Bruins to scratch 1000-game veteran James Van Riemsdyk
The Boston Bruins made a small splash at the NHL Trade Deadline by acquiring three-time Stanley Cup Champion Pat Maroon (with the St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning) from the Minnesota Wild. He appears to have stolen the spot of fellow veteran James Van Riemsdyk.
Pat Maroon, who has played nearly 800 games in the NHL and provides grit and physicality is the ideal player to bring in for a cup run, especially considering his incredibly playoff experience.
His grit has now led him to stealing a spot in the lineup from fellow veteran winger James Van Riemsdyk, whose 1000 games in the NHL and over 0.5PPG season has just not been enough.
The Bruins lineup today is as such:
Marchand-Coyle-DeBrusk
Beecher-Geekie-Frederic
Lauko-Boqvist-Maroon
Van Riemsdyk
Lindholm-McAvoy
Grzelcyk-Carlo
Shattenkirk-Peeke
Forbort (nc)-Wotherspoon
Ullmark
Swayman
This will mark Pat Maroon's Bruins debut. It will be exciting to see him throw on the spoked B for the first time, especially considering his troubled history with the Boston Bruins organization's infamous reporter Jack Edwards.
The Bruins organization likely hopes that this will be a wakeup call for the former second overall pick, who has lulled in play down the stretch.
- Michael DeRosa
| POLL | ||
AVRIL 13 | 104 ANSWERS Bruins to scratch 1000-game veteran James Van Riemsdyk Do you think Pat Maroon is better than James Van Riemsdyk? | ||
| Yes | 42 | 40.4 % |
| No | 62 | 59.6 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cole Sillinger | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cam Atkinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drake Batherson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jonatan Berggren | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matthew Boldy | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 18 | 14 | 4 | - | 28 | |
Capitals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Devils | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Stars | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | 24 | |
Golden Knights | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||