The Rise & Fall of Andrew Raycroft
Eighteen years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston’s fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on…
Andrew Raycroft
Canucks 12 Days of Hockeymas: 5 Forgotten Backup Goaltenders
The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down…
Maple Leafs’ Recent Business With the Bruins
Forget the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins are divisional rivals. Forget the good and the bad blood between the two franchises for a second – after…
Looking Back on the Maple Leafs: 10 Years Ago
Fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are enjoying what are the most successful days the franchise has seen since the infamous 2004-05 lockout, when six years of consecutive playoff berths…
The Two Sides of Miscast: A One-Facet Dark Saga in Leaf Land
The Post Boys of Negative Miscasts When the word ‘miscast’ is being tossed around in the ‘Centre of the Hockey Universe,’ Leafs Nation automatically think of the names Tyler Bozak…
John Ferguson Jr.’s Worst Moves as Maple Leafs GM
Perhaps the most criticized general manager in recent years for the the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs organization, John Ferguson Jr. certainly made some questionable calls during his tenure as the…
Welcome to the Carter Hutton Show
On Thursday, it was announced that Predators goaltending stalwart Pekka Rinne would miss at least 4 weeks with a spontaneous bacterial infection in his hip that he had surgically repaired…
Is Tuukka Rask ready to be the Boston Bruins starting goaltender?
It’s officially Tuukka’s team–for now, anyways.
The Boston Bruins re-signed Tuukka Rask to a one-year, $3.5 million deal making him, officially, the team’s starting goaltender for the 2012-13 season. Rask, a restricted free agent, gets a significant raise from last season’s $1.5 million salary.
It’s a curious agreement, at first glance. Rask has been aptly-named the goaltender of the future for the Bruins since he was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Andrew Raycroft back on June 24, 2006. The once-highly touted prospect has had to deal with Tim Thomas’ brilliance in net as well as injuries over the past two seasons. Now that he’s healthy and Thomas is out of the picture, it seems as if the starter’s role is Rask’s to lose.
So, why the short-term deal?
When Prospects Lose Their Luster
At this moment in the hockey world, there are fewer teams as irrelevant as the AHL’s Texas Stars. However, yesterday Andrew’s Stars Page/ESPN Dallas published a prospect update on goaltender…
No, Tim Thomas Should Not Be Criticized for Skipping White House Visit
Mike Miccoli, Boston Bruins Correspondent For the opposing viewpoint on this issue, check out my colleague Jim Neveau’s piece. When I think of the 2010-11 Boston Bruins club, I think of…
After Tough Weekend, What Have We Learned About the Stars?
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent In virtually every NHL season, there are teams that seem to come out of nowhere to surprise the league and make a mad dash to…