Fluto Shinzawa

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fluto Shinzawa

BRIGHTON, Mass. - It took the New York Rangers four days to hire Mike Sullivan as their next head coach. It will take the Boston Bruins longer to lock up their target. General manager Don Sweeney has conducted multiple introductory phone interviews with prospective coaches. He has yet to interview any candidates in person. At least one target is still coaching into the eight-team second round of the playoffs. However, Sweeney plans to progress to video interviews shortly.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fluto Shinzawa

When it comes to Jeremy Swayman's $8.25 million average annual value, the Boston Bruins goalie only looks up to Sergei Bobrovsky ($10 million), Andrei Vasilevskiy ($9.5 million) and Connor Hellebuyck ($8.5 million) in his peer group. It is an impressive cohort. Bobrovsky has won the Vezina Trophy twice and backstopped the Florida Panthers to last year's Stanley Cup. Vasilevskiy has one Vezina, two Cups and one Conn Smythe. Hellebuyck is the favorite to win his third Vezina this season.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Fluto Shinzawa

The Boston Bruins are in an unfamiliar position. They have downgraded from a team that made the playoffs eight years straight to the NHL's fifth-worst club. They no longer have anyone from their 2011 Stanley Cup roster after trading Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers in March and are searching for a full-time coach. Which direction Boston goes in is unknown. One thing is clear, the Bruins have work to do. What will that involve? Who will be leading that charge?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Fluto Shinzawa

Mark Benning knew his job. The Harvard defenseman's priority was to retrieve pucks and deliver them quickly and accurately to Scott Fusco, Lane MacDonald and Tim Barakett, the Crimson's talented forwards. To get to pucks first, Benning required timely on-ice arrivals. It was up to Harvard's No. 3 goalie to open the bench door at just the right moment to let his puck-moving defenseman pounce onto the ice at full speed. Mark Carney took the job seriously. He did it well.

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Scott Powers |Arthur Staple |Fluto Shinzawa

Former Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan is one of the top coaching candidates available in the NHL. AP As soon as Mike Sullivan hit the open market on Monday, there was a lot of buzz among the six other NHL teams looking for coaches. Of course, not everyone will be able to hire Sullivan. David Carle, the University of Denver’s coach, is the other hot name on the market, but it’s unknown whether he’ll leave the college ranks.