Jay Woodcroft is no longer just a name floating around the rumor mill—he’s now front and center in the Boston Bruins’ coaching search. On Wednesday’s episode of Morning Cuppa Hockey, NHL insider Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff referred to Woodcroft as a leading candidate for the Bruins’ vacant head coaching position.
The Boston Bruins are in the midst of a quick rebuild, after trading away key pieces ahead of the 2024-25 NHL Trade Deadline. After missing the 2025 Stanley
Former Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft is among the possibilities to become the Bruins’ next head coach, according to Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, who described him as a “leading candidate” for the vacancy on Wednesday’s Morning Cuppa Hockey podcast.
The Bruins’ 2024 offseason moves are not aging the way they had hoped, and it is a large part of the reason that they are picking in the top seven of the upcoming NHL Draft.
When the 2024-25 NHL season started, the Boston Bruins looked much better on paper than the prior season. One of the early talking points was just how big the Bruins were from top to bottom.
It’s official: the Boston Bruins have the seventh overall selection in the 2025 NHL Draft. It’s the highest pick they’ve had since they had the ninth overall selection in the 2011 NHL Draft where they selected defenseman Dougie Hamilton.
Conor Ryan of Boston.com: Earlier this week, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney said that he’s started in his coaching search and has held some talks. “I’ve just had general conversations and introductions,” Sweeney said of what intel he’s received from head-coaching candidates so far.
Teams that do have head coaching vacancies have begun making moves. The New York Rangers wasted no time by hiring former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, and the Anaheim Ducks have hired Joel Quenneville.
The Boston Bruins have begun an aggressive coaching search after missing the playoffs, and Rick Tocchet appears to be their top target. Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff reported on May 9 that Boston is among multiple teams prepared to offer Tocchet a “mega” contract.
The Providence Bruins are in the middle of a must win game four. They trail 2-1 in the game and 2-1 in their best-of-five series. Just over two minutes into the game the Providence starting goalie Michael DiPietro left the game.
The Boston Bruins are looking for a Head Coach to help lead this team in the future, and now two very intriguing assistant coaches have emerged as candidates.
Get ready for the ride, boys and girls. The 2025 IIHF World Championship opened up in Sweden and Denmark on Friday, with USA, Finland, Sweden and Czechia banking wins to start the tourney.
The Boston Bruins are one of a handful of NHL teams with a head coach vacancy this offseason. They fired Jim Montgomery early in the season, turning the keys over to Joe Sacco.
Boston Bruins General Manager touched on the team’s head coaching search on Monday after the NHL Draft Lottery slotted the Bruins at the seventh pick in the upcoming NHL Draft in June.
On Sunday, the Boston Bruins announced that center Elias Lindholm would be departing the organization briefly this month to represent his native Sweden to participate in this year’s IIHF World Championships, which begin on May 9.
The Boston Bruins have signed center Patrick Brown to a one-year, $775,000 contract. Brown was set to become an unrestricted free agent after the conclusion of his two-year contract with an $800,000 cap hit.
The offseason has arrived for half of the league’s teams that aren’t taking part in the playoffs plus those eliminated already in the opening round. Accordingly, it’s now time to examine what they will need to accomplish over the coming months.
The 2025 NHL Draft Lottery took place on Monday night before the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers kicked off the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
In a fast-moving development that indicates this might have been some time in the making, the Bruins missed on the first potential head coaching candidate when Mike Sullivan quickly signed on to be the new bench boss for the New York Rangers.
The Boston Bruins wanted Mike Sullivan as their next head coach, but the New York Rangers snatched the Stanley Cup-winning coach up before they could make their move.
The great thing about Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford is that he is more than happy to say whatever is on his mind. The filter between his brain and his mouth does not exist, and you always get the pure honesty when he speaks to the media.
The 2024-25 season was far from ideal for the Boston Bruins, finishing tied for last in the Eastern Conference with a 33-39-10 record. The struggle and turmoil in Boston is likely lasting into their long offseason as Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo could find a new home for the 2025-26 season.
The Boston Bruins are looking for answers, and their end-of-season press conference this week didn’t exactly provide many of them. After a disappointing season, this team needs to make changes, add difference-makers, and shake things up.