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The offseason wasn't particularly kind to the Bruins. Departure of Torey....the whatever that was with Chara. Its a great scoring line....and it probably still will be when Pastrnak comes back next month. But for now with limited secondary depth and a sketchy backend they will try to recreate glory. Mercifully the Devils are up first.

Forgive me if I am not backflipping over Craig Smith but I guess his 20 are better than Kase's total!

Is Nick Ritchie really still on this team?



Show me Jake Debrusk!



All seems to be forgiven with Rask's bubble family exit and both he and Halak will play for new contracts next year.

This is also Krejci's swan song at that crazy price of 7.25

All jokes aside I do really like Charlie Coyle...IMO he's a future captain.

The Bruins are 1 year removed from having the best record in the league at the time so there's that.

This is a tough Massmutual East Division and I could see it being a dog fight for the Bruins this year. But maybe the system just keeps on working and Cassidy can get all the other lines out there playing rope a dope until he can ice the BBP. That doesn't sound like much of a winning formula but the Bruins are damn good at layers. Its been a good ride so I've got no real expectations here and I will take whatever they are dishing out.

And the Bruins claw this one out...Devils tried to run Rask all game which seems to be a solid game plan if its being allowed. Rask remained sharp.

No Craig Smith in this one.

Charlie Mac looked a bit anxious in this one with his new role leading the D. Definitely will watch him in his increased role.

Nick Ritchie looked surprisingly decent....so hold the phone!

Marchand fresh off hip rehab provided the win.

The Devils don't strike me as a solid team yet but there is promise.....that Miles Wood guy was pretty decent...full of piss and vinegar in his game. I suppose that Hughes fellow is also pretty good. I also took note of that Sharangovich youngling. He had some skills.

Interesting to see Ruff with a team again. I am sure I will get to see more of this team whether I like it or not.

Rask goes to the bench with the game tied at 2 while the entire Bruins bench yells at him to get back in net. After the game he said he just had to tell Halak something. He later admitted he thought they were down 2-1. Great game awareness bud!

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Shockingly, the Ritchie/Heinen trade appears to be working out for both sides.

Ritchie seriously looks like one of the dumbest hockey players in history though. And there's a lot of competition for that spot. The only guy who photographed worse was Cam Barker.

Marchand is still as good, and as despicable, as he ever was. I'll always be astounded at how stout he is. For a little guy he's insanely hard to knock down.

Tonight's game against the Rangers started off amusingly, with Zibanejad and Marchand playing paper-rock-scissors for who would leave the ice first. Marchand honored the game and left.

Then the game turned into an old school brawl fest. Good times.

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When in doubt, bust out "Barbie Girl"...

https://twitter.com/ConorRyan_93/status ... 06528?s=20

Just awesome...