Bruins Round-up
The Boston Bruins signed center Marc Savard to a 7 year contract extension worth just over 28 million dollars last Wednesday. Savard who would have been a free agent this coming off season will likely finish his career in black in gold, which he has been very out spoken about doing. “I think I stated earlier in some articles that I wanted to stay in Boston for the rest of my career and it looks like I’m going to have that chance,” Savard said at a news conference last week. “I’m happy about that. Over the last few years, I’ve watched this town grow back into a hockey town. And, hopefully, our goal as a team and as a staff comes true, that we can bring a (Stanley) Cup back to Boston.”
Savard has been Boston’s leading score for each of the past 3 seasons, and since coming to Boston in 2006 has scored 70 goals and 206 assists over the past 4 years. Savard’s contract will hit the salary cap at about 4.2 million dollars each year, which is very cap friendly for Boston. The deal allows the Bruins to keep cap space, while being able to keep their most productive offensive player, yet it also gives Savard the money that he deserves. Players will similar offensive numbers to his hit their team’s salary cap at around 5.5 million dollars a season.
Savard responded to his new contract last Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs scoring a hat trick in a 7-2 romping, which saw former Bruins wing man Phil Kessel make his return to Causeway Street for the first time since he was traded back in September for a first and a second round draft pick. The first round pick that Boston received for Kessel looks more and more valuable with each Toronto loss. Toronto has the second lowest point’s total. The team with the lowest point total at the end of the season has the best percentage of getting the number 1 overall pick in the draft each year. Read more…
If Bruins captain Zdeno Chara brings home the Stanley Cup this spring it might not be the only hardware on his trophy shelf. The NHL announced Thursday Chara is a finalist for the Norris Trophy along with Mike Green of the Washington Capitals, and Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings. 
Due to an undisclosed injury, the Boston Bruins will be without the services of winger Phil Kessel this weekend.
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