by: Jefferson Mills
Quick recap of last season:
Record: (53-19-10) finished in 1st place in the eastern conference with 116 points
-They led the eastern conference in goals for with 274.
-They led the entire NHL in goals against giving up only 196.
-Marc Savard led the bruins for the third straight year in total points (88) and assists (63)
- Seven bruins ( wheeler, kobasew, krejci, savard, ryder, kessel, and recchi) has twenty goals or more.
- phil kessel led the team in goals with 36.
- Captain zedeno chara made the all star game and finished with 19 goals and 31 assists. He also
Won the Norris trophy which is given to the league’s best defenseman.
-Head coach claude julien won the jack adams trophy which is given to the league’s best head
coach in just his third year.
-Tim Thomas had a career best year winning the most games he’s ever won (36) and played in
His second consecutive all star game. He also finished as the league leader in goals against( 2.10)
save percentage (.933) Thomas’s success did not go unseen as he won the vezina trophy which is
given to the league’s best goaltender.
Off season moves
-the most crucial move made by the b’s was undoubtedly the trade of phil kessel to the Toronto
maple leafs. They got the leafs first round pick as well as two second round picks in next years
draft.
-the bruins had limited cap space to work with but managed to resign veteran winger Mark
Recchi, as well as Youngsters Byron bitz matt hunwick and Johnny boychuk. All three were
integral parts of the bruins organization last year and should make the 09 roster. Boychuk is the
least known of the three. He led the p- bruins in scoring with twenty five goals which as a
defenseman is unheard of unless your mike green. The longest tenured bruin in pj axelsson
went back home to play
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