Joe Haggerty
@HackswithHaggs
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Bruins writer at @BostonSportsBSJ /Substack. I want folks to see me walk down the street & say 'there goes Haggs the best sportswriter there ever was'
Joined February 2009
Two goals and three points, including this game-tying glove side snipe, for Finn Haggerty in a 5-2 win for the Greater Boston Vipers 2013s against the North Shore Shamrocks 🏒🚨 @fedhockey
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Charlie McAvoy on his RFA status entering July 1: “I don’t want to go anywhere. This is the best place on Earth. This has become home for me. I want to be here forever”.
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Taking that Hunter Henry TD catch away from the New England Patriots is part of the reason the NFL is an unwatchable product these days. Nobody knows what a catch is or isn't anymore. Total bullcrap that is called incomplete with his hand under the ball.
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"There are no good Nazis. There are no good Klansmen."
After comments on #Charlottesville , I'll be introducing Articles of #Impeachment against #Trump. No good Nazis or Klansmen! #ImpeachTrump
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Choked up Bruce Cassidy after the video tribute and ovation from the fans. He loved coaching the Boston Bruins. Never wanted to leave. Good stuff
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Brad Marchand on the NHL banning Pride tape: "To be pushed to do something you don't want to do or to be banned from [using] something you believe in, there's gotta be a line where we can all have our beliefs & support each other. It's unfortunate we can't find common ground".
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Patrice Bergeron was in the hallway waiting to greet Bruce Cassidy just now postgame. Always first class from the Bruins captain
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Patrice Bergeron: "I've made more money than I ever thought I would in hockey. Leaving a few [dollars] on the table to make sure you're a good team, and make sure you're a competitive team for years to come is what I've wanted to do. That's something that started here before me".
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Charlie McAvoy: "Mentally, emotionally, physically, I've gone through so much because of that damn [4 Nations] experience. It cost me my season. It cost me my sanity in a lot of ways. None of this has been easy, and I get emotional when I talk about it".
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The fact that the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are all leading their respective divisions this year truly lets you know how much power & talent normally resides in the Atlantic Division. That's impressive.
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Jeremy Jacobs is worth almost $4 billion. Bruins were last NHL team to offer up any help to their employees and among 1st to make cuts (68 full-timers on temporary leave and 82 full-timers with indefinite salary reductions) w/both the Bruins and TD Garden. No defending any of it.
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Brad Marchand w/tears in his eyes and says it’s worst loss of his career. Says he’ll never get over it. Charlie McAvoy was speechless for a number of questions. Jake DeBrusk just sat w/a towel on his head, dejected. Most stunned locker room I’ve covered since 2010 loss to Flyers.
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What a reaction from Jeremy Swayman after the OT game-winner
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Sweeney: "In Tuukka's case he has a newborn at home along w/2 young girls. He just felt he needed to be home w/them at this particular time. I give Tuukka a hell of a lot of credit for trying to persevere thru. The priorities are in the right order & this is what he has to do".
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Brad Marchand continues to torment Tyler Bertuzzi in this series
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Zdeno Chara scores in the final minute of what’s expected to be his final NHL game. Isles crowd chanting his name afterward. Cool ending for a true warrior and a first class individual
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Jakub Lauko said he was going to give the puck from his first NHL goal to the parents of his Czech friend Ondrej Buchdela that passed away from cancer a couple of years ago: "I made a promise to my dying friend two years ago I would make it to the NHL. It's going to his mother.".
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Tage Thompson was a 7 year old kid hanging around the Providence Bruins locker room in 2004-05 when his dad Brent played with a teen-age Patrice Bergeron during the lockout. Cool moment for both players with Bergeron as always exuding class and genuine warmth.
Bergy talks with Tage Thompson before the faceoff, appears to be nice words.
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Zdeno Chara reveals he had multiple fractures, plates and wiring holding his jaw together while he played last few games of Stanley Cup Final. That is just a ridiculous level of toughness.
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Once again a player running around throwing dangerous hits and then unwilling to be accountable will get protected by the league. This is bogus. It was handled on the ice by Kassian. That should be it.
Edmonton’s Zack Kassian will have a hearing Monday for Roughing/Aggressor on Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk.
