Seesaw

The Bruins march on to Columbus, where they face the Blue Jackets at 7:00PM.

• Eight seconds. That's all it took for Brad Marchand to set a new Bruins benchmark (one that had coincidentally stood for 63 years) as he continued his torrid scoring pace.[TheBostonGlobe]


• This leads to the question no one wants to ask as Marchand goes into the final year of his contract.[WEEI]


• The rest of Sunday's game was a seesaw, and a number of things hinged on what was seen (or in a few key instances NOT seen) that did not go the Bruins' way.[TheBostonGlobe]


• The game demonstrated how sorely the Bruins miss Patrice Bergeron, and how scoring lots of goals still is not enough.[WEEI]


• Perhaps they were just weary from the win against the Wild on Saturday, a game which would prove to be Mike Yeo's swan song behind the Wild bench.[ScoutingPost]


• Kirk Luedeke fielded questions and offered his insights in this podcast, which touches on the Bruins road trip up to the Jets game, needing a high-end defenseman in a tight market, Loui Eriksson's contract, and wishing to see Frank Vatrano back in the Spoked B, and SOON. (Audio, 1:04:15)[ScoutingPost]


• Meanwhile, the Providence Bruins welcomed back Jeremy Smith in net with a win on Tuesday and again on Friday, as Brian Ferlin returned with a vengeance from injury. The PBruins then topped the Springfield Falcons 3-2 on Sunday- Zane McIntyre backstopped the team for the win.[AlongTheBoards]


• Frank Vatrano is not sitting idle in Providence, and is seeing a lot of success with linemates Seth Griffith and Noel Acciari.[MassLive]


• Prospect Danton Heinen is wowin' them at Denver University, where he has put on some much needed size and put up some impressive numbers.[CausewayCrowd]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• Here's an interesting thought- might the NHL benefit from a soccer-style player loan system?[IslandersInsight]


• Ben Scrivens and Jenny Scrivens met in college, where both were incoming freshman goaltenders. With both playing professional hockey, flexibility has been their mantra.[NationalPost]


• Watch for pared-down goalie gear as soon as next season. Cory Schneider, who sits on the committee handling the proposed changes, explains.[BostonHerald]


• Former NHLer Jonathon Blum is thriving after his move to the KHL, and considers it the best move to advance his career.[TheProvince]


• Franklin Pierce University's men's hockey team will pay the price for a hazing incident.[TheHockeyNews]


• In a bittersweet but understandable move, a pair of notable Olympic hockey gold medals from a father's win in Squaw Valley and his son's from Lake Placid are going up for auction.[PuckDaddy]