All Entries Tagged With: "Tomas Kaberle"
Why The Boston Bruins Will Beat The Capitals In Six Games
It’s that time of year again. No more five-minute, four-on-four overtimes. No more shootouts. No more three-point games. No more sleeping. Prepare for long nights of thrilling hockey, folks, as sixteen teams prepare to compete for the most coveted prize in sports: the Stanley Cup. After raising the franchise’s sixth championship banner to the rafters [...]
GameDay: B’s And Rangers Faceoff At TD Garden Plus Thoughts On Rick Nash Rumors
On Tuesday evening the best two teams in the Eastern Conference will clash for the second time this season. Henrik Lundqvist and the first-place New York Rangers will travel to Boston to take on the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins at the TD Garden. Boston is coming of a thrilling come-from-behind victory against the [...]
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Resurgent Pouliot Leads B’s Past Habs For 5th Straight Victory
“Losing one of your top players like that, we all have to step up individually and as a team and tonight we did a good job.” – Tyler Seguin Despite the suspension of first line winger Milan Lucic, the Boston Bruins continued their red-hot roll on Monday night against the hated Canadiens. Playing without Lucic [...]
GameDay: Lucic Suspended As Bruins Host Hated Habs
Tonight the Boston Bruins (21-9-1) will play host to their most hated rivals, the Montreal Canadiens (13-13-7). The Habs, losers of two straight, will look to get things back in order on Monday night when they kick off a six-game road trip that will keep them away from Montreal until the year 2012. Tonight will [...]
Canadiens trade veteran Jaroslav Spacek to Hurricanes for Tomas Kaberle: panic move?
The Montreal Canadiens have traded 37 year-old veteran Jaroslav Spacek to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for offensive defenseman Tomas Kaberle on Thursday. Spacek, who is making $3,833,333, will become an unrestricted free agent at season’s end, while Kaberle is in the first year of a three-year contract worth $4,250,000 annually. In 29 games this [...]
Bruins GameDay: Reimer Returns As Leafs Visit Boston
Set to battle for the fourth time already in this young 2011-12 campaign, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will take to the ice of the TD Garden for a Northeast division showdown on Saturday night. Boston’s unfathomable November run came to a close after the B’s 6-3 win at the Air Canada Centre [...]
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $4.0M per year
More than one quarter into the 2011-12 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. Please note that I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such [...]
Montreal Canadiens Erik Cole finally clicking with new linemates, while Eric Staal is in a season-long slump
After a very slow start during which he only had one assist in seven games to go along with a-3 plus/minus rating, newly acquired Erik Cole has finally clicked with his new linemates diminutive center David Desharnais and power forward Max Pacioretty. In the last eleven games, during which his ice-time climbed finally climbed over [...]
Bruins Implode, Fall To ‘Canes 4-1
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins played host to the Carolina Hurricanes at the TD Garden in the 2nd match-up between the teams, slated for the 2011-’12 season. The Bruins entered the game with a pedestrian 2-3-0 (4 Points) record, but were coming off a hard-fought come-from-behind victory on Saturday night, over the 2010 [...]
Bruins GameDay Preview: Hurricanes at Bruins
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins (2-3-0 (4 Points)) will look to build off Saturday’s impressive 3-2 shootout victory against the Chicago Blackhawks, when they host Eric Staal and the Carolina Hurricanes (2-2-1 (5 Points)). This will be the second time the Bruins will face off against the ‘Canes in 2011-’12, the first of [...]
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 [...]
Thomas and Bruins Defense too Much for Bolts
For the first time since 1990, the Boston Bruins are headed to the Stanley Cup Final. Boston goalie Tim Thomas made 24 saves and the Bruins defense was perfect as they shutout the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 in a classic Game 7 to win the Eastern Conference Championship. Lightning backstop Dwayne Roloson was nothing short [...]
Bolts Battle Back to Even Series
Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins learned that not even a three goal lead is safe against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bolts forward Simon Gagne netted the game winner as his wrist shot scooted past Bruins defenseman Tomas Kaberle and goalie Tim Thomas at 6:54 of the third period. Martin St. Louis added an empty net [...]
Seguin Stars as Bruins Beat Bolts 6-5
Vincent Lecavalier scored a goal and had three assists, but it wasn’t enough as the Tampa Bay Lightning were defeated 6-5 by the Boston Bruins last night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The series is tied at a game apiece and shifts to Tampa on Thursday night. Tampa Bay’s stars all played [...]
Canadiens take commanding 2-0 series lead against hapless Bruins
Well, who would have thought the Montreal Canadiens, the sixth-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, would take a commanding 2-0 series lead against their division rivals and third-seeded team, the Boston Bruins, beating the Big Bad Bruins 2-0 and 3-1 in back-to-back road wins. The Canadiens, under head coach Jacques Martin, have played two perfect [...]
Montreal Canadiens set to face division rivals Boston Bruins
It was written in the sky; the Montreal Canadiens will face the Boston Bruins in the playoffs for the 33rd time in NHL history, and for the fifth time in the first round since 2002. The Canadiens currently have a 24-8 all-time playoff series record against the Bruins, but Boston swept the series the last [...]
Dare to Dream Bruins Fans, This Team WILL Chase the Cup!
It was 1972, and the best puck moving defenseman EVER to lace them up wore the Spoked B and shredded opponents. Bobby was joined by personalities such as the stoic, talented, and undisputed leader of the Big Bad Bruins, “The Chief”; the original power forward, Espo; the playboy who could score on and off the [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs Mid-Season Awards
With the All-Star break here, there is no better time for general managers and coaches to re-evaluate their teams during the season. Part of re-evaluating a National Hockey League team is looking at the team leaders in certain statistical categories and their act on and off the ice as a person. The Toronto Maple Leafs [...]
The top 10 most expensive defensive corps in the NHL
Some GMs like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Washington Capitals), others with a strong goalie tandem (Boston Bruins), and finally some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. One month into the 2010-11 season, let’s have a look at the top 10 most expensive defensive [...]