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This from last night is absolutely dad reflexes from Patrice Bergeron, honed with a house full of kids aged 6 and under
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Okay, NHL. You hit a home run with the second half of your Lake Tahoe outdoor weekend. This is hockey heaven ❤🏒
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Annnndddd this is why both NHL hub cities will be in Canada. Well done, friends to the North 🇨🇦👍.
Canada has controlled its Covid-19 cases as the US struggles. There's been no controversy over masks, plus "early and widespread testing, a free health care system still building surge capacity, longer shutdowns, slower reopenings, social distancing,” @paulanewtonCNN explains.
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Brad Marchand when asked why Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe was barking at him from the bench during the game: “Oh, he was just saying ‘hi’
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Early word on Johnny Boychuk is that it was a cut to the eyelid rather than the blade directly cutting his eyeball. Sounds like he dodged a bullet.
Here’s the incident between Artturi Lehkonen and Johnny Boychuk. Boychuk rushed off the ice in a panic.
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The fact this Paquette hit from behind on McAvoy doesn't even merit at least a two-minute penalty is an absolute joke.
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But the real winner is Red Sox ownership avoiding the luxury tax, right John Henry?.
Mookie Betts is the first player ever to win MVP and a World Series title with 2 different franchises before turning 30 years old. h/t @EliasSports
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Jeremy Swayman has won 10 of his first 11 starts as a professional and has stopped 71-of-75 shots in his first two games with the Bruins. My prediction: We are watching the start of something special for the Bruins. The kid is legit between the pipes.
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Between zero punishment for Sam Bennett literally punching Brad Marchand in the face & knocking him out of the series & this goalie interference non-call on the game-tying goal last night, it's probably bout time for sombody on the Bruins to blow a gasket on the NHL and get fined.
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Swayman on the hours after his injury: "[Foligno] texted & asked for my address & said his wife had a ton of food for me & she was going to drop if off. When I got home there was a gallon-and-a-half of homemade chicken soup, like 30 turkey meatballs & a bunch of cookies & stuff".
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Congrats to @ToreyKrug and wife Melanie on the birth of their first daughter Saylor Harper Krug. By all accounts baby and mom are doing great, and new fatherhood is exactly the kind of thing to take some of the sting out of a Cup Final loss.
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The unfortunate truth for Bruins fans is this: if the Bruins can’t beat the Lightning when they are without Stamkos and McDonagh, they are a long, long way from winning the Stanley Cup.
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This is why I’m the Bruins Insider, folks.
I'm calling it. Tonight is the night that Charlie McAvoy scores his first goal of the season
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A smiling David Pastrnak on why he's shooting & scoring so much this season: "I play with Krejci and he's never going to shoot, so somebody has to do it. So I guess somebody has to shoot on that line and that's my role".
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Brad Marchand on New York Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren after their scuffles today: "He's not going to be a player there that's going to have a very long career. I'm not overly concerned with him." Damn. Cold-blooded.
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Bruce Cassidy: "It's a very well-respected management & coaching staff over there. But they sell a narrative over there that they're the New York Saints rather than the New York Islanders.".
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You knew the Four Nations snub was a big motivator for David Pastrnak and the rest of Team Czechia at the World Championships. He was understandably pissed about it when it was announced by the NHL. Pushed them all the way to a gold medal in front of the home crowd in Prague 🥇
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We have achieved Peak Marchand.
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David Pastrnak: "It's a different sport with fans in the building. It warms your heart and it reminds you why you play".
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W/buyout of Jimmy Hayes, Bruins officially have nothing to show for Tyler Seguin just 4 yrs after DAL trade happened. Absolutely wretched.
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The answer is yes. It's the line they've lost to in the playoffs two years in a row.
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Bruins were ready & willing to battle in Florida today. That’s why they won
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Tanner Houck will do absolutely anything to help the Red Sox win, except make sure he's actually with the team and available when they really need him to close out a one-run game in Toronto.
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Classy tribute to Guy Lafleur prior to puck drop. “One of the most electric players of all time” and “a great man” among the descriptors. And then a moment silence that ended with Bruins fans bellowing “Guy!” out of pure respect
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Milan Lucic with the hockey fight equivalent of a mic drop with the stiff right hand at the end of this tilt with MacDermid. My word. Don’t mess with Looch!
