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Are the NHL and ESPN Going to Have a Reunion ?
October 26th, 2010
As most people know the NHL's television contract with Versus and NBC end after this season. As soon as this is heard the idea gets thrown around that maybe this is the year the league returns to ESPN where it has been missing since the start of the 2005-06 season. The ...
Boston Bruins Finish Off Historical Collapse As Philadelphia Flyers Advance
May 14th, 2010
You guys are going to have to give me a minute here. I'm still in utter shock and disbelief at what I just saw. The Boston Bruins have just blown three games to none series lead to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Bruins now join a very exclusive club becoming just ...
Flyers Force Game Seven: What Has Gone Wrong for the Bruins?
May 13th, 2010
It was this time last week that the Bruins were flying high. They had just defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 the night before to give themselves a three-games-to-none series lead and leave themselves just one game away from the Conference Finals for the first time since 1992.
That’s when disaster ...
NHL Playoffs: Five Reasons the Boston Bruins Exceed Expectations
May 6th, 2010
The Boston Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers tonight by a score of 4-1 to close to within one game of sweeping the Flyers and advancing to their first Conference Finals since 1992. This is the same Bruins team who at one point during the year had lost 10 straight games and ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: The Five Best Boston Bruins so Far
May 4th, 2010
The Boston Bruins may have shocked many people when they upset the third-seeded Buffalo Sabres and Vezina Trophy finalist Ryan Miller in the first round of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, but they weren't very surprised.
This is a team that just one year ago finished atop the Eastern Conference until ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: The Eight Players That Will Help Their Team Advance
April 30th, 2010
The Second Round of the NHL Playoffs kicks off tonight with the Detroit Red Wings fresh off a Game Seven victory over the Phoenix Coyotes traveling to the Shark Tank to take on the San Jose Sharks.
In the other three semifinals the Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Marc Savard Set to Return, Mark Stuart Still a Question Mark
April 28th, 2010
As has been widely reported, Bruins center Marc Savard is set to make his return to the team as they get ready for their second round playoff matchup. Savard will be playing in his first game since suffering a Grade Two concussion on March 7 in a game against the Pittsburgh ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Why Each Eastern Conference Team Will Win the Cup
April 14th, 2010
The 2010 NHL playoffs get underway tonight and like always everyone is dreaming their team will lift the Cup. This year in the East it is the Washington Capitals that find themselves at the top while the Montreal Canadiens round out the top eight.
While it looks like a team ...
2010 NHL Playoff Predictions: The Five Most Dangerous Underdogs in the Playoffs
April 12th, 2010
The 2009-10 NHL regular season has officialy ended and what a season it was. From the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Central Division for the first time in 17 years to the Phoenix Coyotes making the playoffs despite all the talk about them possibly moving out of Arizona.
After a long ...
Bruins Re-Sign Andrew Ference: Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, Chiarelli
March 25th, 2010
The Boston Bruins announced yesterday that they have re-signed veteran defensemen Andrew Ference to a new three-year deal. Ference will make an annual salary of $2.25 million per year. For all the good deals Peter Chiarelli has made since joining the Bruins, this is one of his worst ones yet.
Ference, ...