NHL GMs meeting wrapup: New hits proposal, Kaberle's future and No. 1 pick...
PHILADELPHIA -- The league's general managers are looking for a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct to be assessed next season for the muc...
View ArticleEastern Conference finals breakdown: Boston Bruins versus Tampa Bay Lightning
The Eastern Conference finals matchup between the Bruins and Lightning features two teams with good to great balance up front, but which club will win?
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Tampa Bay Lightning are no one-trick pony
The Bruins learned the hard way in the Lightning's 5-2 Game 1 win that Tampa Bay is no one-trick pony.
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Maybe it's time for Claude Julien to consider a...
While B's coach Claude Julien usually takes a conservative approach, isn't it time for some power-play changes? Maybe he should give Tyler Seguin a shot.
View ArticleStanley Cup playoffs: Is Tomas Kaberle's play holding back the Boston Bruins?
In every series, there is that one unfortunate player whose underachieving or foibles make him a lightning rod for criticism. In the East finals, that player is Tomas Kaberle.
View ArticleEric Brewer gets chance to shine in playoffs
BOSTON -- For some players, the playoffs are a given. For others, they are a gift. For Tampa defenseman Eric Brewer, who first played in the NHL fo...
View ArticleBolts-B's: Roloson, Downie updates for Game 5; Kaberle struggling again
BOSTON -- Look for Dwayne Roloson to start in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Monday night's Game 5 against Boston, even though no one would say f...
View Article2011 Stanley Cup playoffs: Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning free agency
Scott Burnside takes stock of which players coming to the ends of their contracts have helped or hurt their leverage as free agents.
View ArticleBolts-Bruins: Burnside's keys to Game 7
BOSTON -- For six games, the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning have waged a war of unpredictability. Never mind game to game, this series has feat...
View Article2011 Stanley Cup playoffs: Boston Bruins answer the call in Game 7
In one of the most compelling playoff games in a long time, the Bruins, to a man, answered the bell in advancing to their first Stanley Cup finals since 1990.
View Article2011 Stanley Cup finals: Boston Bruins suffering from Stanley Cup finals denial
Maybe the Bruins truly believe they are not in a man-sized hole against the Canucks. A little Cup finals denial? But after two games in Vancouver, it really looks as if this is the end for Boston.
View Article2011 Stanley Cup finals: It's time again for our annual Cup finals cliches list!
The Cup will be in the building for Monday's Game 6 and that means only one thing: it's time again for Scott Burnside's annual cliche column!
View Article2011 Stanley Cup finals: It's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals! Time for some...
Does it get any better than a Game 7 in the Cup finals? It does if you check out our predictions for Wednesday's tilt.
View Article