Posts tagged peter chiarelli

Chiarelli: No Room for "What-Ifs"

BOSTON, MA - The Bruins were off Tuesday with no practice, following their emotional 5-4 comeback overtime win Monday night that clinched their first-round series over Toronto, and set them up for a date with the New York Rangers in Round 2.

General Manager Peter Chiarelli was available to media, and gave his take on the comeback, the Bruins’ depleted back end, young blueliners stepping up, Patrice Bergeron, and the second-round series with New York, among others.

Highlights from Monday night’s historic comeback showed a spirited reaction from Chiarelli and the Bruins’ management booth when Patrice Bergeron tied the game at 4-4, to send it to OT.

But, up until that point, the 4-1 scene looked grim for the Black & Gold.

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Chiarelli: Bruins Have to Step Up to Find Success

BostonBruins.com - The Bruins were off on Monday with no practice, as they rest and regroup prior to facing off against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Wednesday night at TD Garden.

Following the Bruins’ 48-game regular season, in which they went 28-14-6, I caught up with General Manager Peter Chiarelli to assess the team’s readiness heading into the postseason.

“I look at the last three games, although it’s a small sample size, we’ve done some things leading up to this last segment. I’ve liked our physicality in those games, our chances, we’ve been outnumbering the other team,” said Chiarelli on the 1-1-1 stretch against Tampa Bay, Washington and Ottawa, following the let’s-forget-it-ever-happened loss to Philadelphia that kick-started the B’s into gear.

“A couple of our players that have been struggling have been coming around, so those are the positives.”

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9:02 AM: Chiarelli Looking to Add, Not Subtract

9:02 AM - General Manager Peter Chiarelli and his staff are hard at work - though most of the work has already been done in preparation for the day, especially for a Bruins’ team that has a solid lineup, with room to add pieces.

The Bruins GM took a few minutes to check in, and surprisingly, I caught him at a time when his phone took a brief hiatus (not sure how that happened!)

First, he gave a run-down of the day for the B’s hockey ops staff.

“Well, it’s a busy day. You don’t want to force issues, force trades. We’ve got a couple of little things that we may look in to. Often times on the last day, teams make bigger decisions and sometimes some interesting players – the options on interesting players – fall on your lap, so you have to be prepared for that. Basically, we are prepared, we’ve already done some deals – player acquisitions. You want to just be prepared for something you don’t expect.”

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Chiarelli Holds Media Availability

BOSTON, MA - General Manager Peter Chiarelli held media availability today at TD Garden at 2:00 p.m., following the trade between Calgary and Pittsburgh that sent Jarome Iginla to the Penguins.

There were reports Wednesday night that the Calgary Flames captain had been traded to the Boston Bruins - and it spread across Twitter. No official news came from the Bruins, and at 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they had acquired forward Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Ben Hanowski, Kenny Agostino and a 2013 first-round draft pick.

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