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Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images 2023-24 is now officially ancient history. 2024-25 is the new hotness. It’s the middle of summer, so that means a lot of the clerical stuff for pre-season is coming out. For Boston, it means the schedule has been announced and posted! The Bruins will play the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Washington Capitals … [Read more...] about Bruins announce 2024 Preseason schedule, features visit to Quebec City

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images A lame Final. Happy Friday, folks! We’ve got a hot Friday with thunderstorms in the forecast in the Boston area, pretty typical for June. Hopefully you’ve got some decent weather on tap wherever you are. (I’ve often wondered which of our readers is furthest afield — Australia? North Pole? Vanuatu? Don’t dox yourself though.) The … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Limit

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Lots of it. It is Wednesday, my dudes. Apologies for missing the Morning Skate on Monday as my brain is very much in “summer” mode at the moment — but we’re back today. In Bruins World, things remain relatively quiet: when will a Linus Ullmark trade happen, will Jake DeBrusk be back, etc. Then there’s the weird … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Debate

Photo by Troy Parla/Getty Images The newest crop of players enters the league, and Boston looks to improve on a painful runner up finish last season. I like to think I had the right idea with the early round picks, but Boston had big plans for the night, and decided to make some noise with a huge trade with New York. Boston sent their 2nd, 3rd, and 5th round picks to … [Read more...] about 2024 PWHL Draft RECAP: Fresh faces for Boston!

Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images Boston has a solid core returning, and will look to fill their roster with a mix of fee agents and this year’s draft. Like we did last year we invited some other PWHL reporters. to join us in a mock draft to try and make sense of what is always a nebulous draft process. We had Jared Book of Habs Eyes on the Prize for Montreal, Nate … [Read more...] about 2024 PWHL Mock Draft: On to next season

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A former Bruin in a Celtics jersey?! Welcome to the first Friday in June, folks! Here’s to hoping it’s a good one. While the Bruins’ season is long over, TD Garden’s other tenant, the Boston Celtics, hosted Game 1 of the NBA Finals last night, a win over Dallas. Along with the shared tenancy, there was another Bruins connection to last … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Crossover

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images For the first time in awhile, the Boston Bruins have cap space heading into the offseason. Let’s talk about how they can use that. Alright, since we’ve got about a week’s worth of time before we have to consider caring about Edmonton (yuck) or Florida (yuck), and I’m personally blanking on how to adequately memorialize/eulogize the … [Read more...] about Bruins Offseason Roadmap: Let’s spend a little money!

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images There are a lot of them! It is Wednesday, my dudes. It’s also that weird part of the hockey season where the year is over for all but two teams, yet the Stanley Cup Final hasn’t started yet. The Panthers and Oilers will hang around for a few more days before the Panthers host Game 1 on Saturday night. That’ll be … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Reports

Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images It’s set. Welcome to the first week in June, folks! Hockey season officially ended around these parts with PWHL Boston’s loss last week, but the show goes on in the NHL with the Stanley Cup Final now set. The Edmonton Oilers eliminated Dallas last night, punching their ticket to their first Final in nearly 20 years. Earlier in the … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Final