Milan Lucic has suffered a high ankle sprain that has left him unable to play since November 25th and now it’s being announced that he will be on the injured reserve list for four weeks.

This is a bad season for Lucic.  A fractured finger kept him off the ice for 14 games and he ended up having surgery in October and now this.  He has played 10 games and posted just two goals and three assists.
In the meantime, Andy Wozniewski and Adam McQuaid have been called up from the AHL.

It’s beginning to look a lot like last season.  The Boston Bruins took over first place in the Northeast Division after their 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night.  The Bruins have improved to 8-1-1 in the last 10 games.
Tuukka Rask continues to shine and stopped 32 shots for Boston in the win and Mark Recchi scored TWICE in the final three minutes!  Mark Stuart, Derek Morris and David Krejci also cored for the Bruins.

I think that Marc Savard is great in the Boston Bruins lineup so I was pretty happy to hear that they gave him a seven-year deal worth $4.2 million per season.  I think he’s worth every penny.  He was going to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season so I’m sure they wanted to act quickly.

He’s been on the All-Star team twice, posted 88 points last season and, even though he’s just coming back from a broken foot, he’s already notched up four goals and six assists in 11 games.
More importantly, though, is the fact that …read more

No team wants to lose a player but when it’s the goalie, especially a goaltender like Tim Thomas, it really sucks.  I’m sure the Boston Bruins were not thrilled to learn that he had suffered a broken hand but they are hoping that it’s not too serious.  I don’t know, though.  It’s kind of a big deal for a goalie to have hand issues, isn’t it?
“It’s one of those injuries that we have to allow him to get better,” coach Claude Julien said. “Yet it could be something that could be cured on a day-to-day basis.”
Fortunately, they’ve got promising rookie, …read more

Chuck Kobasew has been traded from the Boston Bruins to the Minnesota Wild after only seven games.  I am a little surprised by this deal but it just seems like a move that was more motivated by the salary cap than anything else.
The Bruins picked up winger, Craig Weller, and the rights to prospect, Alexander Fallstrom, in exchange for the veteran forward.
Overall, I don’t think it’s a bad move for Kobasew since I think he will fit right into their lineup and I actually think the Wild are getting the better end of this deal.  They need all the help …read more

As if the Carolina Hurricanes aren’t already off to a bad enough start, they’ve now lost Erik Cole for 4-6 weeks.  The power forward seems to have bad luck with injuries and now he’ll be sitting out after an MRI showed a fracture in his lower left leg.
The break happened after he made contact with Boston Bruins defenceman, Dennis Wideman, during their terrible loss on Saturday night.
There was so much action during that game that I have to admit that I had almost forgotten about this injury and I’m disappointed that it is this serious.  Honestly, though, you can pretty …read more

The Boston Bruins still seem a little pissed off at the Carolina Hurricanes after they eliminated them from the playoffs last year and they also appeared to want to prove themselves after suffering an embarrassing 4-1 loss against the Washington Capitals in the season opener on Thursday night.

The Bruins definitely came out on the ice and proved that, when they are on their game, they are virtually unstoppable.  Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler put the puck in the back of the net just 26 seconds apart in the first period and the team scored four-power play goals to beat the …read more

The Toronto Maple Leafs are shaping up to be a much better team this season and they’ve now beefed up their lineup by acquiring Phil Kessel from the Boston Bruins.  I think it’s a pretty significant loss for the Bruins but they’ve got such a strong roster that I think they cannot afford to share the wealth.

Besides, like the Dany Heatley drama, Kessel wasn’t happy with the team and eagerly signed a five-year deal worth $27 million deal despite the fact that the Nashville Predators and the New York Rangers had expressed some interest.
Leafs GM Brian Burke said: “Bringing Phil …read more

The Boston Bruins have added a little depth to their roster by signing defenceman, Andy Wozniewski, who played with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2007-2008 and then with the St. Louis Blues in the 2008-2009 season.

Basically, he played 74 minor league games last year (3 goals, 18 assists and 82 penalty minutes) between the St. Louis and Pittsburgh organizations but I’m not really overly optimistic about what he’s going to add to Boston’s lineup.
This has just fueled rumors about Phil Kessel’s potential future on the Boston roster.  Some think this is a sign that the team is getting ready …read more

I am not surprised to learn that the Boston Bruins have locked up head coach, Claude Julien, in a multiyear deal.  He’s done a great job with the team and, even though they didn’t go all the way in the postseason, they have made the playoffs in each of his two first seasons.

In what seems like a rare moment between NHL coaches and the team administrators, Julien spoke about how important it is to feel that he has the support of the upper management. 
If a coach feels like no one has any confidence in what he’s doing, I …read more