(Getty Images) Tim Rosenthal took over Zdeno Chara's team and drafted his squad for this weekends All Star activities
Tim Rosenthal and Anthony Travalgia of Bruins Daily sat down and completed the 2012 NHL All Star game mock draft. As most of you know the NHL has a new system to it’s All Star weekend.
Team Captains Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara along with assistant captains Henrik Lundqvist(Alfredsson) and Joffrey Lupol(Chara) will draft their teams based on the current NHL All Stars.
(Elsa/Getty Images) The All-Star break could not have come at a better time for Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask and company
Forget about Tim Thomas’ snubbing President Barack Obama.
Forget that the Bruins have struggled in the first few weeks of January.
Forget that the Black and Gold recently completed a seven-game in eleven night stretch — going 3-3-1 — as heavy legs showed in a sloppy 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals Tuesday night at the Verizon Center.
The All Star break has arrived and the Bruins can now spend some time for a little R and R while preparing for the home stretch of the 2011-12 season.
(Photo: Bridget Samuels) Bergeron's 3 goals, assist and shootout winner earns him Bruins Daily Player of the Week honors.
The Black and Gold had a unusual five-game week that saw them go 3-2 in the span. The Bruins started the week with a shootout win in Florida, and ended it with a shootout win in Philadelphia. In between the shootout wins we saw a win against the Devils, and losses to the Lightning and Rangers.
A few Bruins had very good weeks for the Black and Gold, but one Bruin once again stood tall over all his teammates.
(Getty Images) Zdeno Chara and company won't have to worry about Alexander Ovechkin tonight when the Bruins travel to Washington and take on the Capitals
Lost in the controversy that was Tim Thomas choosing not to join his Bruins teammates in yesterday’s meet and great at the White House with President Obama is the fact that the Bruins have a hockey game to play tonight, a pretty important one.
For the past week and a half the Black and Gold have been preaching how important it is for them to head into the All Star Break with momentum. After a tough overtime loss to the New York Rangers Saturday afternoon, the Bruins bounced back with a very ugly win in Philadelphia on Sunday.
For Tyler Seguin, it’s important his team plays a full 60 minutes and takes that momentum they’ve been talking about into the break.
Media Credit: S. Babineau/Getty Images: The Bruins were honored by President Barack Obama today at the White House
On Monday, the Boston Bruins were honored by President Barack Obama at the White House for their Stanley Cup victory over the Vancouver Canucks last June; with one notable exception: last year’s Vezina Trophy winner and Playoff MVP Tim Thomas.
Thomas, who is a registered Republican — after all he listed that he would like to have dinner with Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck in the Bruins’ media guide this season — skipped out on the ceremony and caused quite a stir with mixed reactions on Facebook and Twitter. It is assumed that the 37-year-old netminder skipped out for political reasons, but Thomas will confirm his reasoning on his Facebook page at 6 p.m. tonight
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