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My Dad, age 69, was informed today he is cancer-free.
Now THAT, online buddies, is nice.
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RIP Colby. Here’s a photo I took the day the Bruins visited the Great Wall of China. He was wearing a Humboldt Broncos hat and a permanent grin.
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On a Sportsnet panel, analyst Kelly Hrudey calls for the NHL to cancel games tonight. "We need to be more supportive. ... The NHL is missing out.
"I'm disappointed that we're talking about hockey tonight."
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Kevin Hayes said in a pregame interview with ESPN that the Bruins have been “amazing” in his family’s time of mourning. He noted that Brad Marchand has played street hockey with Jimmy Hayes’ 2-year-old son, Beau, and spent time in Dorchester with Hayes’ family and friends.
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BU goalie Mathieu Caron (a bio major) has the chemical formula for seratonin on his blocker. His mask includes a pride flag to honor some family members and friends.
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Brad Marchand has 666 career PIM. He plays his 666th career game tomorrow ... against the Devils.
(h/t reddit)
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Fun fact: St. Louis is the first team in NHL history to have multiple players suspended in a Stanley Cup Final.
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Taylor Hall on the Blackhawks situation: Hockey is "an old boys club," and needs to change.
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Asked Brad Marchand what emoji he would put on his stick.
“I would never put an emoji on my stick. I have way more self respect than that. (pause) But I’ll lick a guy.”
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Rask, asked if he thinks it’s important to be known as a Big Game Goalie:
“Yeah, well. It’s better than sucking.”
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So much talk about the playoff rotation, but this series proved it: this is the guy. Put him out there every game
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Pastrnak lost a bet — his family was playing board games — and had to paint his nails (or shave his legs).
“I kinda like it,” he said. “Might choose a different color next time.”
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John Moore, on the Bruins' chemistry:
"For lack of a better way to put it there’s no dickheads.”
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All Bruins players and staff are fully vaccinated, per Don Sweeney.
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Tuukka Rask at the Boston Pride Hockey scrimmage:
Wearing Bergeron’s skates, using McAvoy’s stick, no helmet just vibes.
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Pastrnak said he didn’t push his agent to get it done, he focused on the game, but he’s relieved. Never thought he would play anywhere else.
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Miami clearly fired up about the song change. Was "Uptown Funk" before.
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@RulingSports
@GlobeChadFinn
Outstanding. Friggin’ seagulls. Not nearly as good a photo/moment, but here’s one I saw in Bath, England last year.
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Swayman on Hug No. 63: "I was a little bummed that (Ullmark) wasn't gonna make the trip, but it was awesome. Bus came in, he was iffy, and I said, 'Come over here.'"
Bussi: “He just waved me in. Very cool experience.”
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Sharing this Bruins fan’s perspective on Mitchell Miller with permission:
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The kind of Actually Fun interview that happens too rarely in hockey. Salute to Zegras and Buccigross
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August: the Bruins might miss the playoffs, man. Impossible to replace Bergeron
April: Maroon to Boqvist to Beecher to open the Round 1 scoring
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The Bruins have eliminated the Blues from playoff contention.
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Jerry York on Jimmy Hayes:
"Of all the kids I've coached, certainly in my top 5 as far as being enjoyable to coach, to hang in the locker room with. His off-ice contributions to our team, I marveled at so many different times."
(cont)
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Q. "If an opposing player stomped on the Spoked-B at the middle of the ice at TD Garden, would you hug him after the series?"
DeBrusk: "...what?"
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Bruins calling tomorrow’s theme “Hockey is for Everyone Night.”
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Whoever was working the cameraphone here: you too met the moment
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According to BU, last night’s McAvoy goal (from Coyle and Grzelcyk) was the first BU-from-BU-and-BU goal in NHL history.
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Chara: “First, I would like to express how good the Carolina Hurricanes are ...They’re a very dangerous team. I just want to congratulate them on going to playoffs and playing us very hard. They’re very well-coached and they work extremely hard.”
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“My paint, baby.” - Swayman on the Martinook incident.
As he walks away: “Don’t touch my players. And don’t touch my drumset!”
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My advice to Miami fans: if you want this to keep going, keep coming.
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One guy you feel for is Taylor Hall, 31, and not just because I saw him broken up outside the Bruins dressing room as we walked in.
Accepted his reduced role. Played great defense. Finished (shot 41 percent in the series). Produced (5-3–8).
Great chance at his first Cup, gone.
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Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald on his cousin, the late Jimmy Hayes:
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Bruce Cassidy, via text, declined to comment on the Bruins firing him.
“It’s still very raw,” he said.
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Taylor Hall echoing Brad Marchand’s previous comments on Beijing: “Who knows if the league even wanted us to go.”
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Chara’s using my laptop for an NHL drone shoot. This should be fun
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Brad Marchand said the Bruins wanted a win ... but they also wanted to see Joe Thornton score a fourth goal.
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So it appears Jake DeBrusk scored two goals in the Winter Classic on a fractured fibula.
Montgomery said today he didn’t even know 74 was hurt.
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Marchand has done plenty of dirty things in his career but this isn’t one of them.
Not his responsibility to alter his path when Liljegren swerves into his lane. 63 has his feet wide to brake before hitting the boards. It’s a puck battle. Play on.
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Have you ever heard an orchestral version of “Shipping Up to Boston”? You will tomorrow.
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Apparently ESPN's ESPY award for best NHL player ... for the year of our lord 2021 ... went to ... Patrick Kane (???)
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Marchand, informed that Krejci is coming up on 1,000 games (999 tonight):
"What??? I thought he hit that like 20 years ago. He's gotta be the oldest guy to ever do it. You ever seen an 80-year-old ..."
