It’s hard to look at two different teams from two different eras and determine which team is “tougher”. Comparing the 1970′s Boston Bruins teams with the current Bruins teams in terms of toughness is like comparing the pitching of today’s Philadelphia Phillies to the 1960′s Cardinals teams: it’s just hard to do. One of the reasons for this is how the game has changed. In the 1970′s the game was, at it’s core, tougher. You have more holding, more open ice checking, and more “cheap shots”. Today’s game is a lot more wide Read more…

If you are waiting patiently for Marc Savard to take the ice again for the Boston Bruins, you may just have to keep on waiting. With his second concussion in less then a year, and issues like memory loss effecting him when he’s on the mend, it may be a stretch to say that you’ll see Savard on the ice again this season for the Bruins (or ever again, in fact, as Savard has not made Read more…

While it may not exactly as insane as the crazy Western Conference race where 7 teams are separated by 6 points, the Eastern Conference has it’s own race going on. In one of the hottest races, the Boston Bruins lead the Montreal Canadians by only one point in the Northeast Division. The question is, though, can the Bruins keep the lead up through the final couple of weeks of the season. When you check out a hockey merchandise, http://www.hockeyshot.com/ you notice that the teams are two Read more…