejci To 3-Year Contract Extension
A mere 48 hours after I wrote about the possibility of GM Peter Chiarelli and the Bruins perhaps making a play for Anaheim’s all-pro winger Bobby Ryan, the Boston front office boss effectively ended those chances. The reason being that the focal point of the rumored package to be heading to Anaheim was none other [...]
Gone Streaking: B’s Stifle Sabres En Route To 5th Straight Win
“Our team got a lot better after that” said Bruins head coach Claude Julien during his post-game press conference on Saturday evening. “That”, which Julien spoke of was at 13:13 of the 1st period when B’s winger Milan Lucic knocked over Sabres’ netminder Ryan Miller in a hard collision after the 6’2″ Buffalo goaltender [...]
Realignment Plans For The NHL In 2012
With the recent re-instatement of the Winnipeg Jets, the NHL and it’s Board of Governors will face a tough decision at December’s annual winter meetings. As it is not economical to leave the Jets in the SouthEast division any longer than one year, due to the absurd amount of traveling they must endure simply to [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: B’s & Habs Set To Renew Age-Old Rivalry
Fresh off an abnormal stretch of four straight off-days, the Boston Bruins (3-5-0 (6 Points)) will look to get things back on track Thursday evening as they renew acquaintances with their age-old rivals, the Montreal Canadiens (2-5-2 (6 Points)). The Canadiens, who snapped their recent 6-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory against the [...]
Seguin Stars In B’s 6-2 Trouncing Of Toronto
Regardless of either player’s feelings for one another, 24-year old Maple Leafs’ winger Phil Kessel and 19-year old Bruins’ pivot Tyler Seguin will be linked and compared to one another throughout their entire careers. All of this thanks to a trade in the summer of 2009 that sent 3 top-end draft choices (the first [...]
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 [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: Lightning at Bruins
Today the Bruins are set to welcome in the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning, for the first time since last year’s Eastern Conference Final. This will be the Lightning’s first return to TD Garden since their 1-0 defeat in Game 7 of the ECF, last May. Tonight’s game can be seen on NESN, their first [...]
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 [...]
Bruins Fall To Ottawa 2-1 In Pre-Season Home Finale
Last night, in the final Pre-Season game of 2011 at the TD Garden, the Boston Bruins fell to the visiting Ottawa Senators, 2-1. It was the Bruins who would get on the board first, when Milan Lucic scored Boston’s 6th Power-Play goal in 4 games. Good puck possession, in the offensive zone from Boston’s [...]
Bruins Re-Sign Marchand To New 2-Year Pact
Today B’s General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced that the team had comes to terms on a new 2-year, $5 MIL contract. The signing of the deal ends an excruciatingly long 2 1/2 month saga between Marchand, and the B’s brass. The contract will pay Marchand $2 MIL in year 1, and $3 MIL in [...]
2011 Season Preview: Part I of IV
With the NHL Pre-Season a mere 5 weeks away, it seems that now is an appropriate time to begin a 4-part season preview. In the first part, I will predict the standings for the Eastern Conference. In part 2, I will share my opinions on the Western Conference. Part 3 will be a look [...]
The simmering sickness inside the heart of many, unleashed
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” – Jeremiah 17:9 Five days have passed since the shocking riots in Vancouver cast an indelible pall over the night of Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final and yet the shock still remains. When looking back on June 15, 2011, [...]
Game 7: A tale of “three” goalies in truly bizarre 2011 Stanley Cup Final
As a wise man once said, the two sweetest words for any sports fan are: “Game 7″. For the fifth time in the past eight NHL seasons, the championship series will go the distance. Game 7 between the Bruins and Canucks will be played tonight at Rogers Arena in Vancouver to conclude the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. This series [...]
Vancouver has waited since 1915 for another Stanley Cup win
Exactly seventeen years ago today, the scene in Vancouver was very similar. The city buzzed with hope after the previous night’s Stanley Cup Final game on home ice moved the Canucks within one win of capturing the franchise’s first-ever championship. On June 11, 1994, the Canucks defeated the New York Rangers at Pacific Coliseum 4-1 in [...]
Odd link between the Pens and Atlanta Thrashers’ demise
Much ink has been used over the past week detailing the downfall of NHL hockey in Atlanta for another generation of Georgian fans and the related relocation of the city’s franchise, like the Flames in 1980, up north to Canada, this time to Winnipeg. Many factors force a team to move to a different place: fan apathy for [...]