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If this was Brad Marchand doing it there would have been calls for him to be banned from the playoffs. Justin Williams played with zero poise and self-control in Game 3 last night. 63 got inside his head in a big way.
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Zdeno Chara on the ice. Not wearing a no-contact sweater. Wow.
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Tuukka Rask: "I'm not going to play for anybody else but the Bruins. This is our home. We have three kids with friends in school. I don't see any reason to go anywhere else at this point in my career.".
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Jim Montgomery lighting into Brad Marchand on the Bruins bench after a turnover by the Bruins captain led to a short-loved Utah goal
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What a great angle. He definitely wanted Perron until he started heading to the bench.
The most Bruins sequence of all time . (🎥 @HeresYourReplay) .
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It's astounding to me that you can challenge an off-side play that has nothing directly to do with a goal scored, but you can't review a puck going into the net and out of play directly preceding Panarin's goal.
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The Bruins ending up with two guys in the box when Tom Wilson cross-checked Nick Ritchie while he was down on the ice after the third goal was scored is downright bizarre officiating.
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If Patrice Bergeron is saying "it goes against what we are as a culture, as a team and for me as a person" about the Mitchell Miller signing, that should have been a massive warning sign for the Boston Bruins not to do it. He shouldn't have been put into this spot by the team.
"I was on the fence.". @FriedgeHNIC sat down with Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron and asked him about the team's signing of renounced Coyotes draft pick, Mitchell Miller.
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No question in my mind that @BizNasty2point0 is a serious TV talent. Fun to watch, you never what he's going to do in studio and always brings good information in a way even casual fans can understand. TNT has a star on their hands.
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Literally looks Holmberg grabbed a hold of his jersey and body slammed into the glass from behind. That’s a penalty in any league every time
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18 year old Patrice Bergeron’s 1st goal way back on Oct 18, 2003. I’ll never forget the wide smile that used to come across Mike Sullivan’s face that year every time he was asked about Bergeron. He knew exactly how special he was going to be. What a player
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Suspension for cheating to win a World Series: 0 games. Suspension for going after the cheaters with a buzzed tower & a pouty lip: 8 games. Don’t ever change, MLB. Your utter incompetence is a nice distraction from the real world #freeJoeKelly
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Cam Neely when asked if TD Garden could be facing reduced capacity at any point: "I certainly hope that's not the case. At a certain point we're going to have to start living life and dealing with this the best that we can.".
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This Matt Poitras reaction to the 19-year-old meeting Bobby Orr for the first time before his NHL debut is pretty awesome.
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Matt Poitras turning the Connor Bedard Show into the Matt Poitras Show
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The Boston Bruins have all bought in. Plain to see in a win like this one in Tampa with no Pastrnak or Lindholm
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42-year-old zamboni driver for the Marlies. This kind of stuff really only happens in the NHL anymore, and it is awesome.
Here's something you don't see every day. After Petr Mrazek and James Reimer went down with injurues, emergency goalie David Ayres makes his @NHL debut!
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Brad Marchand asked if he's talked to David Pastrnak since his thumb surgery: "I haven't talked to him today, but now I'll go cuddle with him for a bit".
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Brad Marchand on why he didn't fight Lars Eller when challenged: "I haven't looked at the stat sheet, but I really don't feel like I need to prove anything. He plays maybe 10-12 minutes a night and I'm playing 20. In a 1-0 game and to go on a power play, it doesn't make sense".
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A True Bruin and the exact kind of player the Boston Bruins desperately need to draft and develop again
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Krug closes w/this: "I appreciate all you guys. All the questions over the years, good & bad. Your professionalism. Hopefully I'll see you soon at the rinks, if not I'll see you elsewhere. Everyone here in the chat that I've seen over the yrs, I really appreciate everyone" Classy.
