TIM THOMAS: “FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FAITH” TO BE THE FOCUS NEXT YEAR

Tim Thomas posted on his Facebook page minutes ago that he plans on spending the majority of his time concentrating on friends, family and faith. While not coming out and saying he will not play for the Boston Bruins next season, between friends, family and faith and then adding in “training” and working on protective [...]

THOMAS KEEPING BRUINS GUESSING ON 2012-13 SEASON

BY KEVIN HARRIMAN BOSTON SPORTS DESK PUBLISHER Just when you think Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas can’t shock you any more, he finds a way to shock you. ESPN reported in the early hours of Friday morning that Thomas may be taking the 2012-13 season despite being under contract (the last year of his contract).  [...]

CHIARELLI TALKS PAILLE, BOURQUE, THOMAS AND FREE AGENTS

Peter Chiarelli Opening statement… Obviously we would like to announce the signing of Dan [Paille] to a three-year contract. The contract is worth 1.3 million dollars in each year. Since we acquired Dan in a trade I really feel our penalty killing and our team speed has improved, and Dan played a large part in [...]

THOMAS TO TAKE YEAR OFF. ?

WEEI FLASH: GM Peter Chiarelli says that B’s “Operating right now on strong possibility [Tim] Thomas is taking year off” -

PAILLE AND BOURQUE AGREE TO CONTRACTS

BOSTON BRUINS SIGN DANIEL PAILLE TO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, CHRIS BOURQUE TO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, June 1, that the club has signed forward Daniel Paille to a three-year contract through the 2014-15 season and forward Chris Bourque to a two-year contract through the 2013-14 season. Paille’s [...]

BRUINS SIGN SVEDBERG TO CONTRACT

BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, May 29, that the club has signed goaltender Niklas Svedberg to an entry-level contract. Per club policy, financial terms of the deal will not be disclosed at this time. Svedberg, a 22-year-old goaltender from Sollentuna, Sweden, played the past two seasons with Brynas IF Gavle in [...]

BRUINS ACQUIRE CHRIS BOURQUE

THe Boston Bruins have acquired Chris Bourque from the Washington Capitals for Zach Hamill.

CHIARELLI – JULIEN PRESS CONFERENCE

General Manager Peter Chiarelli’s opening statement… Just, I’ll try to give you some random and not so random thoughts to start this press conference on the year. I think my biggest take away from this year is the parity in the league and we saw it last year in the three Game 7s – the closest [...]

RED SOX LOOK FOR FOURTH IN A ROW

GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Red Sox, who are now 3rd in the AL (4th in the ML) with 94 runs, have scored 33 times over their last 4 games and outscored the Twins 24-13 in their 3-game sweep in Minnesota…The Sox have scored more than 5 runs 8 times, tied for the 2nd-most such tilts in [...]

SEIDENBERG PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING GAME 7

  BOSTON BRUINS DEFENSEMAN DENNIS SEIDENBERG         On the closeness of this series… Well they played us very well.  They never really gave us momentum, they played very patient defensively and always used their chances, so to their advantage I guess in overtime.  They just played a great series and their goalie played well and now it’s [...]