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It’s a good thing the Boston Bruins are as deep as they are on defense, because few teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs are as banged up as they are on the blue line. Colin Miller likely won’t join the Bruins for Game 2, which would leave Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 9:00:am EST

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images If Saturday’s slate of NHL games is anything like Friday’s, I hope you bring your helmets. Four games are on tap as the weekend continues, promising just as many shenanigans and random scrums of sports chaos Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 9:00:am EST

At the moment, the Boston Bruins recalling a goalie on an “emergency basis” isn’t anywhere near as bad as it sounds. The Bruins face the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, and reporters such as NHL.com’s Amalie Benjamin indicate that this isn’t a bad sign for Tuukka Rask. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 7:36:pm EST

OTTAWA – Sometimes having too many young guys making their first Stanley Cup playoff experience at the same time can put a team at a disadvantage, but sometimes that youthful, enthusiastic spark can bring that certain something.  In the Game 1 win for the Bruins over the Senators, the B’s had two big pieces of their future, 19-year-old Charlie McAvoy and 20-year-old David Pastrnak, bring their considerable talent to the table and give Boston’s established core group an enormous lift in a giant road playoff victory to essentially give the B’s home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven series.   McAvoy played 24-plus minutes of quality puck-moving service while finishing second on the team behind Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 11:42:am EST

There’s a problem with setting expectations too high, and I can’t tell if that’s what’s happening with Charlie McAvoy. It’s been a whirlwind three weeks for the Boston Bruins’ new No. 2 defenseman, who’s only 19 and was only drafted this past summer and played his first NHL game on the road in the playoffs just Wednesday night. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 9:45:am EST