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Concomitant with the recent reports of Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas sitting out next season, which looks more likely than ever as of Sunday , beat reporter Joe Haggerty of csnne.com has hinted at a potential NHL salary cap increase effective in 2012-13. If that comes to pass, then talk about the hockey gods compensating one team for an ... (more)

Tim Thomas , via his world-famous Facebook page, has confirmed that he will be taking the 2012-13 NHL season off, citing the need to spend more time, in order, with his "Friends, Family and Faith." The Bruins options at this point are pretty limited: they cannot LTIR Thomas without a doctor indicating that he's injured and will be unable to play, ... (more)

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas said his family and fatigue are two factors on wanting to sit out for the 2012-13 season.

Tim Thomas is seriously considering taking a one-year sabbatical from hockey, and the Boston Bruins are proceeding as if their goalie will do just that, GM Peter Chiarelli said Friday.

If all goes according to plan, Niklas Svedberg will not be scraping the blue paint for the Boston Bruins for at least another year.

Today they traded lottery bust Zach Hamill to the Washington Capitals for the negotiating rights to unsigned forward Christopher Bourque, an impending Group 3 free agent.

Although every hockey fan would like to see their home-team win the Stanley Cup and no one else, there are certain players who we can all agree deserve to be rewarded for their work.

By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff,/p> Bruins president Cam Neely is among the game's leaders who want equipment to undergo continual examination in relation to player safety.

The Bruins' power play, for all the grief it took, was 15th in the NHL last year.

BOSTON - Although it's probably a waste of energy to try to convince Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli to do more than just "tweak" his roster before next season in order to avoid another first-round playoff loss, there's one part of Chiarelli's approach to this offseason that has to change.

Okay Bruins fans. A No more sulking. A No more hanging your head. A And no more feeling sorry for yourself.

Cam Neely, who knows something about scoring goals, has ideas on how the Bruins can power up on the man-advantage. The Bruins held a brief end-of-season news conference at the Garden Thursday, which had club owner Jeremy Jacobs , son Charlie Jacobs , and team president Cam Neely reaffirming that the club's fans are great, Boston is a hockey town, ... (more)