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Photo by Winslow Townson/ Good and good. Hampus Lindholm in 2023 80 GP, 10G, 43A, 53PTS, 23:11 ATOI, 53.7 CF% (5v5), 46.1 oZS% (5v5) Reader rating: 8.2 Writer rating: 7.6 Charlie McAvoy in 2023 67 GP, 7G, 45A, 52PTS, 22:18 ATOI, 53.8 CF% (5v5), 56.2 oZS% (5v5) Reader rating: 8.4 Writer rating: 7.6 There are plenty of question marks facing the Bruins heading into the 2023-2024 season. How will they replace last season’s top-two centers? Will the glut of bottom-six forwards work out? Can any youngsters step up? There are also plenty of things in the Bruins’ favor:...

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports Lots of them, folks. Happy Friday, folks! Training camp continues for the Bruins today, with one group practicing at 10 AM and the second group practicing at 12 PM. The B’s will have another split-squad practice on Saturday, followed by the preseason opener against the New York Rangers at 5 PM on Sunday at TD Garden. Thus far, the biggest news from Bruins training camp has been Brad Marchand’s captaincy, as things have been relatively uneventful (and that’s not a bad thing) otherwise. Along with running this site, I have the...

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Happy trails, he says, bursting into tears. (Editor’s note: This is the first of the “combined player ratings” posts I mentioned in a recent Morning Skate. These won’t be as in-depth as some others, but will at least give us a chance to wrap this series up.) Patrice Bergeron in 2023 78 GP, 27G, 31A, 58PTS, 61.1 FO%, 59.9 CF% (5v5) Reader rating: 8.3 Writer rating: 8.2 It wasn’t how anyone wanted Patrice Bergeron’s NHL career to end, but the Bruins’ first-round flameout was the final act in a storied Bruins...

Things we love to see. The Legacy Continues. ©️ pic.twitter.com/hBpDIvOrB0— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) September 20, 2023 The Boston Bruins have named Brad Marchand the next captain of their squad. It comes as little surprise, with the fan favorite being a shoe-in candidate for the role. May he continue to make Bruins fans proud, congrats Marchand!

Heather Pollock/PWHL Well the draft had a little more drama then even we anticipated, and it wasn’t all good but we have most of a team now. Monday saw the actual draft take place and while our mock draft unfortunately did not come true mostly because in reality the other GMS took some of the steals I was able to get a lot earlier, I’m looking at you Jocelyne Larocque. I did select four players on the roster, three of them I correctly placed which round they would go, Jamie-Lee Rattray was too good to fall like she did for me but Boston got her anyways. My lsat two...

Training camp is (kind of) here! It is Wednesday, my dudes. And for all intents and purposes, today marks the beginning of hockey season, as the Bruins open training camp with off-ice activities today. On-ice festivities will begin tomorrow, with the preseason starting on Sunday. It was a weird off-season in many ways: the abrupt end to the season led a lot of fans to kind of tune out. Those who didn’t tune out were often really, really mad (not so much around here, you folks are fairly level-headed). That only increased in intensity when Vegas won the Stanley Cup. After...

Photo by Bruce Bennett/ The off-season is just about over. Give yourself a hearty pat on the back — you made it through the off-season! The Bruins will officially kick off 2023 training camp on Wednesday morning with some off-ice sessions, while on-ice work will begin on Thursday. The Bruins’ first preseason game will be at 5 PM Sunday evening at TD Garden against the New York Rangers. But before we get to that, it’s time to check out the training camp roster, officially released by the team this afternoon. There aren’t any surprises here, but it’s still nice...

Luke Toporowski. | Photo by Richard T Gagnon/ Hockey is back! The Bruins prospects took the ice for three games in Buffalo, and a few took advantage of their opportunity. The boys are back! Yes, after a record-breaking season in 2022-23, a heartbreaking playoff elimination, and a summer of anticipation, the Boston Bruins have hit the ice for the upcoming season. While the Bruins continue to ramp up for the new campaign, the team sent a group to the NHL Prospects Challenge over the weekend. Boston finished 1-2-0 in the round-robin event and saw several of the...

Photo by Dennis Pajot/ The PWHL had their first draft, and Boston mostly did great!...with one huge caveat. The PWHL draft was yesterday, and I got some things to say. The vast majority of them are good! There are some concerns, but otherwise I like where this team is headed! But first, let me introduce you to the picks of the Boston [TEAM NAME HERE]. What do I think about them? Well, I have mostly positive thoughts! Good: Alina Müller is the future and is a Boston player. I couldn’t get enough research together in time to post about Alina Müller’s signing for...

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via A housekeeping news day for the B’s. Monday was a day of checking media items off the list for the Bruins, as the team released two bits of news: Jim Montgomery has a new assistant coach, and several other people in the organization have new titles. The preseason broadcast schedule has been released. First things first: a new member of Jim Montgomery’s coaching staff! McLean added to Montgomery’s coaching staff John McLean has been named an assistant coach, filling the assistant vacancy left by John Gruden, who is now...

Photo by Maddie Meyer/ But he’s going to want that breakaway in Game 5 back... Boston Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand returned from hip surgery to help his team become the best in the NHL during the regular season. Marchand rejoined the team earlier than expected last season after undergoing hip surgery once the 2021-22 season as over. He wasn’t projected to get back into the lineup until around Thanksgiving, but returned on Oct. 27. He said he felt great at the time and it would just take a little bit to get into the full swing of things. He slid right back with...

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Lots of them. Welcome to a new week, folks! This is, for the most part, the last hockey-free week on your calendars for a while, as the preseason will start a week from yesterday. Hang in there — we almost made it through the offseason without hating each other (or at least without hating each other too much). The big news from Bruins Land over the weekend was the unveiling of this centennial season’s home, away, and alternate jerseys. The jerseys were released in a very understated way: a fashion show, jet and all, at...

Adidas.com The sweater manufacturer jumps the gun a little bit, and so we now know what the Boston Bruins new duds will look like for 2023-24! It wouldn’t be an NHL event without something being leaked far too ahead of time. It’s kind of weird it was the jersey partner who did it. The Bruins were set to host a fashion show at Logan airport to reveal their centennial sweaters...and then just a mess of leaks began pouring out, from all directions. The one we’ll be taking from however...happens to be the Manufacturer. The home and away are very...

The Boston Boy Tournament is already on! Here’s a place to keep an eye on all of it! Just the Facts: The What: A prospect tournament featuring Metro Division and Atlantic Division teams. The Where: Usually Harborcenter in Buffalo, NY. That did not change this year. The When: September 15th to 18th The Opponents: The Penguins (15th), The Montreal Canadiens (16th), and The New Jersey Devils (18th) Place to Watch: Streamed on the Bruins/Sabres/Penguins/Devils Websites. Check periodically. Who’s Playing for the Bruins in this Challenge?: Forwards: Joey Abate, John Beecher,...

Photo by Justin Berl/ Exactly what the Bruins hoped for. When the Bruins acquired Pavel Zacha from the New Jersey Devils in the summer of 2022, the word “potential” was thrown around a lot. Zacha came to Boston known as a guy who had a lot of talent but hadn’t quite put it all together yet (at least not at the level you’d expect from a 6th-overall pick). You can judge Zacha’s first season in Boston in part by the way the team treated his contract: after signing Zacha to a one-year deal post-acquisition, the team signed him to a four-year extension in...