Two of the three teams in the loser bracket faceoff this afternoon in Buffalo where the Columbus Blue Jackets do battle with the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins were eliminated by Florida on their way to their first ever Stanley Cup title. With that, the management made some bold moves to bolster the team.

Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, and Derek Forbort all moved to Vancouver in free agency while they grabbed Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadarov from the Canucks’ roster last season.

Veterans Pat Maroon, Milan Lucic, James van Riemsdyk, and Kevin Shattenkirk did not resign.

Rookie Rosters

Boston Bruins

FORWARDS
32 – John Farinacci
56 – Evan Vierling
61 – Trevor Kuntar
62 – Riley Duran
65 – Owen Pederson
72 – Brett Harrison
82 – Jaxon Nelson
83 – Connor Hvidston
89 – Adam Měchura
92 – Carlin Dezainde
93 – Jake Sloan
94 – Lucas Romeo
97 – Markus Vidicek

DEFENDERS
41 – Jackson Edward
57 – Drew Bavaro
59 – Frédéric Brunet
76 – Tomas Cibulka
78 – Jack Brauti
81 – Parker Von Richter
84 – Felix Plamondon
86 – Loke Johansson
87 – Ryan Mast

GOALES
60 – Keegan Warren
85 – Ryan Bischel

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Forwards

37 RW Cameron Butler; undrafted ELC
41 C Hunter McKown; undrafted ELC
45 RW Gavin Brindley; 2023 Draft
53 Luca Pinelli; 2023 Draft
65 Luca Del Bel Belluz; 2022 Draft
66 James Malatesta; 2021 Draft
76 Mael Lavigne
77 Jack Van Volson
88 Tyler Peddle; 2023 Draft
92 Pano Fimis
93 Max McCue; undrafted ELC
94 Sam Alfano
97 Nicolas Sima

Defense

5 Denton Mateychuk; 2022 Draft
50 Nick DeAngelis
54 Luca Marrelli; 2024 Draft
57 Charlie Elick; 2024 Draft
74 Corson Ceulemans; 2021 Draft
96 Conor Walton
98 Nolan Collins

Goalies

31 Nolan Lalonde; undrafted ELC
35 Evan Gardner; 2024 Draft
70 Jacob Oster

What to expect:

Boston has maybe the weakest pool here. Expect Columbus to shine but with less than 24 hours rest they may be fatigued.

Predicted Final Score

3-2 CBJ

Oubitraries

https://www.danjolell.com/obituary/john-michael-gaudreau/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYM9fikwQbNkPlcwmTBaP2udJZw1oMBCmyXjp-GyttBpDhIoWnqY8lxQSQ_aem_zW3gpaArqsSO7D5ZI-Pdog

https://www.danjolell.com/obituary/matthew-ryan-gaudreau/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ33XNOJYMaSDfXxs3NcH7AY99EWfo9ObneKgMrpds4HwrC3U6Gkj0igr0_aem_qqWUcGWcBFf0sebC0an4RQ

Want to support the Gaudreau family? Here’s several ways how:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-madeline-and-baby-tripp-after-tragedy - Donate to Gaudreau Family Fund. At the time of writing it is at $691K

https://youtu.be/7ax8zyd8nk0?si=xoI63iohdyn2vVvD - View Johnny B Goode Tribute - personal touch. Loved this slowed down clip by the voice of Calgary. Skip to the 25 second mark.


https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/giving - Nationwide Children's Hospital (Johnny's widow, Meredith's workplace) support the children today.

https://foundation.ohiohealth.com/ - Ohio Health Foundation (where donations from a joint mental health charity drive from Johnny Gaudreau and Patrik Laine went) Johnny joined the mission after Laine attended the NHLPA assistance club last season

https://www.childrenshospital.ab.ca/ways-to-help/donate/ - Alberta Children's Hospital for those in need and touched by the loss

https://kidsportcanada.ca/donate/ - Donate to the Youth Sporting Charity in Canada (Johnny Gaudreau donated for money each goal he scored to the Calgary chapter)

https://sniderhockey.org/support-snider/ - the Philadelphia Youth Hockey Charity (where Johnny and Matthew are from and started their youth hockey)

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