http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:04 -0500 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:11:06 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mark Recchi, back on the Boston payroll for 2009-10 for $1 million, made it sound like this would be his last season as an NHLer. "I think this is probably going to be it," said Recchi, who has scored 545... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/last_run_for_re.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/last_run_for_re.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:04 -0500 On Wednesday morning, while waiting for a car service to drive him from Hartford's Bradley International Airport to Boston, Milan Lucic got a phone call he thought be coming. http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/huge_honor_for.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/huge_honor_for.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:38:14 -0500 With Steve Begin, Mark Recchi, and Byron Bitz in the fold, the 2009-10 roster is rounding into form. http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/updated_salary_17.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/updated_salary_17.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:05:40 -0500 Jordan Caron, Boston's top pick last Friday in the 2009 NHL amateur draft, is among the invitees expected to attend the club's annual development camp that opens Tuesday at the Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington The camp runs Tues. through... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_developm.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_developm.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:10:41 -0500 According to TSN, Mark Recchi has re-signed with the Bruins, agreeing to a one-year, $1 million contract. Recchi scored 10 goals and six assists in 18 games with the Bruins last season after arriving from Tampa Bay along with a... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/recchi_resigns.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/recchi_resigns.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:55:28 -0500 Milan Lucic was the only Bruin named to Team Canada's Olympic orientation camp. The camp will take place in Calgary from Aug. 24-27. Lucic will be one of 25 forwards to participate in the camp. Forty-six total players were named... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/lucic_invited_t.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/lucic_invited_t.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:08:53 -0500 Just got our first look of Byron Bitz's new deal, signed yesterday, with the Bruins. The big winger will earn $675,000 in the upcoming season and then get bumped to $700,000 in 2010-'11. Overall, a very economical deal for... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bitzs_new_deal.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bitzs_new_deal.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:48:31 -0500 The Bruins have re-signed Johnny Boychuk to a one-year deal. The unrestricted free agent was named the AHL's best defenseman last season, as he scored 20 goals and 45 assists in 78 games. Boychuk appeared in one NHL game last... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_resign_b.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_resign_b.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:51:24 -0500 Two seasons ago, Steve Begin took a stick to Marc Savard's back. Last season, he absorbed a pounding from Shawn Thornton during training camp as payback. But that's all history now. http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/begin_a_bruin_n.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/begin_a_bruin_n.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:03:33 -0500 Audio from the Boston Bruins conference calls this afternoon with the media... 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Instead, they tinkered with their lineup, signing unrestricted free agent forward Steve Begin to a one-year, $850,000 contract and re-signing restricted free agent Byron Bitz... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/chiarelli_comme_2.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/chiarelli_comme_2.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:46:19 -0500 The Bruins have signed center Steve Begin to a one-year contract. The former Canadien was traded to Dallas last season. By signing Begin, GM Peter Chiarelli said that fourth-line center Stephane Yelle will not return. Begin will replace Yelle on... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_sign_beg.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bruins_sign_beg.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:16:08 -0500 Byron Bitz, who became a restricted free agent at noon today, has signed a multi-year extension. Bitz scored four goals and three assists in 35 games in 2008-09. Bitz scored the opening goal in Game 7 against Carolina. The 24-year-old... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bitz_reups_with.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/bitz_reups_with.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:38:58 -0500 Veteran blueliner Jaroslav Spacek, among the names the Bruins considered plucking out of today's free-agent feeding frenzy, agreed to a three-year deal with the Canadiens this aftrernoon that will bring him a total $11.5 million. Even though he is... http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/spacek_to_the_c.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/spacek_to_the_c.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:35:40 -0500 According to TSN, Buffalo has signed D Steve Montador to a two-year, $3.1 million contract. http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/free_agent_sign.html http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2009/07/free_agent_sign.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:13:16 -0500