Morning Skate: Fowl

Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Water, that is. Happy Friday, folks! Your weekend is on the horizon. After a messy effort on Tuesday night in Ottawa, the Bruins righted the ship a bit last night, eventually beating the visiting Ducks in a shootout. After that chaotic Ottawa game, one of you …

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Morning Skate: Firepower

Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images Lots of goals. Well folks, you can’t win ‘em all, right? The B’s wound up with their first loss of the young season last night, a wild 7-5 affair against the Senators in Ottawa. I apologize for the lack of formal recap, but the five-month-old tyrant living in my …

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Morning Skate: Media

Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Smile for the camera! Happy Monday, folks — a new week is upon us, and it’s the week that will kick off the 2022-2023 season. You made it! Give yourselves a pat on the back. The Bruins will be busy today, as it’s Media Day, the …

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Morning Skate: Slim

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Slowly getting smaller. Folks, I don’t mean to shock you, but welcome to the last Friday before the regular season begins! Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday we were in the summer doldrums and arguing about the ocean vs. lakes? Ah, memories. The Bruins slimmed down their roster a bit …

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Morning Skate: Countrymen

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Friends, Romans. Thursday! It’s here. Let’s have fun out there. As far as preseason games go, last night’s was pretty entertaining, eh? The Bruins and Rangers treated a national TV audience to nine goals, 58 shots, 53 hits…you name it, you got it. The Czech Mates were the stars of …

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Morning Skate: Eve

Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The preseason is coming! Happy Friday, folks! It’s a big Friday too — the last one without recent hockey games to discuss until sometime in the spring (ideally). Sure, they’re only preseason games, but who doesn’t love to argue about exhibition games that will feature rosters …

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Morning Skate: Endings

Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images For more than one guy. It is Wednesday, my dudes. It was quite a Tuesday yesterday, eh? Zdeno Chara signs with the Bruins! Oh, it’s a one-day contract to retire. Hey, what about Keith Yandle or PK Subban on a PTO? Oh, they both retired today too. Huh. …

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Morning Skate: Mystery

Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images International PTO Man of Mystery. Welcome to Tuesday, folks! The Youths wrapped up the Prospects Challenge in style yesterday, beating the Youth Jersey Devils in a shootout. With that tournament in the books, we roll on towards the preseason, which is just a few days away. One thing …

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