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Bruins mailbag: Inconsistency killing us

Matt Kalman, ESPNBoston.com

Bruins mailbag: Inconsistency a constant problem.

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Julien shuffles the deck

Matt Kalman

...We are going to have to do something. [Marc Savard] is a guy that should lead our team in points and somehow you have to get...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009

B's defenseman makes forward progress

Matt Kalman

...in a handful of games up front when the Bruins had injury problems. Playing mostly with Marc Savard and Phil Kessel, Hunwick even scored a goal from his unfamiliar perch. Playing with Begin and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2009

Bruins' penalty kill? Alive and well

Matt Kalman

...pool to about six players and the players started to jell. Even the absence of center Marc Savard didn't hinder the Bruins' improvement on the PK. "Probably the first month, the first few...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

Hunwick not hanging his head

Matt Kalman

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- The Bruins took a day off Sunday in the aftermath of their 7-2 rout of Toronto the night before, so Monday morning's practice at ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Julien's pregame speech fires Bruins up

Matt Kalman

...Julien's life (starring Ed Harris, of course) is released in 2014 (or thereabout). But center Marc Savard, who responded with a hat trick, said he got chills. Patrice Bergeron also said Julien's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Bergeron catches Yzerman's eye

Matt Kalman

...I do that, it doesn't matter which one he picks." Bergeron's fellow star center Marc Savard also had no idea Yzerman was in the building. The Bruins playmaker wasted little time celebrating...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Savard shows he's a 'team guy' on and off ice

Matt Kalman

...see a Boston-based athlete who has turned his reputation around in a positive direction. When Marc Savard signed with the Bruins in July 2006, he brought with him the label -- backed up by...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Bergeron says his knee feels fine

Matt Kalman

...alignment during 4-on-3 practice on an offensive unit with Zdeno Chara, Derek Morris and Marc Savard. The object is to rotate so the giant Chara winds up in front. Whether the personnel...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009

Wheeler giving Bruins a lift

Matt Kalman

...I'm playing well," said Wheeler, who was recently elevated to first-line left wing alongside Marc Savard and Byron Bitz, when Milan Lucic was injured. "There's obviously moments where you wish you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Bergeron not at Monday's practice

Matt Kalman

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Having already played more than a month of this season without top-line center Marc Savard due to injury, the Bruins have learned how to survive without one of their top pivots...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Lightning more than trade fodder

Matt Kalman

...back near the top of the Eastern Conference and nearly whole after the return of center Marc Savard. That Boston has won three of four despite Savard posting just three assists since his return...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009

Bruins lose physical element without Lucic

Matt Kalman

...0. Of course, you cannot overlook that Lucic's absence overlapped with that of star center Marc Savard. Playing without both Lucic and Savard the Bruins were grasping for offense. As long as the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009

Thornton helps Bruins' cause in many ways

Matt Kalman

Thursday evening, Shawn Thornton, his wife Erin, and a handful of Thornton's Bruins teammates will convene at the veteran winger's home for the latest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Bergeron deserves better

Matt Kalman, ESPNBoston.com

Team Canada's snub of Bruin stalwart Bergeron a shame and a mistake.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009