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Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images It’s building. Welcome to Thursday, folks! The NHL playoffs rolled on over the past few days, with three eliminations: The Capitals knocked out the Canadiens The Panthers brushed aside the Lightning The Hurricanes knocked out the Devils Elsewhere, the Jets beat St. Louis to take a 3-2 lead in their series. There’s a chance for … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Pressure

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The P-Bruins, that is. Welcome to a new week, folks! It’s supposed to be a decent day in the Boston area, which is a blessing after pretty bad weather weekend. It was an eventful weekend of playoff hockey at the NHL level, with St. Louis knotting their series with Winnipeg at 2-2, the Senators staying alive in … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Onward

Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images Do or die for Providence. Welcome to Friday, folks! Last Friday in April. Make it count. As we all continue to argue about the fallout from Wednesday’s triumvirate press conference, the NHL playoffs roll on without us. Florida, Toronto, Minnesota, and St. Louis all won last night, with the most surprising result of the night … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Spring

Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Some fine, some yikes. The Bruins wrapped up the last of their 2024-2025 season post-mortem duties today, with Charlie Jacobs, Cam Neely, and Don Sweeney meeting the media to get grilled on what went wrong and what’s next. I think it’d be fair to say that there wasn’t much earth-shattering (or even surprising) … [Read more...] about Takeaways from the Bruins leadership press conference: Sweeney’s status, a new coach, and more

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images AHL postseason, baby. It is Wednesday, my dudes. While the NHL Bruins are wistfully watching the playoffs from home, all is not lost in the organization: the Providence Bruins managed to make the postseason this year! The P-Bruins will begin their Calder Cup Playoffs journey tonight, kicking off an all-Massachusetts … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Farming

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Welcome to a new week, folks! It’s the last full week of April, with May somehow right around the corner. Unlike March, which seemed to draw on forever, April has actually moved by pretty quickly. The NHL Playoffs began over the weekend, with no real surprises thus far: the Jets, Avalanche, Hurricanes, Maple Leafs, and Golden Knights all jumped … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Beginnings

Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images In a few short hours, the chase begins. Let’s take a look at those looking for Lord Stanley! The Bruins will not be participating in the NHL playoffs this year, which means that the official position of SCoC is that “we hope they all lose and a cup isn’t awarded this year.”, but that shouldn’t be a reason to not watch, there’s … [Read more...] about The Unofficial SCoC Playoff Preview

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Kind of. Welcome to Friday, folks! Happy Easter weekend, if you’re observing. The NHL regular season officially wrapped up last night, with one result of consequence for the Bruins: the Flyers lost to the Sabres. The loss helped the Flyers leapfrog (reverse leapfrog?) the Bruins to the fourth-worst points mark in the league, putting the B’s in … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Settled

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images What a long, strange trip it’s been. It’s too bad this isn’t the good ol’ MySpace days, because we could have an acoustic version of “Good Riddance” by Green Day playing in the background while you scroll through. Anyways, the season is over! It sure was...something. The Bruins suffered through one of their worst seasons (statistically) of the … [Read more...] about Morning Skate: Epilogue