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The B’s have signed Recchi to a one year $1 million deal. They’ve also re-signed Krejci for three years.

Steve Begin was an offseason signing. Granted, it adds some muscle to the Big Bad Bruins… but other than that, we’re not quite sure what else to say.

We’ll be seeing more of Komisarek as he signed with the Leafs. Toronto seems to be trying to become much more hard hitting. This should make 2010 matchups between these two teams interesting.

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Lucic was named to the Canadian team orientation camp. There’s a chance we’ll get to see him play AGAINST Kessel. That would be an interesting matchup against the boards…

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Here is the preliminary list of players that will attend the US Olympic orientation camp August 17th-19th. It would be great to see Timmy and Kess play for the gold. Notice that Komisarek will be present. Wouldn’t it be nice to see a Lucic vs. Komisarek in a gold medal game? *drool*

2009 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Orientation Camp Roster
Goaltenders: Ryan Miller, Jonathan Quick, Tim Thomas

Defensemen: Tom Gilbert, Tim Gleason, Ron Hainsey, Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Mike Komisarek, Paul Martin, Brooks Orpik, Brian Rafalski, Rob Scuderi, Ryan Suter, Ryan Whitney

Forwards: David Backes, David Booth, Dustin Brown, Dustin Byfuglien, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, Jamie Langenbrunner, Ryan Malone, Mike Modano, Kyle Okposo, T.J. Oshie, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Bobby Ryan, Paul Stastny.

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Congrats Coach! (Jack Adams)

Congrats Z! (Norris)

Congrats Timmy! (Vezina)

There’s no Stanley Cup this year, but the B’s brought some hardware back from Vegas.

Is anyone else getting antsy for next season?

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Hey everyone. For the second year in a row I am going to participate in a 24 hour charity hockey event that benefits the Nashua Children’s Home. The event, “The All Day Power Play” as it is know is a 24-hour pickup hockey marathon (17 hours on the ice) consisting of 4 constantly changing teams made up of 15 players each, along with 20 goalies who rotate into the lineups throughout the event. This years event is scheduled for the weekend of August 8-9. Same format as last year: 24 hours beginning at 9AM on Saturday and ending at 9AM on Sunday. The event will be held at the Cyclones Arena in Hudson NH. If you want to participate check out the ADPP website. If you want to stop by and say hello that would be cool as well.

If you want to sponsor me and donate to the cause you can do so here – Dontate to Jim

I have visited the kids at the home and this organization does a great job. They have a nice facility and really do the best they can for these children and young adults.

Here is a pic of me getting ready for the shoot-out competition (I lost).

What am I pointing at?

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The Providence Bruins were eliminated after losing two straight at home. Sunday’s loss was a lost in OT and Mondays was… well, it was just a loss.

The plus side is that the Providence club is a young team which bodes well for Boston’s hockey future.

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We got a cat over a year ago and her name was Sidney. Of course, that name wouldn’t do because it brought up horrible images of “The Kid”. After deciding it needed to be a Boston name (the girlfriend and I live in CT now), I came up with Milan.

She got a cold a few weeks ago and never regained her appetite after that. After another vet visit, and blood tests, she was given some liver medication and an appetite stimulant. She was in at the vet every couple of days for the past two weeks for fluids and monitoring. This morning, she was very weak and couldn’t walk straight. Her back legs were not sturdy at all, so we brought her to the local emergency animal hospital. The X rays revealed a severely misshapen liver and fluid in her lungs – sure signs of pretty advanced cancer.

At her age (at least 12 human years), there was little to be done. The hospital had some short term solutions, but the long term solution – chemo, was not viable for a cat her age. It wasn’t the money that prevented it – it was the realization that it was just going to put her through too much.

Anyway, this is only on this site due to her name. When I told Jim I wanted to write for this site, one of the reasons I gave was that I even named my cat after Lucic. She was named after the baddest badass on the team even though she herself was a sweetheart. She sat next to me on the couch for each of the Montreal games, not moving much until the games were over (or until I stood up and screamed after a goal or a fight).

At least where she is now, the Bruins win the Stanley Cup every day (and Luch gets a hat trick in every game 7).

Milan the cat, named after #17

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Looks like a handful of Bruins were playing with some pretty good boo-boos this post season.

David Krejci will undergo hip surgery.
Phil Kessel will go in for repairs to fix his torn rotator cuff and labrum.
Andrew Ference will undergo groin surgery.
Chuck Kobasew played with two broken ribs.

We wish you a speedy recovery.

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Captain Jeremy Reich leads the Providence Bruins against the Hershey Bears

After winning the series opening in Hershey, the Providence Bruins fell the Bears last night.

Tukka Rask did all he could with 37 saves and Brad Marchand’s power play goal came too late in the third as the B’s came up short.

The B’s play at the Dunk this Friday, Sunday and Monday at 7:05! It’s yet to be announced if Lucic or the other cleared Big Bruins will actually be playing in Providence.

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Time to turn our attention to the Providence Bruins who will take on the Hershey Bears for a chance to advance to the final round of the Calder Cup. The battle begins tomorrow at Hershey.

Eastern Conference Finals – Series “M” (best-of-7)
E1-Hershey Bears vs. A2-Providence Bruins
Game 1 – Sat., May 16 – Providence at Hershey, W 3-2
Game 2 – Sun., May 17 – Providence at Hershey, L 1-2
Game 3 – Fri., May 22 – Hershey at Providence, 7:05
Game 4 – Sun., May 24 – Hershey at Providence, 7:05
*Game 5 – Mon., May 25 – Hershey at Providence, 4:05
*Game 6 – Wed., May 27 – Providence at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 7 – Thu., May 28 – Providence at Hershey, 7:00

Lets go Bruins!

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