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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

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A lot of trips up and down I-95. Jesper Boqvist’s 2024 rating: 5.5 Signed as part of the Bruins’ summer 2023 bargain shopping spree, Jesper Boqvist was brought to Boston to fill a bottom-six role and add some speed to the Bruins’ forward corps. For the most part, he filled that role well enough — but he struggled … [Read more...] about 2024 Player Ratings: Jesper Boqvist was fine, but struggled to find a consistent fit

They’re practicing soon. It is Wednesday, my dudes. We’re going to take a brief interlude from the player ratings today to have a good, ol’ fashioned Morning Skate, mainly as a way to catch up on some minor bits of information. First, in a sure sign that the new season is right around the corner, the Bruins announced their captains’ practices schedule on Tuesday, with the first … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Captains

Photo by Gavin Napier/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A good find who played his role well enough. James van Riemsdyk’s 2024 rating: 5.8 In the thrifty summer of 2023, Don Sweeney made a number of smart, low-money signings that paid dividends for the Bruins. Danton Heinen likely takes the crown as “Biggest Bargain,” but James van Riemsdyk threw his hat into the … [Read more...] about 2024 Player Ratings: James van Riemsdyk was a good bargain signing

Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images Mason Lohrei’s inaugural season for the Bruins was a learning process that blossomed into a wonderful playoffs. Mason Lohrei’s Community Grade: 7.6 Well, I’ll just say it: If you were giving this out as a full season (plus playoffs) thing...then I completely agree with you; He beat my expectations by a country mile and he earned … [Read more...] about 2024 Player Ratings: Mason Lohrei’s season was Day and Night