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Had no idea this was going on with the Grzelcyk family. Awesome news for John and the whole Grzelcyk clan. Not surprised he didn’t miss a day of work. John is a good man, a great dad & a hockey guy 👍
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Ryan Lomberg rocketing up the Boston Bruins enemy charts after trying to choke out Trent Frederic at the end of Game 2 last night. I’d say the bear has been poked
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Emotional night at the Garden last night. This Instagram story post from @emilyljcave really hits home. Colby Cave was an incredibly nice, humble kid that loved hockey. She is unbelievably strong to keep his memory going with charitable work
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Thanks to the Boston Bruins players for putting together this fun video welcoming the B's media back to in-person media access this morning. What a bunch of beauties. It's great to be back, boys! @ThePHWA 🤣🏒🐻
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Everybody fixated on if last night was Patrice Bergeron's last game, and rightfully so. But it could also be David Krejci's last NHL game. If so he showed everybody what Playoff Krejci is about one last time w/a brilliant 3-point game. What a clutch Bruins player & playmaker
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Making the "C" sign and telling Justin Williams to go to the penalty box after suckering the Hurricanes captain into taking a bad penalty. Bruins are showing the Hurricanes they're not ready for prime time quite yet.
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8 years, $90 million for David Pastrnak. Deal is done & the Pasta is ready to serve
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Ten years ago this week this sign popped up around TD Garden. The Bruins hurt some feelings with this one
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Bruins flooding the ice to congratulate Patrice Bergeron on his 1000th NHL point as an assist on Brad Marchand’s goal to make it 4-1. Loud ovation from Bruins and Lightning fans alike as it’s announced at Amalie Arena
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Jeremy Swayman said he likes these old time hockey Winter Classic edition leg pads so much that he may keep playing in them after the Jan 2 game 👍
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Only a matter of time until Tony D’Angelo started acting like himself in this series. Marchand completely in his skull. Bruins even series up 2-2 and it heads back to Carolina
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Jeremy Swayman on the Bruins watching the Kyle Beach TSN interview as a team: “That’s the culture we have here. It was a great call by our leadership to do that and I learned a lot…if you ever see or hear something, you need to say something”
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Great insight from Rupper here on the Pastrnak/Tkachuk fight at the end of Game 2. This is what it means inside the Bruins dressing room.
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Do you remember the Big Bad Bruins? Pepperidge Farm Remembers.
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Bruins are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in 8 years. Pretty amazing
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Will absolutely miss Bruce Cassidy's presence on the Boston Bruins beat. He was candid, honest, insightful & very respectful of the job that we were there to do as media. He was also just a huge fan of the game of hockey. His enthusiasm for the game was always fun to be around.
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You can call me Captain Caveman all you want, but I think Bruins fans miss having a guy in Black and Gold that would police things like this.
Milan Lucic tracks down Mathieu Joseph after he hit Kris Russell from behind and almost starts a line brawl
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Trent Frederic is exactly what the Boston Bruins needed this season amongst their forward group. This is what Bruins fans want and what their tradition has been built upon #BigBadBruins
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Torey Krug when asked if he thinks the series has been called differently since Craig Berube complained about penalties being called against the Blues midway thru the series: “Yes.”.
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Brad Marchand on nuzzling with Leo Komarov in front of the benches in Game 1: "I thought he wanted to cuddle, so I was just trying to get close to him.".
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Tyler Bertuzzi is playing like somebody that was let out of Detroit jail and is finally being allowed to play in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time.
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COLUMN: The EBUG (Emergency Backup Goalie) System employed by the NHL is working perfectly & it created the feel-good story of the year in 42YO David Ayres. So why does it feel like the NHL is going to screw it up and fix something that isn't broken? 👎🏒🤔
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19-year-old Matt Poitras leading the stretch at center ice after Fridays Boston Bruins practice at Warrior 👀🏒
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Great to see Tim Thomas back at the Garden last night and the ovation he received. Before Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman created the “goalie hug”, Timmy and Tuukka were a tight tandem as well as you can tell from TT’s comments
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Don Sweeney on how Bruce Cassidy handled the news: "Not well." Can't say I blame him. I wouldn't have handled it very well either as I've got to imagine he was running under the premise at this point that he was going to return for next season.
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David Krejci signs a one-year, $1 million contract plus another $2 million available in performance-based bonus money. David Krejci said many times his decisions aren't based on money anymore. This backs that up.
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It is comical hearing the hate in Kevin Bieksa's voice whenever he talks about anything having to do with the Boston Bruins.
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