<p>The owners of the #Boston Bruins have pledged to donate at least $200,000 to help the professional #Women's #Hockey player, Denna Laing, who suffered a spinal cord injury at Gillette Stadium in an exhibition game the day before the NHL's Winter Classic on New Year's Day.</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 1/16/16 7:31pm<br><p>that is a very classy move on the part of the Bruins.</p>
<p>Don't know what neuroscouting is, bliss: But Mookie is one of those guys who was taking the BB from Day One! 32 BB/30 K's as a 19-year old. 81/57 at 20. 61/51 at 21. His 174/137 on the farm has translated to 67/113 in #Boston. I would bet that he easily betters that rate as he ages beyond the ripe old age of 22 (23 since October).</p>
<p>Johnston is being replaced with Mike Sullivan, the former #Boston Bruins coach. Maybe he will be able to do something to salvage the season.</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - InsideTheBoards - 12/12/15 3:08pm<br><p>If Sullivan approaches the team right, he might actually be able to make a go of it.</p>
</div><div class="indented">Reply - JulienSwift - 12/12/15 8:00pm<br><p>Sullivan knows how to deal with diva superstars</p>
<p>My general thoughts: DiPoto clearly has a plan and trust in his coaches to be aligned with him on how to implement that plan. It shows a top-to-bottom cohesiveness that we never saw with Z. That strategic thinking also allows him to be more decisive than Z ever was. See how he moved from Iwakuma to plan B. He didn't just pick up the phone to #Boston and make that happen last-minute. Also, while I don't feel amazing about every single deal, on the whole, I feel like we have absolutely raised the floor.
<p>Buster Olney<br />
@Buster_ESPN<br />
#Boston getting big-time rave reviews from rival executives on the Carson Smith acquisition.</p>
<p>Another way of saying nobody anywhere thinks this makes sense? Meanwhile, every team in #Baseball suddenly has a first baseman available and are lining up outside DiPoto's hotel suite.</p>
<p>Miley suffers from pitching in #Boston (ERA is 3.60 on the road) so I'm sure he won't mind moving to the Safe. It will protect him from his lack of an arsenal. He's basically Jason Vargas. He's under contract for 3 more years (with a 4th year option) so at least we have his rights for a minute if we add him. The Red Sox traded 3 players for him a year ago, though, so I don't know what they'll want for their so-far "league average" arm.
<p>#Boston and #New_York fans assume the rest of the world exists to feed them their best players while they give up average players.</p>
<p>Brad Marchand of the Bruins was speared in the groin by Canucks's Brandon Prust during Saturday's game. Marchand showed no remorse for the rather painful hit either.</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - JulienSwift - 12/7/15 8:52am<br><p>any player who intentionally hurts another player should have stiffer consequences.</p>
</div><div class="indented">Reply - JulienSwift - 12/7/15 8:53am<br><p>that was unsportsmanlike conduct and $5k for a pro athlete is nothing.</p>