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Marchand on Tavares: "All the best goes out to him from all of us in here."
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Trent Frederic, after the Bruins improved to 30-4-4:
"I love checking the NHL app and looking at the standings."
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Patrice Bergeron: too soon, “too raw” to decide whether he’s coming back.
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Marchand, asked about Tkachuk's previous comments crossing the line, spins it the other way: "I think the NHL and the media outlets have crossed the line to allow those mics ..."
Called it "very disrespectful" to the NHL-NHLPA agreement ...
Wouldn't say if Tkachuk crossed it.
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Jaro Halak’s agent, Allan Walsh, confirms that UFA netminder and Bruins are parting ways. Walsh says Halak is healthy and expects NHL interest come July 28.
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Brad Marchand's ranking of the best players in the NHL:
"Sid one, Nate two."
Who's three?
"Bergy."
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Personal note: Been covering sports 22 years and Bruce Cassidy is by far the most generous, genuine, insightful coach I’ve covered at the pro level (college or high school, for that matter). Will miss dealing with him on a daily basis.
Also: got quite a bit out of this roster.
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Nice touch by the Bruins. One at the place of every woman in the press box.
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Brad Marchand, walking through the Bruins’ room, puts his hand to his ear.
“How quiet’s Toronto right now?”
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Patrice Bergeron said the Chicago situation is a reminder that "you have to make sure you handle things the right way, and in a timely manner as well. Hockey’s one thing, but obviously there’s more important things in life. You have to prioritize those things.”
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First round: Beat your hated rival in seven
Second round: A rematch against the team that came back to embarrass you the year before
Hmmmm.
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It's insane that we never saw this. It's insane that the NHL saw this -- and it had to have seen this -- and did nothing about it.
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Flashback to April 6, 2021, when Jeremy Swayman made his NHL debut in a near-empty Wells Fargo Arena. He and the Bruins go for win No. 63 here tonight.
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2019 NHL draft lottery:
1. NJD
2. NYR
3. CHI
4. COL (from OTT)
5. LA
6. DET
7. BUF
8. EDM
9. ANA
10. VAN
11. PHI
12. MIN
13. FLA
14. ARI
15. MTL
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Ullmark said "it would take a lot" for him to fight.
But he wanted to see Fleury-Binnington.
“I thought it was BS the refs didn’t let them.
“It’s a lost (art). I grew up watching Detroit … Hextall … Tim Thomas … (Tuukka) Rask went after it …”
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That’s around 8:20 per mile. The man just played a quarter-century in the NHL.
Zdeno Chara -- wearing bib
#3333
-- finished the
@bostonmarathon
in 3:38:23.
What an animal.
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The 2023 Winter Classic logos for the Bruins and Penguins are out:
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Bruins: (struggle mightily on PP)
Orlov to Pastrnak: "Imma whip a 50-foot backhand on net, you just tip it perfectly through the five-hole K bruh???"
Pastrnak: "bet"
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Bruce Cassidy: “I’m in the club now. I’m in the club, and they can’t kick you out.”
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The Bruins are spending $25.67M on Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Taylor Hall.
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Pastrnak said he still gets a bit star-struck when he sees guys like Crosby and Ovechkin. Yeah, still.
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“My favorite goalie.” - Pastrnak
“My favorite 88.” - Vasilevskiy
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New Bruins dressing room. The Spoked B will be stepped on no more.
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PWHL Boston names Hilary Knight captain (with an assist from a local fan). Alternates: Jamie Lee Rattray and Megan Keller.
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Montgomery said Ullmark (misconduct) could have remained in, but he was pulled in case the Panthers tried anything else
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Writing the Globe's obituary on Jimmy Hayes. Of all the memories and quotes I'm collecting, this one, from Devils VP Pete Albietz, is tough to top:
"Jimmy was a guy who had you laughing before he delivered the punchline."
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Bruins locker room:
Marchand flat-out devastated. Both he and Krejci say it's the worst loss of their careers.
Bergeron asked if he was playing through injury: "Of course."
Coyle on verge of tears when asked about coming home to make a Cup run.
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Word from the Bruins’ room: they didn’t do anything different on the PK, and they were surprised the Leafs didn’t play their top PP unit more.
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Wagner, who spent the year in Providence, said Bergeron texted him once a month to check on him. “Doesn’t surprise me, that’s the kind of guy he is.”
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Swayman was emotional after the game. Two years ago today, his Maine mentor, Red Gendron, died.
That's who he pointed to after the final buzzer.
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Marchand on "not bringing politics" into sports:
"That's one thing people continually mix up. ... That's not what this is about. We're not being political.
"It's about people being equal and being treated the same."
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Congrats to Brad Marchand, who becomes the only three-time captain in Bruins history.
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Krug says he misses coming to work and seeing, among other things:
- seeing what David Pastrnak is wearing
- wondering what kind of mood Chris Wagner will be in
- seeing Charlie McAvoy's big smile
- making sense of what's coming out of Jake DeBrusk's mouth
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Zacha to McAvoy to Pastrnak is one of this team’s goals of the year.
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To be fair, so did the rest of us.
Rutgers failed to monitor its football program over a five-year period:
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Foligno said he and Bergeron came up with this while waiting for Ullmark and Swayman to do their hug.
“We were trying to look dumb. Two old dads out there.”
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Congrats to this fan, who finally got his wish.
Bruins lines at morning skate:
Hall-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Foligno-Coyle-Smith
Nosek-Frederic-Kuhlman
DeBrusk-Haula-Lazar
Marchand
Forbort-McAvoy
Grzelcyk-Carlo
Reilly-Zboril
Clifton
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