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Boston Bruins expecting to possibly keep just one of Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway, or Tyler Bertuzzi

The Boston Bruins went all-in at this past trade deadline as general manager Don Sweeney managed to put together a team that won a league-record 65 games and posted a league-record 135 points. That same team was then unceremoniously dumped out of the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs by the lowest-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, the Florida Panthers.

Now, Boston is going to face the consequences of adding so much to their roster in a salary-cap-driven NHL. They won’t be able to keep all of the pieces that allowed them to set the records that they did.

The main additions that look like they could be headed elsewhere this summer include former Capitals Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway as well as former Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi.

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By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago

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Jack Edwards compares Boston Bruins’ loss in Game Seven to Hindenburg disaster

Jack Edwards is the longtime play-by-play man for the Boston Bruins. He’s a bit of a homer, which is fine I guess, but sometimes, that bleeding black-and-gold heart can lead him astray.

His latest eyebrow-raising comment came after the Bruins were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in Game Seven of the first round. The Bruins were the greatest team in regular-season history but fell to eighth-seed Florida after losing the last three games of the series.

Edwards compared the Bruins’ loss to the Hindenburg disaster.

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By Ian Oland 4 weeks ago

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The 2023 Bruins and the 2010 Capitals have something dreadful in common

The 2022-23 Boston Bruins were the greatest team in regular season history. The Bruins won a league-record 65 games and posted a league-record 135 points, winning the Presidents’ Trophy by a whopping 22 points. They only lost seven games at home all season.

But all those team stats didn’t matter as the Bruins faced off against a very game Florida Panthers team in the first round of the playoffs. Florida was the second wild card team and the Eastern Conference’s eighth seed.

After taking a 3-1 lead in the series, the Bruins lost three consecutive games to Florida and were officially eliminated in Game Seven, 8:35 into sudden-death overtime. Carter Verhaeghe scored on a wrist shot from the right circle with traffic in front, beating Jeremy Swayman to advance to the second round.

Florida’s advancing marks the biggest upset in NHL history. The Bruins lost three of their four playoff games at home.

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By Ian Oland 4 weeks ago

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Patrice Bergeron considering retirement after Bruins’ Game Seven exit, shares heartfelt moment with teammates and fans

The Boston Bruins’ Game Seven collapse to the Florida Panthers meant an abrupt end to a historic season. After spending the regular season blazing through the NHL’s record books, the B’s season ended with a single overtime goal by Carter Verhaeghe to end the game 4-3.

Sunday’s game may prove the end for not only the Bruins’ season but also the career of their captain, Patrice Bergeron. This year has been seen as a ‘last dance’ for Boston’s aging core, with the 37-year-old Bergeron likely to retire with the expiration of his contract.

Bergeron had an emotional final moment on the ice at TD Garden after the loss, giving a hug to each of his teammates before saluting the Bruins faithful in the crowd.

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By Katie Adler 4 weeks ago

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Radko Gudas uniquely scolded for some of his rough postseason play: ‘I don’t like when you try to sit on people’

The first round of the 2023 NHL playoffs has been incredibly physical and officials have doled out a whole bucketload of penalty minutes in response. One of the more rough and tough defenders active in this year’s postseason is Florida’s Radko Gudas.

Gudas is definitely not shy when it comes to throwing his weight around and trying to get under his opponent’s skin. That has been on full display in the Panthers’ first-round series matchup with the Boston Bruins.

So much so, that Gudas had to be warned by an official during Florida’s Game Five win on Wednesday to cease some of his behavior. It was an interesting and unique request from referee Frederick L’Ecuyer, to say the least.

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By Chris Cerullo 4 weeks ago

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Angry goaltender alert: Linus Ullmark tried to fight Matthew Tkachuk, chucks blocker and glove

It’s been a week of unexpected truculence during Round One of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The latest example came in Game Three of the Bruins-Panthers series during a net-front battle with less than five minutes to go. A fracas broke out and it almost led to a fight between Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk and Boston’s Linus Ullmark.

Ullmark didn’t want a piece of Tkachuk, he wanted the whole dang pie.

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By Katie Adler 1 month ago

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Trent Frederic says he was almost choked out on the ice by Ryan Lomberg: ‘The lights were going to turn off for a second’

The Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers were involved in a very heated and rough Game Two of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday. The drama stemmed from a high elbow headshot from Bruins forward Tomas Nosek on Panthers forward Eric Staal.

That play resulted in a lengthy, expletive-filled argument between the two benches during a stoppage in play.

The raucous conversation only served to raise the temperature in the final minutes of the game and that was most on display when Florida’s Ryan Lomberg put Boston’s Trent Frederic into an almost MMA-style choke submission.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago

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The Bruins and Panthers argument between the benches explained: ‘We’re not splitting the atom down here’

Wednesday’s game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers ended with the Panthers winning 6-3 and evening up the first-round series 1-1 before heading down to Sunrise, Florida. That final score wasn’t the most entertaining or interesting part of the game though.

That award goes to an extended argument between the team’s benches late in the third period. It was the sort of situation that Tom Wilson dreams about.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 month ago

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Zdeno Chara, wearing bib number 3333, completes Boston Marathon in 3:38:23

Zdeno Chara joined around 30,000 other athletes as he competed in the annual Boston Marathon on Monday.

The legendary Boston Bruin and former Capital towered over his competition in his first-ever marathon. He finished the marathon with a 3:38:23 time wearing bib number 3333, a tribute to his longtime #33 jersey number. He averaged 8:20 per mile.

Even in dreary weather, fans cheered for their 46-year-old former captain as he crossed the finish line. Marathon organizers played the Bruins’ goal song (”Kernkraft 400” by Zombie Nation) to celebrate his accomplishment.

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By Katie Adler 1 month ago

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Back to more regularly scheduled programming: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals got back in the loss column on Tuesday night against a historically good Boston Bruins team. The Caps went behind halfway through the second period and then trailed for the rest of the game, eventually losing 5-2.

The Bruins set the NHL single-season points record (133) with the win.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago

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