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On Monday morning, Conor Ryan of the Boston Sports Journal specified Boston Bruins defender Brandon Carlo‘s upper-body injury sustained against the Arizona Coyotes in their home opener to be a concussion, on confirmation given by Carlo: Brandon Carlo confirmed he suffered another concussion during the home opener against Arizona. — Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) October 24, […] READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Penguins season is now over and thought of the roster for 2022-23 are already afoot. Artemi Panarin‘s overtime-winner sealed the Pens’ fate and forced thoughts of next year. As the season has progressed, holes have been visible down the lineup for the Penguins. What team doesn’t have holes? Okay maybe the Colorado Avalanche […] READ MORE
The most current trade bait list published by thefourthperiod.com shows four Arizona Coyotes players on the list. They include: Oliver Ekman-Larsson at #3, Phil Kessel at # 6, Conor Garland at #9, and Darcy Kuemper at #12. Many of the trade rumours seem to involve the Boston Bruins for some reason. So, would an ideal […] READ MORE
As a shortened and hectic offseason approaches, Last Word on Hockey is looking ahead towards how teams will deal with the reality of a flat salary cap. In terms of building a franchise, the offseason is the most crucial time of the year for front offices. However, due to COVID-19, the short-term future of how […] READ MORE
The Boston Bruins defence was somewhat suspect to begin the season. There were far too many unknown variables that would factor into this group. Some established young stars were being handed the reins to a group that was respected around the entire NHL. Now the face of this group, Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo, and Matt […] READ MORE
What many thought would be a long, drawn-out series proved to be a shorter five-game set. The Boston Bruins may have lost Game 1, but they dominated play the rest of the way. Reckless penalties may have put the series in doubt, but a pair of goals from Patrice Bergeron in Game 5 sealed the […] READ MORE
Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo Listed as Week-to-Week The Boston Bruins announced that defencemen Brandon Carlo is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury. Carlo suffered the injury in Boston’s 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 1st. He left in the first period of the contest and did not return to the game. He will […] READ MORE
This offseason the Boston Bruins parted ways with two key pieces to their defence. Torey Krug, who signed with the St. Louis Blues, and 43-year-old Zdeno Chara, now with the division rival Washington Capitals. Losing Krug was mostly a matter of money and the salary cap. Krug has a pricey seven-year $45 million ($6.5 million […] READ MORE
Some Trades the Boston Bruins Should Consider to Improve The Boston Bruins are 41% through the COVID-19, 56-game 2021 NHL schedule. That is enough games to make some comfortable evaluations in light of no preseason and a 10-day training camp. They currently sit fourth in the Eastern Division just one point out of fifth and […] READ MORE
Boston Bruins defenceman Brandon Carlo is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury. Carlo sustained the injury on a hit from Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson. The team confirmed his status via its Twitter account on Sunday. #NHLBruins pregame updates per Bruce Cassidy: Brandon Carlo is feeling better, but likely out a while. Urho Vaakanainen will […] READ MORE
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