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The 2010-2011 Boston Bruins head into the season on the heels of yet another disappointing finish to a season, one which is starting to feel like an all too familiar trend. In 2008-2009 we saw the B's bounced from the playoffs by an unlikely hero in Scott Walker. In 2009-2010 we saw a young goaltender upstage arguably the best goaltender in the league, only to be eliminated in the quarterfinals in one of the most **** collapses in hockey history.

The 2010-2011 Bruins, unfortunately, seem to have more question marks than answers heading into the new campaign. Can this team score? At many points last season we saw an offense that disappeared for games at a time, and not much has changed. The team's playmaker in Marc Savard has struggled with post-concussion symptoms, and it remains to be seen whether he even suits up in the 2010-2011 campaign. Marco Sturm continues his recovery from yet another knee injury. Can Michael Ryder bounce back from a terrible 09-10 campaign?

There is, however, a small light at the end of the tunnel, with the arrival of rookie Tyler Seguin taken #2 overall in the draft courtesy of the Phil Kessel trade. Seguin looks ready to step in immediately and contribute. How much remains to be seen.

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Line 1
Blake Wheeler			David Krejci			Nathan Horton
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'5"	205	24	6'0"	177	24	6'2"	229	25

Line 2
Marco Sturm			Patrice Bergeron			Mark Recchi
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'0"	194	32	6'2"	194	25	5'10"	195	42

Line 3
Daniel Paille			Tyler Seguin			Michael Ryder
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'0"	197	26	6'1"	182	18	6'0"	186	30

Line 4
Brad Marchand			Greg Campbell			Shawn Thornton
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
5'9"	183	22	6'0"	197	26	6'2"	217	33

Defense 1
Zdeno Chara			Dennis Seidenberg
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'9"	255	33	6'1"	210	29

Defense 2
Filip Kuba			Erik Karlsson
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'4"	229	33	5'11"	175	20

Defense 3
Andrew Ference			Johnny Boychuk
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
5'11"	189	31	6'2"	225	26

Goalies
Tuukka Rask			Tim Thomas
Ht	Wt	Age	Ht	Wt	Age
6'3"	169	23	5'11"	201	36

Injuries: Milan Lucic (Out 2 months with hip pointer)
Scratches: Matt Hunwick (Healthy), Jay McKee (Healthy)

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Boston Bruins Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Blake Wheeler	24	12	9	21	+7	17:25	10	55	.218
David Krejci	24	4	16	20	+3	18:15	8	56	.071
Patrice Bergeron	24	11	9	20	+11	18:25	18	57	.193
Zdeno Chara	24	3	14	17	+13	24:45	18	43	.070
Filip Kuba	26	2	14	16	-2	19:20	6	32	.063
Tyler Seguin	24	8	6	14	+1	14:30	18	38	.211
Michael Ryder	24	6	6	12	-1	15:30	6	63	.095
Nathan Horton	14	5	6	11	+5	17:10	4	49	.102
Jordan Caron	23	5	6	11	+6	12:15	9	42	.119
Johnny Boychuk	24	1	9	10	-7	17:00	12	23	.043
Andrew Ference	24	0	9	9	+2	16:05	2	18	.000
Mark Recchi	15	3	5	8	+3	17:10	4	53	.057
Dennis Seidenberg	20	2	6	8	+8	23:45	6	16	.125
Brad Marchand	23	2	5	7	+2	13:00	0	38	.053
Daniel Paille	23	2	5	7	+2	13:00	6	36	.056
Erik Karlsson	26	0	7	7	+2	15:45	4	29	.000
Greg Campbell	22	3	3	6	-1	11:05	6	38	.079
Marco Sturm	10	3	3	6	+4	15:00	2	29	.103
Shawn Thornton	24	2	2	4	-3	7:20	62	26	.077
Matt Hunwick	11	1	1	2	-3	15:40	2	8	.125
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Tuukka Rask	15	8	3	1	2.50			.907	1
Tim Thomas	12	8	3	1	2.86			.909	0

