Bruins Announce Flurry Of Roster Addition ahead of their Game with Panthers as they struck a historic deal with Tampa Bay
The Boston Bruins on Monday announced four roster moves and called up three players from Providence ahead of Game 5 against the Florida Panthers.
The Bruins recalled forward Patrick Brown, forward Jayson Megna and goaltender Brandon Bussi from Providence, according to a press release. The organization also assigned goaltender Michael DiPietro to Providence.
Boston trails Florida 3-1 in its best-of-seven second-round series. The Black and Gold dropped Game 4 by a 3-2 verdict at TD Garden on Sunday night.
The 31-year-old Brown recently was elevated to Boston ahead of Game in the best-of-seven series against the Panthers. Brown played in the series opener due to an injury to Jesper Boqvist.
Brown, a 6-foot-1, 209-pound forward, appeared in 11 games with Boston this season and recorded one assist. He also recorded 32 points on 11 goals and 21 assists in 42 games with Providence.
Megna appeared in one game with Boston this season while Bussi, a 25-year-old goaltender appeared in 41 games with Providence this season with a 2.67 goals against average and .913 save percentage.
Brown, Megna and Bussi recently concluded the 2023-24 AHL season in Providence, all appearing in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Being a hockey referee is hard on any level. The game is fast, and mistakes are made. However, on the highest level, especially in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a controversial goal that Sam Bennett scored we saw in Game 4 of Round 2 between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers was easily fixable.
If you did not see, Sam Bennett, who was already public enemy number one in Boston because he punched the face of Brad Marchand, scored a controversial goal that was upheld by the situation room.
As the video shows, Sam Bennett shoves Bruins forward Charlie Coyle into Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman, creating separation between the man and the puck. Bennett then shoots the puck into an empty net, tying the game at 2-2.
The Bruins challenge for goaltender interference. As they should according to Rule 69.1.
However, the NHL Situation Room left it up to the officials to overturn the call or keep it a good goal. Remember, the call on the ice was a goal. So, there needed to be clear evidence to overturn it.
While the Situation Room acknowledged a shove happened, they did not feel there was enough evidence to overturn the call on the ice.
Thus, the goal was upheld, and the Bruins were penalized for a delay in the game.
Again, looking at the rule and what former official Tim Peel said on the Full Press NHL Podcast, the goaltender has to be able to play his position. You can judge if Swayman could play his position, but a penalty was not called, which led to a goal at a significant moment in the game.
