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Familiarity has been a key component in how the Boston Bruins have built their roster. Whether it’s players who skated for the Ottawa Senators when Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli was there, players from the Ottawa area or ones that have skated for head coach Claude Julien at any of his previous stops, first-hand knowledge of track records weighs heavily in the Bruins’ decision to add a player. [Read more →]

If Begin looks like this, he'll make the Bruins happy.

It’s not just the broadcasters who voted for the Jack Adams Trophy who noticed what a great coaching job Claude Julien did with the Boston Bruins. The winner of the NHL coach of the year award has also caught the eye of potential free-agent acquisitions, as winger Steve Begin explained today after inking a one-year deal with the Boston Bruins.

Begin, who played for Julien with Montreal for a couple seasons, is hoping to follow the path of his former Habs teammate Michael Ryder, who signed with the Bruins last season partly to be reunited with Julien and bounced back into form after an off season in Montreal the year before. [Read more →]

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Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli was originally going to wait until later tonight, but after seeing TSN reported the deal, he announced Steve Begin has been signed to a one-year deal.

Last season Begin skated in 62 games for Montreal and Dallas and posted 7-5-12 totals. But around here, he’s more famous for his crosscheck to the back of center Marc Savard toward the end of the 2007-08 season that severely limited Savard’s effectiveness in the seven-game playoff series in the spring of ‘08.

“Players are good. It might take them a little bit of time to get over it, but once they’re off the ice, they jell pretty quickly,” said Chiarelli. “I don’t see any problems there.” [Read more →]