Sturm/By S. Bradley

At the risk of relishing in misery, I think it’s always more fun to do a mailbag when the Bruins aren’t playing well.

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Krejci/By S. Bradley

WILMINGTON, Mass. – Even though the Bruins’ game in Philadelphia Wednesday night might mean more to David Krejci than many of the rest of his teammates who also suffered that historic defeat to the Flyers last spring, he knows he has to channel his energies when he hits the ice on Broad Street.

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Julien/By S. Bradley

WILMINGTON, Mass. — The salary cap brought on the era of not being able to keep every player a team likes.

That reality hit the Bruins Monday, when they decided to trade Matt Hunwick to Colorado for prospect Colby Cohen. Now head coach Claude Julien is in the position of having to coach a team that should have center Marc Savard back from injury soon, but lacks speed on the back end.

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WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins head coach Claude Julien returned to the ice today after attending Pat Burns’ funeral yesterday. Matt Hunwick is on his way to Denver.

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Arniel

The Bruins’ Providence (AHL) farm club now sits two points shy of fourth place in the Atlantic Division after a 1-2-0 week last week.

After losing 4-1 Friday with leading scorer Jamie Arniel in their lineup, the P-Bruins could only muster one goal without him (he was on recall to Boston) Sunday in a 5-1 loss to Portland.

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Cohen

Colby Cohen, the prospect acquired from Colorado for Matt Hunwick tonight, has no illusions about the type of player he is.

Here’s what he told a pool reporter about his game:

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Chiarelli

Not only have the Bruins lost four of their last give games, they’ve made nearly a nightly habit of falling behind three goals.

That doesn’t sit well with general manager Peter Chiarelli, who tonight admitted that even though he made the Matt Hunwick trade mostly for salary-cap reasons he could’ve easily needed to make a move to change this team’s fortunes.

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Just call Chiarelli Ishmael.

Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli says the quest to add a top-tier puck-moving defenseman to his team’s back end will continue even in the aftermath of trading Matt Hunwick to Colorado for prospect blueliner Colby Cohen.

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Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli confirmed during a conference call tonight that trading Matt Hunwick to Colorado has cleared enough cap space to active Marc Savard when the center is ready.

The timetable for Savard’s return, however, has not changed. Savard said this morning he wouldn’t play Wednesday in Philadelphia but wouldn’t rule out a return after that. Chiarelli said that plan stays in place.

Cohen

After three years and 25-53-78 totals in 118 games with Boston University, Colby Cohen decided to turn pro this year. The 2007 second-round draft pick of Colorado is now property of the Bruins after the one-for-one with Matt Hunwick this evening.

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Hunwick

Well, the cap clearing in order to get Marc Savard and Marco Sturm back into the Bruins’ mix has begun.

General manager Peter Chiarelli this evening swung a deal with Colorado that lands Matt Hunwick and his $1.45 million cap hit in Denver and prospect Colby Cohen with the Boston organization.

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Paille

WILMINGTON, Mass. — One day after Daniel Paille was called for boarding Atlanta rookie Alexander Burmistrov in the Thrashers’ win over the Bruins, the Atlanta winger didn’t practice and the Boston forward was accepting of the punishment he received.

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Sturm/By S. Bradley

WILMINGTON, Mass. — It’s public knowledge that Bruins winger Marco Sturm probably would be back in the team’s lineup right around now — on schedule — had he not taken the club’s season-opening road trip to Belfast and Prague.

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Savard

WILMINGTON, Mass. — The Bruins didn’t suit up any forward lines today during practice at Ristuccia Arena.

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