News Article: Jan. 5

[Gee Wally]

Bruins on some thin ice in faceoff circle
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...eoff-circle/YjyUywDCB90EIs5qlu0nCM/story.html


NHL roundup
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/01/04/hkn-blah-blah-blah/Al1GAMKyyFkU4uY45hxTeI/story.html



Practice status: Hard
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bruins/2016/01/practice_status_hard



Bruins make serious push to move forward
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bruins/2016/01/bruins_make_serious_push_to_move_forward


Bruins assign David Pastrnak to Providence
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/...01/bruins_assign_david_pastrnak_to_providence




Back from World Juniors, Pastrnak heads to Providence
http://www.csnne.com/boston-bruins/...s-david-pastrnak-sent-to-providence-by-bruins


Sagging B's look for rebound against high-flying Caps
http://www.csnne.com/boston-bruins/...-look-for-rebound-against-washington-capitals



Kemppainen ‘a possibility’ to return for Bruins vs. Capitals
http://www.csnne.com/boston-bruins/joonas-kemppainen-a-possibility-to-return-for-bruins-vs-capitals



Bruins Hoping Two Days Work Enough To Move On From Winter Classic Disaster
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/01/...ter-winter-classic-disaster-canadiens-kalman/


Dropkick Murphys explain their absence from Winter Classic
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyl...story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ArticleText




edit: on a personal note. Speaking as a father of twins, the Bruins had better shore up the 'D' before Z & Mrs. Chara has their twin babies arrive in March.
I'm sure other dads here of twins will back me up on this one.

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[TheBigBadB]

This just irks me from Julien...His worst player at the Classic was a veteran in Talbot with a minus 4 but he talks about the young players being an issue. I just think Julien is a better coach for a veteran laden team.

“We don’t have as much of a veteran presence as we’ve had in the past,” Julien said. “When you have that, when you have a lot of young players being put in positions where they’re learning and it’s their first year — it’s not making excuses — but there’s no doubt there were a lot of players on that big stage probably who were looking around saying, ‘Wow.’ ”

But I also see he finally gets it with Kevin (hopefully)

The Bruins might benefit from the return of Joonas Kemppainen to play center and win the faceoffs Bergeron doesn’t take. Julien also seems poised to make a switch on defense, with Zach Trotman and Colin Miller going back into the lineup in place of Kevan Miller and Joe Morrow. Trotman has been a healthy scratch nine of the past 10 games. Colin Miller sat out the past three games.

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

This just irks me from Julien...His worst player at the Classic was a veteran in Talbot with a minus 4 but he talks about the young players being an issue. I just think Julien is a better coach for a veteran laden team.

“We don’t have as much of a veteran presence as we’ve had in the past,†Julien said. “When you have that, when you have a lot of young players being put in positions where they’re learning and it’s their first year — it’s not making excuses — but there’s no doubt there were a lot of players on that big stage probably who were looking around saying, ‘Wow.’ â€

And Habs had all that "big stage" experience. Now it all makes sense.