BRUINS PRE-SEASON WRAP

endofvid [starttext]BRUINS PRE-SEASON WRAPwritten by Nathan SimpsonWith a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders last Saturday, the Bruins ended the 2011NHL pre-season on a winning note. Boston finished the six game exhibition schedule going 4-1-1, and, while that doesn’t really mean anything, I suppose it’s better than finishing 1-1-4.Throughout, Coach Claude Julien and GM Peter Chiarelli undertook the process of whittlingdown the roster in order to get to the 23 who will start opening night. As expected, 2011 draftpicks Dougie Hamilton, Alexander Khokhlachev, and Anthony Camara were assigned back totheir respective junior teams. Joining them were 2010 picks Jared Knight and Ryan Spooner. 25others were placed on waivers and then sent down to Providence. The last cut made before theOctober 5th deadline was veteran forward Chris Clark. Clark was released by the Bruins afterbeing invited to camp on a try-out basis. Julien said that releasing Clark was “A tough call,” andthat 35 year ...