Morning Free Associations – Bobby to Bergy

Morning Free Association: Games, Transactions, and Injuries

By the german hammer | September 23, 2019 - 6:00 am |September 23, 2019 Morning Free Associations, Transactions

This weekend the Bruins JV club took on a Chicago Blackhawks team that Featured Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Brandon Saad, and Duncan Keith among other starters. The big veterans on the Bruins included Brandon Carlo, Matt Grzelcyk, and Steven Kampfer, all of whom were the alternate captains of the night. Even without the star power and veteran core, the bear cubs manage to take the Chicago Blackhawks to OT, where the B’s lost 3-2. Continue reading →

Morning Free Association: Preseason 1-1-0

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Last night the Bruins won a meaningless game in Philadelphia. In that preseason effort, Danton Heinen, Peter Cehlarik, and Connor Clifton all scored. Continue reading →

Morning Free Association: On to Philly

By the german hammer | September 19, 2019 - 6:00 am |September 19, 2019 Morning Free Associations

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Brandon Carlo finally revealed how he felt about his contract situation on that most important of news outlets: Instagram. He did so in such a dry manner, one in which our own resident geologist who doesn’t have time for us anymore, described as “his self-aware humor is very Hal Gill-esque”. It must come with the jersey number. Continue reading →

Morning Free Association: Brando Carlrissian is Back

By the german hammer | September 18, 2019 - 6:00 am |September 18, 2019 Morning Free Associations, Transactions

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Yesterday morning or perhaps late into the night before, Brandon Carlo agreed to a bridge deal to end his training camp holdout, a deal that turns out to be a fantastic deal for the Bruins in both the short and long term: 2 years at $2.85 million AAV. After locking up both Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo for under $8 million for the next two years is the kind of skill that resulted in Don Sweeney winning GM of The Year for the 2018-19 season. Continue reading →