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Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images They’re here. Welcome to a new week, folks! We’ll get back to the player ratings tomorrow (believe me, I already have one scheduled this time), but for today, I thought it was worth it to put up an open thread to start the week. While we’re seeing plenty of signs of the new season beginning, this week is when things will … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Beginnings

Boston Fleet Wordmark | Melissa Burgess/PWHL At long last, the Premiere Women’s Hockey Club in Boston gains a name and a logo. The PWHL has finally bequeathed names to their franchises beyond their (approximate) location! The PWHL announced today that the PWHL Boston squad will henceforth be known as the Boston Fleet, who will continue to play in Lowell, and continue … [Read more...] about PWHL Boston officially rebrands as Boston Fleet

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Stepped up when needed. Charlie Coyle’s 2024 rating: 7.5 Heading into the 2023-2024 season, most of the noise surrounding the Bruins involved their centers — or, more specifically, their lack of centers. Patrice Bergeron was gone. David Krejci was gone. The Bruins were “stuck” with Pavel Zacha and Charlie Coyle … [Read more...] about 2024 Player Ratings: Charlie Coyle answered the call in 2024

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Lots of them. Welcome to the first Thursday in September, folks! While some of us (me) are still desperately holding on to the idea of summer weather, there’s certainly been that fall morning chill in the air the past few days. Combine that with the return of the NFL tonight and pumpkin beer everywhere, and it’s … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Repairs

Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images The blue liner who was called up due to injuries quickly found his role on the Bruins. Parker Wotherspoon’s 2024 Rating: 7.1 Parker Wotherspoon was one of those pleasant surprises for the Boston Bruins on the blue line last season. The 27-year-old had mostly played in the AHL – and only played in 12 NHL games before this season, … [Read more...] about 2024 Player Ratings: Parker Wotherspoon earned his spot in the lineup

Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images If anybody is gonna play stay-at-home hockey in Boston, it’s Brandon Carlo. Brandon Carlo did exactly that last season. Brandon Carlo 2k24 Community Rating: 7.2 Brandon Carlo was a safe defender this year. You could probably bet on that if it were a category of bet. Which, I can’t imagine you’d win much money. After all, … [Read more...] about 2k24 Player Ratings: Brandon Carlo was safe to a fault like usual

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Ex-Lightning and Blackhawk has decided to give it another go with the Boston Bruins! It’s PTO season, and for the Boston Bruins, it appears they did indeed have an undersized forward in mind for a try out for the 2024-25 season...just not the one you’re thinking of. Instead, it appears the Bruins have gone and given Tyler Johnson … [Read more...] about B’s sign Tyler Johnson to PTO agreement

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images “Wrong sport, Charlie!” Welcome to Friday, folks! It’s the last Friday in August, which means summer is pretty much over, so Happy Halloween. Hopefully you enjoy the weekend, whether you have big Labor Day Weekend plans or will be laying low. I decided to do another Morning Skate today in place of a player … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Links

The B’s once again take the national stage! The national broadcast schedule has once again reared it’s head, and a flight of everyone’s complaints about broadcast bias accompanies it! The Bruins announced today their national broadcast schedule; which features 8 games on ESPN platforms, and 6 games on Turner Networks. The schedule shakes out like this: Tuesday, October 8: @ … [Read more...] about Bruins National TV Schedule for 2024 Season announced