Bruins Practice Notes - 2/3
*As promised, here is a Manny note. Fernandez is ready for backup dut
y tomorrow night in Philadelphia. Claude Julien is hoping that Fernandez will soon be ready to play, which apparently he wouldn't be come tomorrow.
Look for Fernandez to get the nod either Thursday in Ottawa or Saturday in Boston for the rematch with the Flyers.
*Matt Hunwick, who has been the healthy scratch on D as of late w
on't be a healthy scratch tomorrow night. That is because he is not healthy and will stay in Boston, recovering from the flu. Hunwick will likely rejoin the club Saturday back in Boston.
As a seventh d-man, the loss of Hunwick this week is not so pressing.
Projected lines for tomorrow night's game.
Milan Lucic - Marc Savard - Phil Kessel
Zdeno Chara - Aaron Ward
Tim Thomas
*The Boston Herald lists Edmonton's Erik Cole, Toronto's Nik Antro
pov and St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk as possible rental players because of their pending unrestricted free agency.
"We just finished our pro meetings," Chiarelli told the Boston Herald. "We've created a couple of small lists of players of interest. If circumstances allow, we'd like to add somebody. But listen, we're not actively pursuing it. We're having a very good year. You do want to capitalize on that. It isn't an urgent concern, but you do say, we need to look at this.' "
"They've shown themselves to be pretty adept in putting together this team," Bruins D Aaron Ward told the Herald, referring to Chiarelli and his staff. "I think they'll be smart in their acquisition if they decide to do it. I think the players know that anything added to this room will do nothing but benefit us."
I've been hearing that Peter Chiarelli is very open to bringing someone in to help his club. He apparently is not worried about effecting team chemistry. He will not however, give up an of his young guns such as Lucic, Wheeler or Krejci. If I were to pick a player that the Bruins could get at the deadline out of that bunch I'd say that Keith Tkachuk would be the easy guess. He is a big, veteran forward who could fit in well with Patrice Bergeron and Chuck Kobasew on the third line. Although Tkachuk may make the most sense, I like Nik Antropov. His cap number would also be the easiest to fit as he costs about half as much as Cole and Tkachuk.
That's edition one of the Rumor Mill. There will be many more updates to come as we enter the final month until the trade deadline.
*As promised, here is a Manny note. Fernandez is ready for backup dut
y tomorrow night in Philadelphia. Claude Julien is hoping that Fernandez will soon be ready to play, which apparently he wouldn't be come tomorrow.Look for Fernandez to get the nod either Thursday in Ottawa or Saturday in Boston for the rematch with the Flyers.
*Matt Hunwick, who has been the healthy scratch on D as of late w
on't be a healthy scratch tomorrow night. That is because he is not healthy and will stay in Boston, recovering from the flu. Hunwick will likely rejoin the club Saturday back in Boston.As a seventh d-man, the loss of Hunwick this week is not so pressing.
Projected lines for tomorrow night's game.
Milan Lucic - Marc Savard - Phil Kessel
Blake Wheeler - David Krejci - Michael Ryder
P.J. Axelsson - Patrice Bergeron - Chuck Kobasew
Shawn Thornton - Stephane Yelle - Bitz/Nokelainen
Zdeno Chara - Aaron Ward
Andrew Ference - Dennis Wideman
Mark Stuart - Shane Hnidy
Tim Thomas
Manny Fernandez
RUMOR MILL
OK, and now everybody's favorite. Tomorrow will be the one month until the Trade deadline mark. As I did last year I will bring the house down with trade rumors from all over the place. Yes, that means even more reports from Canadien outlets, because let's face it, the Ottawa Sun is to the hockey rumor mill as the Boston Globe is to covering the MLB hot stove. So without further delay, the trade deadline Rumor Mill is back.
*Jay Bouwmeester
The Boston Globe speculates the Bruins would have to part with e
ither Milan Lucic or Blake Wheeler if they wanted to put together a package for Bouwmeester. It would also cost the B's a first round pick most likely.
So all in all I don't think that the Bruins will make a serious run at Bouwmeester since they would not give up either Wheeler or Lucic. The Bruins have been mentioned a lot on him but I have been shooting this down since the beginning. I see this as about a 5% chance of happening.
OK, and now everybody's favorite. Tomorrow will be the one month until the Trade deadline mark. As I did last year I will bring the house down with trade rumors from all over the place. Yes, that means even more reports from Canadien outlets, because let's face it, the Ottawa Sun is to the hockey rumor mill as the Boston Globe is to covering the MLB hot stove. So without further delay, the trade deadline Rumor Mill is back.
*Jay Bouwmeester
The Boston Globe speculates the Bruins would have to part with e
ither Milan Lucic or Blake Wheeler if they wanted to put together a package for Bouwmeester. It would also cost the B's a first round pick most likely.So all in all I don't think that the Bruins will make a serious run at Bouwmeester since they would not give up either Wheeler or Lucic. The Bruins have been mentioned a lot on him but I have been shooting this down since the beginning. I see this as about a 5% chance of happening.
*The Boston Herald lists Edmonton's Erik Cole, Toronto's Nik Antro
pov and St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk as possible rental players because of their pending unrestricted free agency."We just finished our pro meetings," Chiarelli told the Boston Herald. "We've created a couple of small lists of players of interest. If circumstances allow, we'd like to add somebody. But listen, we're not actively pursuing it. We're having a very good year. You do want to capitalize on that. It isn't an urgent concern, but you do say, we need to look at this.' "
"They've shown themselves to be pretty adept in putting together this team," Bruins D Aaron Ward told the Herald, referring to Chiarelli and his staff. "I think they'll be smart in their acquisition if they decide to do it. I think the players know that anything added to this room will do nothing but benefit us."
I've been hearing that Peter Chiarelli is very open to bringing someone in to help his club. He apparently is not worried about effecting team chemistry. He will not however, give up an of his young guns such as Lucic, Wheeler or Krejci. If I were to pick a player that the Bruins could get at the deadline out of that bunch I'd say that Keith Tkachuk would be the easy guess. He is a big, veteran forward who could fit in well with Patrice Bergeron and Chuck Kobasew on the third line. Although Tkachuk may make the most sense, I like Nik Antropov. His cap number would also be the easiest to fit as he costs about half as much as Cole and Tkachuk.
That's edition one of the Rumor Mill. There will be many more updates to come as we enter the final month until the trade deadline.
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