Horton scored in Philly/By S. Bradley
It was the type of afternoon that made you wonder if the Bruins had eaten too many cheesesteaks.
Instead of going out and proving to general manager Peter Chiarelli and all observers that they’re a better team than Jarome Iginla thinks, the Bruins lost to Philadelphia 3-1 in a fashion that made everyone think maybe they need more than just the former Flames forward in order to make a run this season.
You don’t have to live within the Bay State to cook up some ridiculous ideas for Bruins trade rumors as the April 3 trade deadline approaches in the NHL.
As far as Edmonton, people are throwing crazy ideas at the wall for general manager Peter Chiarelli to either consider or laugh about.
Matt Bartkowski/Photo by S. Bradley
It was a wild ride Wednesday waiting for official word to come down that the Bruins had acquired Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames.
After all TSN reported it, so it had to be true.
Chiarelli
By now you know that Jarome Iginla decided to join a Pittsburgh team that won its 14th in a row Thursday night rather than a Bruins team that thinks a third-period lead is a cause to close up shop.
Maybe recent game results had an impact on Iginla’s decision or maybe it was the chance to hang with Sidney Crosby or maybe the allure of pierogies was just too strong to avoid.
Well, the Bruins made their case to Jarome Iginla Wednesday night.
They scored five goals and nearly beat the Montreal Canadiens in a game that the former Calgary forward could’ve made a difference. The Bruins lost, 6-5, in a shootout at TD Garden.
Milan Lucic/By S. Bradley
Even during the longest goal drought since his second season in the National Hockey League, Milan Lucic found it easier to get away from the pressures of the game off the ice than in years past because of a big change that happened at home.
In January, his first child, Valentina, was born.
Patrice Bergeron/By S. Bradley
Patrice Bergeron scored the game-tying goal and then one of the Bruins’ two shootout goals Monday night in a 3-2 comeback win against Toronto at TD Garden.
The Bruins had trailed 2-0, but rallied to earn the victory and a split of the home-and-home series with the Leafs.
Lucic has to be better/By S. Bradley
The Bruins decided to skip holding a morning skate Monday at TD Garden, where they’ll host Toronto at 7 p.m.
So we won’t know until pregame warmups if the Bruins are going to stick to their new forward line combinations they practiced with Sunday.
Tuukka Rask/By S. Bradley
With alternating bouts of patience and frustration, Tuukka Rask apprenticed at Tim Thomas’ side for the better part of three seasons.
Prior to establishing himself as a NHL regular, Rask was forced to hone his craft with the Providence (AHL) farm club, even when he thought he was already talented enough to play at the sport’s highest level.
Dennis Seidenberg and Andrew Ference are now the Bruins’ hottest goal-scorers, so that should tell you all you need to know about the state of Boston’s offense.
Both defensemen scored third-period goals last night, but the Bruins’ attempt to recover from a 3-0 deficit in Toronto came up short, 3-2, at the end of a four-game Bruins road trip.
Dan Paille/By S. Bradley
Although the Bruins’ search for production from their third line led coach Claude Julien to increase Daniel Paille’s ice time in a handful of Boston’s first 29 games, the veteran winger is still averaging just 21 more seconds of ice time than last season.
That’s unfortunate considering that in just 11:51 of ice time per night, Paille has managed to pot six goals, which is just three shy of his total for an entire 82-game schedule (he skated in 69 games) from 2011-12.
David Krejci returned to work after a one-game absence, Rich Peverley was a healthy scratch and Dennis Seidenberg scored the game-winning goal Thursday night.
When the horn sounded, the Bruins had won their 10th straight on Ottawa’s home ice, 2-1. It was a “Bizarro” win if there ever was one.
Nate Thompson/By D. Hickling
How much does it cost to trade for the coach’s son?
Luckily for the Bruins, Nate Thompson is only Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher’s “son” in a figurative sense – the Lightning bench boss loves the veteran center’s ability to do a little bit of everything, work hard and play physical.
The Bruins lost a third-period lead Tuesday night for the fifth time this season.
Former Bruins forward Blake Wheeler scored twice to lead Winnipeg to a 3-1 win the second game of Boston’s four-game road trip.
Dougie Hamilton
Hard as it is to believe in calendar year 2013, there are still coaches in the NHL that think the best way to coax young players to perform at the top of their games in the present and thrive in the future is to lambast them on the bench and criticize them through the media.
