The First Noel

Tonight the Bruins host the Flames at 7:00PM.

• Noel Acciari has been called up, and will be available to make his NHL debut.[TodaysSlapShot]


• The Bruins are going to stick with Loui Eriksson into the playoffs.[TheBostonGlobe]


• The team is also still old, and hoping to make a splash in the playoffs in a decidedly weak Atlantic Division at the expense of the young players.[WEEI]


• Welcome to defenseman John-Michael Liles (and farewell to Anthony Camara, who is headed to Carolina in return.) Right wing Lee Stempniak is no stranger to the Bruins. BONUS: A quick dossier on the new acquisitions.[TheBostonGlobe]


• Have a look at how the two new players might fit into the Bruins' present picture.[WEEI]


• So the Bruins will probably make the playoffs, but at what long-term cost? Bonus: Kirk Luedeke explains in a podcast why he is not excited by the Bruins' moves. He sees them as a bubble team... again. (Audio, 35:17)[ScoutingPost]


• As for the deadline deals, the Bruins and Eriksson appeared to still be one year in term and about a million a year in salary apart, and he has earned his raise. Another problem is that Liles will likely displace the recently improving Joe Morrow.[Hockeybuzz]


• Zac Rinaldo 's possible swan song game with the Bruins was marked by a hit that will be reviewed by the Department of Player Safety today.[TheBostonGlobe]


• Does the incident rise to being suspension-worthy? Rinaldo's history will weigh heavily in the decision.[TheHockeyNews]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• And here are your trade deadline winners, losers, and head scratchers.[TheHockeyNews]


• Paul Stewart meditates on having suffered uncertainty in employment as an official and how he can relate to trade deadline angst.[Hockeybuzz]


• Review all the trade dealdline moves around the league without reading a word in this handy infographic.[SBNation]


• Hey! Remember former Bruin Corey Potter ? He's now a Predator.[TheHockeyWriters]