It is October 5th and it's like Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is the night of the banner. Sometimes you can open presents early and the Boston Bruins got that in the form of receiving their rings. And talk about quite the present.

After the jump, a sweet Bruins montage, a ton of signings and chit-chat about the Stanley Cup is pretty much never ending in Boston.

Bruins News:

• Diamond are a Bruins best friend. Rings and red carpet. Boom. [MyFoxBoston]
• Take a walk back through how awesome the Bruins were last year. [Youtube]
• What’s in a practice jersey? Not much but now the Bruins’ will have an ad on them. [Bruins]
• There is a new Bruins instant game! Now you can scratch Stanley Cups and its totally ok! [Mass Lottery]
• Tyler Seguin is homeless. Sort of. After a year on his own, he doesn’t know what his living arrangements are for this year. [Big Bad Blog]
• Remember that story that wasn’t really a big deal with Milan Lucic and shoes and his girlfriend Brittany? Well, whether or not you chose to ignore the catty gossip, Lucic is apologizing for it. [NECN]
• Sometimes I like to chuckle when I think of the fact that Shawn Thornton is now a two-time Stanley Cup Champion. [Black and Gold Blog]
• A sad Marc Savard update: he didn’t even attend the ring ceremony. His concussion symptoms are still bad. [Boston.com]
• Tim Thomas plush doll. Enough said. [NESN]
• I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of sick of hearing about a "Stanley Cup Hangover." Well anyway, Andrew Ference talked about it. [ESPN Boston]
• The Bruins and wearing Red Sox hats in interviews is back. Oh man. This time it’s Patrice Bergeron. How dare he? [NESN]
• Let’s hope that Matt Bartkowski has a future in playing for the Bruins against teams other than the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Providence Journal]
• The Bruins have some pretty awesome goalies. Coach Julien thinks so too. [Forbes]

Other Hockey News:

• The Calgary Flames (just like watching the Maple Leafs only two hours later….sorry I had to) are rebuilding and kind of look at the Bruins like a model. [Globe and Mail]
• TSN released their Top 50 list and Sidney Crosby is still at the top spot. [TSN]
• It is upon us! After a tragic summer, hockey is finally set to start again. [The Chronicle Herald]
• Looks like there are going to be nine picks from the 2011 draft that will partake in opening night. [NHL]
• The trials for the Stanley Cup rioters might be on TV. They committed the crimes in public so why not have them tried in public? [Winnipeg Free Press]
• The ever interesting placement of Brayden Schenn has taken another turn as the Philadelphia Flyers sent him to the minors. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Oh speaking of waivers: Sean Avery is on them. [USA Today]
• Dale Weise, formerly of the New York Rangers franchise, also got placed on waivers but the Vancouver Canucks claimed him. [Vancouver Sun]
• Notre Dame hockey is coming to Hockey East! [USHO]
• That Brian Burke is always wheelin’ and dealin’ and he just got his team David Steckel. [CBC]
• The New York Islanders were prettttty busy with signing yesterday when they signed Jay Pandolfo AND Ryan Strome. [Pro Hockey Talk]
• Gary Bettman and realignment….and the Phoenix Coyotes. Sounds interesting. [TSN]