NHL rejects Kelly contract: Report

The NHL has rejected a four-year, $12-million contract between Chris Kelly and the Boston Bruins, according to RDS’s Renaud Lavoie, but the club expects the deal to be approved when the free agency period begins July 1. “We’ve got a commitment from Kelly for four years,” Bruins GM...

Top 5 pre-draft trade possibilities

1. Rick Nash, LW, Columbus: If talk indeed turns to action, Nash will be dealt this summer. The New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks were left at the alter at the February trade deadline because they weren’t willing to pay the massive price being demanded by Blue Jackets GM Scott...

Time for Peter Chiarelli to trade

It’s a big deal The Bruins’ past two games revealed all too clearly that their team, as currently constituted, is just not the real deal. Unchanged, the B’s — unless they happen to get mighty lucky — aren’t a genuine threat to win the Stanley Cup. The second loss to...

Bruins eye pickup game

Fluto Shinzawa Then Saturday night, against a Florida team that started an overhaul last week by trading Dominic Moore to Montreal, the Bruins strolled through two listless periods. To come up with the win, they turned to graybeard Recchi to score the tying goal in the third and beat Tomas Vokoun in the...

Bruins fire GM O'Connell

The Boston Bruins fired GM Mike O’Connell today. For those B’s fans, just perhaps Harry might be out the door too. Boston is all but out of the playoffs.