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NHL Scoreboard - Phoenix Coyotes (1-0-0) at Boston Bruins (0-1-0)

October 9, 2010 1 2 3 F Phoenix Coyotes 1 0 2 3 Boston Bruins 0 1 0 1 Three Stars Ilya Bryzgalov 27 Saves Radim Vrbata 1 Goal, 1 assist Wojtek Wolski 1 Goal, 1 Assist	Team Stats Comparison PHX BOS Shots on Goal 27 28 Hits 9 24 Faceoffs Won-Lost 24/17 17/24 Penalty Minutes 6:00 6:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Total Power Plays 3 2 Time on Attack 6:05 8:51
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring PHX Wojtek Wolski (1) Radim Vrbata (1), Shane Doan (1) EV 3:31 Second Period Scoring BOS Blake Wheeler (1) Tyler Seguin (1), Mark Stuart (1) EV 15:04 Third Period Scoring PHX Lauri Korpikoski (1) T. Pyatt (1), Kurt Sauer (1) EV 7:25 PHX Radim Vrbata (1) Wojtek Wolski (1), Robert Lang (1) PP 18:24
Phoenix Coyotes - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Ilya Bryzgalov 28 27 96% 1.00 Phoenix Coyotes - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Adrian Aucoin 22:28 0 0 -1 3 0:00 Shane Doan 21:31 0 1 0 1 4:00 Kurt Sauer 21:15 0 1 +2 1 0:00 Martin Hanzal 20:45 0 0 0 2 0:00 Derek Morris 20:41 0 0 0 0 0:00 Ed Jovanoski 20:38 0 0 0 3 2:00 Lee Stempniak 20:20 0 0 0 2 0:00 Sami Lepisto 17:34 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Keith Yandle 17:24 0 0 +2 2 0:00 Lauri Korpikoski 13:28 1 0 +1 3 0:00 Radim Vrbata 13:24 1 1 +1 3 0:00 Vernon Fiddler 13:15 0 0 +1 1 0:00 Wojtek Wolski 13:02 1 1 +1 2 0:00 Robert Lang 12:50 0 1 -1 1 0:00 Petr Prucha 12:24 0 0 +1 0 0:00 Taylor Pyatt 12:15 0 1 +1 0 0:00 Ray Whitney 11:04 0 0 -1 2 0:00 Scottie Upshall 10:57 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Phoenix Coyotes - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Tuukka Rask 27 24 89% 3.00 Boston Bruins - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Dennis Seidenberg 24:15 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Zdeno Chara 22:55 0 0 -1 3 2:00 Mark Recchi 22:54 0 0 0 3 2:00 Mark Stuart 22:28 0 1 +1 0 0:00 Andrew Ference 21:44 0 0 +1 0 0:00 Tyler Seguin 19:23 0 1 0 1 0:00 Patrice Bergeron 18:45 0 0 0 2 0:00 Blake Wheeler 17:45 1 0 0 3 0:00 Milan Lucic 17:16 0 0 -1 4 2:00 Michael Ryder 17:12 0 0 0 5 0:00 Brad Marchand 16:01 0 0 -1 2 0:00 David Krejci 14:49 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Matt Hunwick 14:37 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Johnny Boychuk 14:01 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Jordan Caron 12:55 0 0 0 1 0:00 Greg Campbell 9:53 0 0 0 2 0:00 Shawn Thornton 6:48 0 0 0 1 0:00 Nathan Horton 0:49 0 0 0 0 0:00

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Bruins Off on the Wrong Foot

Prague (AP) - Things really could not have gotten off to a worse start for the Bruins here in Prague. A loss on opening night obviously stings, but it would only be minor compared to the loss sustained not even a minute into the game. Bruins winger Nathan Horton, who was acquired in the offseason along with Greg Campbell for Dennis Wideman, collapsed in a a heap after getting drilled in the leg by an Ed Jovanoski point shot. Things did not look good for Horton was he was unable to get off the ice under his own power. X-rays later revealed a broken leg. The injury is expected to keep the winger out for at least a month.

