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Conference Trends

by Paul on 02/02/15 at 11:57 AM ET
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from Katie Strang of ESPN,

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Boston Bruins: Slowly but surely, the Bruins are beginning to look like the team we're used to and the one opponents expect to see come spring. Winners in eight of their past 10 games, the Bruins have won two straight and they hold onto one of two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference. A big part of their resurgence comes as a result of goaltender Tuukka Rask’s improved play. Rask had a stellar month of January and most recently turned away 30 of 31 shots faced in the team’s 3-1 win against the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

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Minnesota Wild: Goaltender Devan Dubnyk is looking like a pretty shrewd acquisition by general manager Chuck Fletcher right about now. Dubnyk stopped 35 of 37 shots he faced Sunday night, helping lead the Wild to their third consecutive road victory, a 4-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks. Since joining the Wild via trade in mid-January, Dubnyk has posted an impressive 5-1-1 record while the Wild have recorded a point in six of their past seven games. Those points are absolutely critical for a club that struggled in the first half and is desperately trying to claw its way back into the playoff mix.

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Afternoon Line- Charlie Jacobs

by Paul on 01/24/15 at 02:34 PM ET
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“What are we, 6-1-3 in our last 10 games? I feel we’re certainly trending better. We’ll still have the odd game where we seem a bit uninspired, but I guess you’re going to have that in an 82-game schedule. Having said that all of that, the stuff that we’ve done with the better play has gotten us to eighth place.

“Do I feel better about it that we’re in a playoff spot? Yes. Do I wish we were in a better position than we are? Absolutely. Again, I’ll repeat that for this team to be even remotely close to missing the playoffs isn’t something we can be happy about. I would hope that this solid continues for the next 10, the next 20 and for the rest of the season, frankly. We’re at where we’re at, we’ve dug ourselves a hole and we’re starting to get ourselves out of it. But until we have a nice playoff run, the jury is going to have to be out on this group.”

-Charlie Jacobs, CEO of the Boston Bruins.  More from Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.

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Three Outdoor NHL Games Next Season

by Paul on 01/24/15 at 02:15 PM ET
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NEW YORK (January 24, 2015) – The National Hockey League announced today the participating Clubs, locations and dates for the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® and 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ games planned for the 2015-16 NHL regular season.

 The 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® will feature the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, on Jan. 1, 2016. When these long-time rivals meet, Boston will become the first Club to host the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® for a second time, after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in overtime at the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® at Fenway Park. It will mark the first time the Canadiens will play in the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®, and just the second time a Canadian-based NHL team will play in the game, following Toronto’s appearance in 2014.

 The 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series will feature two games. On Sunday, Feb. 21, in a first for the Club, the Minnesota Wild will play host to the Chicago Blackhawks at TCF Bank Stadium on the Univ. of Minnesota campus. The following weekend, on Saturday, Feb. 27, the Colorado Avalanche will make their debut in a regular-season outdoor NHL game when they play host to the Detroit Red Wings at Coors Field.

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Report- Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins In 2016 Winter Classic

by Paul on 01/19/15 at 01:45 PM ET
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via TSN,

The Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens appear set to take it outside in the 2016 Winter Classic.

According to multiple reports, the rivals will face off in the NHL's annual showcase at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 1.

A visit to the home of the New England Patriots marks just the third time the Winter Classic will be staged in an NFL stadium, having previously been held at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium (2008) and Pittsburgh's Heinz Field (2011).

The NHL is expected to make a formal announcement during the All-Star break this coming weekend in Columbus.

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Video- Brad Marchand Suspended Two Games

by Paul on 01/16/15 at 05:07 PM ET
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The NHL explains the suspension.

 

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Brad Marchand Will Have A Hearing Today With Department Of Player Safety

by Paul on 01/16/15 at 10:54 AM ET
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If you missed the play, watch it here...

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Video- You Make The Call, Brad Marchand On Derick Brassard

by Paul on 01/16/15 at 08:06 AM ET
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via Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

“You go shoulder-to-shoulder, but he brings his leg in the back and I felt I had a slew-foot there,” Brassard said. “I don’t want to [look for] any excuses, and I don’t want to be a crybaby or anything, but it could have been dangerous with the way I went down, caught my leg and hit my knee on the ice. I could have been injured for the rest of the season.

“Marchand is a good player, he’s feisty and competes hard,” No. 16 said. “But those kinds of things we don’t need in our game.”

No penalty on the play...

 

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Simon Gagne Will Not Return To The Boston Bruins This Season

by Paul on 01/12/15 at 05:02 PM ET
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BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that forward Simon Gagne has decided not to return to the team this season due to personal reasons. Given his decision, the Bruins have changed Gagne’s status to “suspended player”.

“At this time Simon feels that he has to be home with his family and he has the complete support of the Boston Bruins organization with this decision,” said Chiarelli. “Given Simon’s decision not to return to the team, we have to change his status to maintain a full roster. I spoke to Simon about this, and he assured me that we have his full support with this status change.”

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Bad In Boston

by Paul on 01/07/15 at 10:40 AM ET
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from Joe MacDonald of ESPNBoston,

The environment in Boston hasn't been this tepid in years. Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs called this season "unacceptable", and saud if the team misses the playoffs for the first time in eight years it would be an "utter failure."

Then he said everyone in the organization is under evaluation, including management and the coaching staff. During Tuesday's practice, Brad Marchand and Torey Krug were involved in a scrum and needed to be separated by teammates. Earlier in the week, players were talking about the team's lack of passion and confidence. Coach Claude Julien has been on the defensive of late, even before Jacobs made those comments on Tuesday.

I would be surprised if Julien was fired during the season, but Jacobs has never been so forceful in any comments he's made about the team. It's a mess in Boston, and if it isn't fixed soon there could be a major mixup.

more from the ESPN hockey writers including Burside of Tampa/Montreal, Lebrun on the Blues and Strang on the Flyers...

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Morning Line- Charlie Jacobs

by Paul on 01/06/15 at 11:52 AM ET
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added 11:56am, also via Haggerty tweet,

Naming of Charlie Jacobs to CEO plus message of presser sends pretty clear message to Bruins hockey ops that the pressure is now on them.

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