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Kalman: Competition Might Benefit Healthy McQuaid, Kelly In Bruins Camp
WILMINGTON (CBS) — Some observers see defenseman Adam McQuaid and forward Chris Kelly as two potential keys for releasing the Bruins from “salary-cap jail.” It’s easy to forget they’re living,...
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Kalman: Five Questions Bruins Defense Must Answer After Boychuk Trade
BOSTON (CBS) — I know the Bruins haven’t been improved by the Johnny Boychuk trade because I have eyes and because general manager Peter Chiarelli told us so. Nonetheless, the Bruins fancy themselves...
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Young Fist-Bumping Fan Helps Pump Up Bruins
BOSTON (CBS) – A pint-sized Bruins fan is melting hearts across New England and beyond. Eight-year-old Liam Fitzgerald was invited to sit on the bench during the pregame skate at Tuesday night’s game....
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Plus/Minus: Rask Shines Against Blues With First Shutout Of Season
BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Bruins cooled off the red-hot St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, shutting them out 2-0 at the TD Garden. The Blues had won 10 of their last 11 games, but ran into a very stable...
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Bruins Announce Adam McQuaid Expected To Miss 6 To 8 Weeks With Broken Thumb
BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins defensive depth will be tested once more, as blue liner Adam McQuaid will miss significant time. The Bruins announced Wednesday afternoon via general manager Peter Chiarelli...
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Kalman’s Grades: Mixed Bag On Bruins’ Blueline
BOSTON (CBS) — For the first time since defenseman Zdeno Chara agreed to join the Bruins as a free agent in the summer of 2006, the Bruins had to learn how to live without their captain this season....
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Kalman: Miscast McQuaid Looking To Keep Improving For Bruins
WILMINGTON (CBS) – It’s a perfect time to take stock of how the Bruins have fared without defenseman Johnny Boychuk because on Saturday, the veteran and his Eastern Conference powerhouse New York...
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Stars’ Antoine Roussel Suspended 2 Games For Cross-Check On McQuaid
BOSTON (CBS) –The NHL has slapped Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel with a two-game suspension for his cross-check on Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid. The incident occurred in the first period...
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Kalman: Hamilton Injury Paves Way For McQuaid To Be Money Player
WILMINGTON (CBS) — Finding positives in Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s injury is like finding something the Bruins and Montreal Canadiens like about each other. That doesn’t mean that Hamilton’s...
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Bruins Report Cards: Defense Corps Has Plenty Of Room For Improvement
BOSTON (CBS) – None of the Bruins’ three position groups underwent more change than the defense corps. From the ill-timed trade of Johnny Boychuk to the New York Islanders days before the season to the...
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Bruins Reportedly Sign Adam McQuaid
BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Bruins have reportedly signed defenseman Adam McQuaid to a four-year deal. According to Bob McKenzie of TSN, the deal is worth $2.75 million annually. McQuaid, a former second...
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Kalman: Sweeney’s Draft-Day Moves Set Bruins Back
BOSTON (CBS) – Up on the dais during the press conference to announce Don Sweeney as the replacement general manager for Peter Chiarelli last month, CEO Charlie Jacobs declared a new era in the Bruins’...
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Kalman: Trade For Rinaldo Doesn’t Mesh With Bruins’ Stated Plan
BOSTON (CBS) — “Clearly we have to integrate our younger players in our lineup and do a better, as I’ve mentioned, been on record, be patient with them while they continue to develop at the National...
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Hurley: As It Turns Out, Don Sweeney’s Doing A Very Good Job
BOSTON (CBS) — So, you’re never going to believe this, but as it turns out … sometimes in Boston, we overreact. Occasionally, we rush to judgment, and we don’t demonstrate patience or a willingness to...
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Bruins Unhappy With Zach Sill’s Hit On Adam McQuaid
BOSTON (AP/CBS) — Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was injured in the second period when he was checked headfirst into the glass Tuesday night against the Washington Capitals. McQuaid was skating after a...
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Kalman: Bruins Right To Not Attack Sill For Accidental McQuaid Injury
BOSTON (CBS) — If you’re outraged about the hit Washington forward Zach Sill put on Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid on Tuesday, at least direct your ire in the right direction. The Bruins deserve no...
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Capitals’ Sill Suspended 2 Games For Boarding McQuaid
NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Capitals forward Zach Sill was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for boarding Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid. Sill hit McQuaid from behind in...
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Kalman: McQuaid, Miller Make For Minuscule Odds Bruins Will Be Better
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston MIDDLETON (CBS) –When the Bruins re-signed defenseman Kevan Miller as an unrestricted free agent earlier this summer for four years at $2.5 million per season, some thought...
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Kalman: Bruins Leaning On Fresh Faces, Fresh Approach To Improve Defense
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Depending on when you’re reading this the Bruins are 48 hours or less from opening the season in Columbus. General Manager Don Sweeney hasn’t acquired a stud...
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Patrice Bergeron To Miss Bruins’ Season Opener; Kevan Miller Undergoes Hand...
BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins will kick off their season on Thursday night in Columbus, but they will do so without their most important player. Patrice Bergeron will not be in uniform when the Bruins take...