The Bruins, as a result, will already have to shuffle their already mixed and matches lines. Blake Wheeler will move up to the Krejci line with Milan Lucic, while the Bruins will dress Daniel Paille, who was previously scratched to begin the season, and place him in Wheeler's spot on the Seguin line with Ryder.

The B's will face off tomorrow in the second game of a back to back here in Prague against the Coyotes. Tim Thomas is expected to be between the pipes.

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October 10, 2010

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NHL Scoreboard - Boston Bruins (1-1-0) at Phoenix Coyotes (1-0-1)

October 10, 2010 1 2 3 SO F Boston Bruins 2 0 0 0 3 Phoenix Coyotes 0 1 1 0 2 Three Stars Taylor Pyatt 2 Goals Ilya Bryzgalov 29 Saves Petr Prucha 2 Assists	Team Stats Comparison BOS PHX Shots on Goal 31 27 Hits 20 32 Faceoffs Won-Lost 16/25 25/16 Penalty Minutes 2:00 6:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 3 1 Time on Attack 10:22 6:21
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring BOS Milan Lucic (1) David Krejci (1), Blake Wheeler (1) EV 5:43 BOS Dennis Seidenberg (1) Zdeno Chara (1), Brad Marchand (1) EV 17:34 Second Period Scoring PHX Taylor Pyatt (1) Keith Yandle (1), Petr Prucha (1) EV 3:05 Third Period Scoring PHX Taylor Pyatt (2) Lauri Korpikoski (1), Petr Prucha (2) EV 6:03 Shootout Scoring BOS David Krejci PHX Ray Whitney BOS Michael Ryder
Boston Bruins - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Tim Thomas 27 25 93% 1.86 Boston Bruins - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Zdeno Chara 26:50 0 1 +2 1 0:00 Dennis Seidenberg 25:17 1 0 +2 4 0:00 Andrew Ference 22:04 0 0 -1 0 0:00 David Krejci 21:26 0 1 +1 4 0:00 Milan Lucic 20:42 1 0 +1 1 0:00 Patrice Bergeron 20:02 0 0 0 5 0:00 Mark Stuart 19:56 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Blake Wheeler 18:40 0 1 +1 3 0:00 Tyler Seguin 18:39 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Mark Recchi 18:26 0 0 0 1 0:00 Matt Hunwick 18:14 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Michael Ryder 18:04 0 0 -1 1 2:00 Johnny Boychuk 17:39 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Jordan Caron 13:23 0 0 0 5 0:00 Daniel Paille 12:58 0 0 -1 3 0:00 Greg Campbell 9:28 0 0 0 0 0:00 Brad Marchand 8:36 0 0 0 0 0:00 Shawn Thornton 8:02 0 0 0 0 0:00 Phoenix Coyotes - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Ilya Bryzgalov 31 29 94% 1.85 Phoenix Coyotes - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Ed Jovanoski 27:11 0 0 0 1 0:00 Derek Morris 24:17 0 0 0 0 2:00 Kurt Sauer 21:27 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Sami Lepisto 21:09 0 0 +1 1 0:00 Adrian Aucoin 19:55 0 0 0 0 0:00 Shane Doan 19:42 0 0 0 3 2:00 Lee Stempniak 18:58 0 0 0 4 0:00 Martin Hanzal 18:53 0 0 +1 3 0:00 Vernon Fiddler 18:04 0 0 0 1 0:00 Wojtek Wolski 17:42 0 0 0 1 0:00 Keith Yandle 17:11 0 1 0 1 0:00 Scottie Upshall 14:40 0 0 -1 3 0:00 Lauri Korpikoski 14:09 0 1 +1 1 0:00 Taylor Pyatt 14:03 2 0 +1 2 2:00 Petr Prucha 13:05 0 2 +1 1 0:00 Robert Lang 12:29 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Radim Vrbata 10:55 0 0 0 2 0:00 Ray Whitney 10:10 0 0 -1 1 0:00

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NHL Scoreboard - Boston Bruins (1-2-0) at New Jersey Devils (6-0-0)

