Pro Hockey Rumors

The Bruins have claimed goaltender Jiří Patera off waivers from the Canucks, PuckPedia reports. Patera is the only player out of 28 who were waived yesterday to be claimed. The 25-year-old reached Group VI UFA status this summer with only eight career NHL appearances under his belt with the Golden Knights. Patera signed a two-year, two-way deal in Vancouver to initially serve … [Read more...] about Bruins Claim Jiří Patera From Canucks

The Bruins have recalled right-winger Fabian Lysell from AHL Providence, the team announced. It’s not an indication that their top forward prospect will make the opening night roster, rather, it allows them to give him another viewing in exhibition action, likely this weekend’s preseason finale against the Capitals, although he could also suit up tonight in Quebec City against … [Read more...] about Bruins Recall Fabian Lysell

According to the team, the Boston Bruins are improving on the injury front as forwards Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm will return to the lineup tonight against the Flyers. Marchand had been recovering from several surgeries in the offseason and is making good on his promise that he would be ready for the regular season opener. Lindholm has spent the last few days practicing … [Read more...] about Brad Marchand, Elias Lindholm Return For Boston

Earlier today, Bruins president Cam Neely implied that the team had made a $64MM offer to restricted free agent goaltender Jeremy Swayman in an effort to get a deal done.  It would appear that this is the first that Swayman’s camp has heard of it.  SPM Sports released the following statement from Swayman’s agent Lewis Gross via various social media platforms: … [Read more...] about Swayman’s Agent: $64MM Hadn’t Been Mentioned Before Today

The Bruins have offered RFA netminder Jeremy Swayman a contract totaling $64MM in value, team president Cam Neely told reporters Monday (via 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Ty Anderson). He didn’t confirm the length of the agreement, but it’s fair to assume he was referring to an eight-year deal with an $8MM cap hit. “I’d have 64 million reasons why I’d be playing right now,” Neely said … [Read more...] about Bruins Have Offered Jeremy Swayman $64MM Contract

Canadiens fans are still waiting with bated breath for news about top offseason acquisition Patrik Laine. The winger left last night’s preseason loss to the Maple Leafs in the first period after he was on the receiving end of a knee-on-knee collision with Toronto AHL depth piece Cédric Paré, preventing him from skating off under his own power (via The Athletic’s Arpon Basu). It … [Read more...] about East Notes: Laine, Lindholm, Brink, Othmann

If preseason is any indication, there won’t be many growing pains for Flyers prospect Matvei Michkov as he adjusts to playing in North America. The 2023 seventh overall pick put his stamp all over the Flyers’ first home win of the exhibition schedule last night, recording a secondary assist and scoring an empty-net insurance marker in a 2-0 victory over the Islanders, quite … [Read more...] about East Notes: Michkov, Marchand, Sillinger, Giles

Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery gave a rare public call-out today to one of the team’s young prospects. Scott McLaughlin of The Skate Pod shared a quote from Montgomery regarding forward Fabian Lysell saying, “he needs to do a little more than he’s done if he wants to make the Bruins“.Lysell skated in 14:56 of the Bruins’ preseason loss on Sunday to the New York … [Read more...] about Elias Lindholm, Max Jones Out Day-To-Day

The Bruins and RFA netminder Jeremy Swayman are only discussing long-term contract options at this late stage in negotiations, Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic wrote Tuesday. But beyond that, there’s still a sizeable gap between the two sides in desired AAV/cap hit, and there’s no sign of movement with under two weeks to go until Boston’s regular-season opener. If it gets … [Read more...] about LeBrun’s Latest: Swayman, Kessel, Shattenkirk, Ullmark, Draft