It could pay to stand pat for now

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff Yesterday at 12:00 am A lot of money remains on the sidelines these days for the Bruins. Marco Sturm, on the books for $3.5 million a year, will have knee surgery this week, the timeline unknown for his return. Patrice Bergeron's cap number is $4.75 million, and he is now two-plus weeks beyond another concussion, his second in 14 months.

No need to throw a reality check here

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 25, 2008 at 12:00 am OK, who's better? Really, who? The Bruins stand a boastful 25-5-0-4 this Christmas morning, and if there is a fluke to detect, a reason to doubt what has happened thus far, especially the last eight torrid weeks, it escapes those of us who have chronicled the many failed Spoked-B models of the last three-plus decades.

Bruins are in no rush

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 23, 2008 at 12:00 am Patrice Bergeron, concussed Saturday for a second time in less than 14 months, remained at his downtown condominium yesterday, surrounded by his parents, who drove down from Quebec City as planned Sunday to celebrate the NHL Christmas break with their 23-year-old son.

This call-up might be called on right away

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 21, 2008 at 12:00 am Martin St. Pierre awoke yesterday expecting to play in Providence's 7 p.m. game at Portland. By early afternoon, as the Bruins were about to face the Hurricanes at the Garden, he was on his way to Causeway Street, summoned to be an extra on the club's upcoming road trip.

Bergeron hurt in Bruins’ win

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 21, 2008 at 12:00 am The Bruins continued their winning ways at the Garden yesterday, pinning a 4-2 loss on the Carolina Hurricanes, but they also continued to pay a steep price in terms of injury.

Karsums was up for challenge

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 14, 2008 at 12:00 am Martins Karsums finally got his shot at the show last night, the 22-year-old Latvian making his NHL debut some 4 1/2 years after the Bruins made him the 64th pick in the 2004 draft.

Ryder, Bruins roll on

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 14, 2008 at 12:00 am Splicing wins together as if stringing popcorn and cranberries into Christmas garland, the Bruins put together another win last night, 4-2 over the Atlanta Thrashers, for their 11th consecutive victory on Causeway Street.

Hot team is left a little cold

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 9, 2008 at 12:00 am On a bitterly cold night in December, with the playoffs still some four months away, the Bruins encouraged a crowd of 16,973 to give up a night at home watching "Monday Night Football," coupon clipping, and job fretting to see some hockey at the Garden.

Fernandez eyes pucks, not stats

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 8, 2008 at 12:00 am His knee, surgically repaired amid his lost season of 2007-08, is nearly back to full health. As for his game, that also has been dramatically upgraded, from a work in progress - painful just to watch at times last season - to an increasingly impressive piece of work.

Wheeler learns by doing

Posted by Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff December 7, 2008 at 12:00 am SUNRISE, Fla. - Blake Wheeler played three years at the University of Minnesota, averaging just over 42 games a year for the Golden Gophers. Now 26 games into his NHL career as a winger with the Bruins, his workload already has exceeded more than half of what he would have played in a typical NCAA Division 1 season.

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