October 16, 2010 1 2 3 F Boston Bruins 0 0 1 1 New Jersey Devils 1 1 0 2 Three Stars Jamie Langenbrunner 2 Goals Martin Brodeur 22 Saves Anton Volchenkov 1 Assist	Team Stats Comparison BOS NJ Shots on Goal 23 24 Hits 13 10 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17/24 24/17 Penalty Minutes 13:00 13:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 4 4 Time on Attack 6:38 6:17
Scoring Summary First Period Scoring NJ Jamie Langenbrunner Ilya Kovalchuk, Travis Zajac EV 8:23 Second Period Scoring NJ Jamie Langenbrunner Anton Volchenkov, Colin White EV 11:24 Third Period Scoring BOS Milan Lucic (2) David Krejci (2), Blake Wheeler (2) EV 13:15
Boston Bruins - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Tuukka Rask 24 22 92% 2.00 Boston Bruins - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Dennis Seidenberg 27:26 0 0 0 0 0:00 Zdeno Chara 25:44 0 0 0 2 0:00 Mark Stuart 18:20 0 0 0 0 0:00 Milan Lucic 18:11 1 0 0 2 2:00 Patrice Bergeron 17:49 0 0 0 2 0:00 David Krejci 17:23 0 1 0 1 0:00 Johnny Boychuk 16:49 0 0 -1 4 0:00 Michael Ryder 16:35 0 0 0 5 0:00 Tyler Seguin 16:14 0 0 0 0 2:00 Matt Hunwick 15:56 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Andrew Ference 15:45 0 0 0 0 0:00 Mark Recchi 15:33 0 0 0 3 0:00 Blake Wheeler 14:51 0 1 0 1 2:00 Daniel Paille 13:26 0 0 0 1 2:00 Jordan Caron 13:08 0 0 0 1 0:00 Brad Marchand 11:31 0 0 -1 1 0:00 Greg Campbell 8:54 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Shawn Thornton 8:25 0 0 -1 0 5:00 New Jersey Devils - Goaltending Shots Saves SV % GAA Martin Brodeur 23 22 96% 1.00 New Jersey Devils - Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM Bryce Salvador 23:17 0 0 -1 0 0:00 Andrew Greene 22:38 0 0 -1 2 2:00 Anssi Salmela 22:17 0 0 0 1 0:00 Travis Zajac 21:07 0 1 +2 1 0:00 Kevin Cormier 20:16 0 0 0 1 0:00 Ilya Kovalchuk 19:06 0 1 +2 5 0:00 Anton Volchenkov 18:38 0 1 +2 0 0:00 Colin White 18:31 0 1 +2 1 0:00 Jamie Langenbrunner 16:52 2 0 +1 3 0:00 Henrik Tallinder 16:12 0 0 0 0 0:00 Jason Arnott 15:52 0 0 -1 4 2:00 Zach Parise 15:37 0 0 0 1 2:00 Vladimir Zharkov 11:49 0 0 0 1 0:00 Alexandr Vasyunov 11:25 0 0 -1 4 5:00 Dainius Zubrus 10:40 0 0 0 0 0:00 Brian Rolston 9:54 0 0 0 0 0:00 David Clarkson 9:10 0 0 0 0 2:00 Rod Pelley 8:40 0 0 0 0 0:00

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Lucic Succumbs to Friendly Fire

Boston (AP) - Just 3 games into the young season, the Bruins top line is hit with another significant injury. This time, it came by way of friendly fire, as Milan Lucic took a Zdeno Chara slapshot off the hip late in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Devils. Lucic went down hard, and needed assistance to get off the ice. X-rays later revealed severe bruising of the hip, and team doctors confirmed that Lucic will miss up to two months with what they're calling a hip pointer.

The injury again sends the Bruins lines into flux. Jeremy Reich was called up from Providence to take the place of the injured Lucic, and the Bruins will now be sending out the following lines:

Wheeler-Krejci-Ryder
Caron-Bergeron-Recchi
Paille-Seguin-Marchand
Reich-Campbell-Thornton