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Bergeron, McQuaid Return To Practice For Bruins
BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins had their leader back on the ice on Wednesday, as Patrice Bergeron made his return to practice. Bergeron missed Boston’s first three games of the season with a lower body...
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Kalman: Improved McQuaid Making Positive Impact On Bruins Since Return From...
By Matt Kalman BOSTON (CBS) — It’s blasphemous to say such things in some circles within the borders of New England, but Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid is off to a pretty solid start this season....
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So, Fighting Appears To Have Been Banned By The NHL
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — The NHL has not expressly forbidden fighting on its ice. But, for all intents and purposes, it essentially has put an expiration date on old-fashioned...
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Oh Look, The Refs Actually Let A Fight Go [VIDEO]
By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — For a moment, it looked and felt like the NHL had declared war on fighting. Confused by the league’s lack of transparency, Michael Hurley pointed out that...
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Kalman: Four Bruins Who Will Determine If They’ll Make Playoffs
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — We won’t know for a couple days whether “Cassidy Magic” will continue for the Bruins, who are at the end of a CBA-mandated five-day break in their schedule....
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Bruins’ Adam McQuaid Is A Hockey Player, Expected To Be Fine After Neck...
By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — In just about any other professional sport, a sliced neck would mean at least a week off for most players. But hockey players don’t care about neck cuts – in...
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Cassidy: Krug, Carlo & McQuaid Won’t Return To Bruins’ Blue Line In Game 5
BOSTON (CBS) — It doesn’t look like the Bruins’ blue line will be getting any reinforcements back on Friday as the team fights off elimination. Bruins interim head coach Bruce Cassidy told reporters on...
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Tuukka Rask Diagnosed With Concussion, Out Thursday Vs. Canucks
BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Bruins will be without their starting goalie for the foreseeable future. Tuukka Rask has been diagnosed with a concussion and is out for Thursday. The Boston netminder will...
View ArticleAdam McQuaid Suffers Broken Fibula In Bruins’ Win Over Canucks
BOSTON (CBS) — It was, for the most part, a celebratory night at the TD Garden on Thursday, but for one major letdown. Midway through the third period with the Bruins leading 5-3, defenseman Adam...
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Bruins Brief: McQuaid Practices With Team, Beleskey Hurt
By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins continue to get healthier, and they could be getting Adam McQuaid back soon. The defenseman practiced with the team for the first time since...
View ArticleHow McQuaid’s Blocked Shot Helped Set An Example For Seemingly Playoff-Ready...
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — He’s more than three months removed from a broken right fibula that kept him out for a third of the season after he blocked a shot by Vancouver’s Brock Boeser,...
View ArticleWith Two Monster PK Shifts, McQuaid Proved Cassidy Made Right Choice For...
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Leading up to the Bruins’ Game 1 matchup with Toronto in the Eastern Conference first round on Thursday, coach Bruce Cassidy was transparent about the final...
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Awful Officiating Didn’t Ruin First-Rate Playoff Intensity And Other Leftover...
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — This may prove to be an unpopular opinion in the great city of Boston, but here goes: You have got to appreciate Game 2 between the Bruins and Lightning....
View ArticleBruins Trade Adam McQuaid To Rangers, Receive Picks And Steven Kampfer In Return
BOSTON (CBS) — Adam McQuaid’s Boston Bruins career is over. The veteran defenseman was traded to the Rangers on Tuesday. The Bruins will receive defenseman Steven Kampfer — who spent parts of two...
View ArticleBruins Players Young & Old Look Back On Adam McQuaid As A Great Teammate
BOSTON (CBS) — When discussing Tuesday morning’s trade of Adam McQuaid, there was one constant theme throughout the Boston Bruins dressing room. The veteran defenseman would have done anything for...
View ArticleRelive Some Of Adam McQuaid’s Best Bruins Moments
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Everyone understands why the Bruins would move on from Adam McQuaid, but that doesn’t make it any easier for Boston to say farewell. Obviously, McQuaid...
View ArticleEven Later In Career, Adam McQuaid Never Backed Down
By Matt Kalman, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — It was 1:57 into the second period last March 31, and the Bruins had just taken a 3-1 lead on the Florida Panthers. The Panthers were desperate for two points...
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NHL Issues No Supplemental Discipline For Andrew Shaw’s Hit To Adam McQuaid’s...
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Does the NHL really care about player safety? It’s a question that’s been earnestly asked for a decade now, ever since the policing of dangerous and...
View ArticleAdam McQuaid, A 2011 Champion With The Bruins, Announces Retirement From NHL
BOSTON (CBS) – Adam McQuaid, a longtime defenseman with the Bruins who helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 2011, has officially announced his retirement from the NHL. “I guess technically I would...
View ArticleBruins Officially Announce Chris Kelly, Adam McQuaid As Part Of Coaching...
BOSTON (CBS) — A pair of Stanley Cup champions is now officially on the Bruins’ staff. Chris Kelly and Adam McQuaid, who were part of the 2011 Cup-winning Bruins team, were announced as members of the...
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