There is no NHL team like the Boston Bruins. Not at least when it comes to their rotational crease.
The Bruins, who have employed a two-goalie strategy for the full regular season with netminders Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman, will soon have to decide who to go with once the Stanley Cup Playoffs get going.
Alternatively, they can still use a two-goalie rotation as the NHL won’t prevent them from doing so. That, however, seems unlikely as it’s not an oft-used strategy during that high-stakes part of the season.
Bruins beat reporter Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic addressed that question in an article posted on Tuesday, April 2.
“The answer, in all likelihood, won’t become clear until after the April 16 regular-season finale against the Ottawa Senators,” Shinzawa wrote. “For now, the Bruins are planning to
“The answer, in all likelihood, won’t become clear until after the April 16 regular-season finale against the Ottawa Senators,” Shinzawa wrote. “For now, the Bruins are planning to rotate Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman for the rest of the regular-season run.”
Since the article was published on Tuesday, and entering Friday’s slate of games, the Bruins have played two games and in that span, Boston has kept the rotation going. Ullmark got the start against the Nashville Predators and Swayman did so against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
