By Ian Moran
Special to BostonSportsJournal.com
Ian Moran played in over 500 NHL games, including 66 in the postseason, in 15 years as a defenseman with the Penguins, Bruins, and Ducks before retiring in 2008. The Acton native attended Belmont Hill and Boston College before being a sixth-round pick of the Penguins in 1990. The Duxbury resident is currently the head New England scout for Neutral Zone, a first-of-its-kind hockey scouting and news site which identifies, ranks and profiles NCAA and Ontario Hockey League (OHL) prospects from across North America. Ian will be breaking down each Bruins playoff game for BostonSportsJournal.com. You can follow Ian on Twitter at @IMHockeySkills.
WHY THE BRUINS WON GAME 7
Patrice Bergeron
Bruce Cassidy
OTHER THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT
Jake Gardiner
Patrick Marleau
Zdeno Chara
Jake DeBrusk
Danton Heinen
Auston Matthews
Kazem Kadri
Charlie McAvoy
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
David Pastrnak
David Backes
Freddie Andersen
Kasperi Kapanen
Brad Marchand
David Krejci
Rick Nash
Torey Krug
Mitch Marner
Kevan Michael Miller
THREE UP FOR BRUINS
Cassidy outcoached Mike Babcock and he's going home early ... again
Scotty Bowman
Charlie McAvoy was smooth
Cassidy started the fourth line
ONE DOWN FOR THE BRUINS
I wish they could have had a shorter series
TUUKKA TICKER
His play is always a topic, so we’re asking an expert to assess him.
William Nylander
ABOUT THE NEXT ROUND
on Saturday
Friday
on Saturday
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Those are big takeaways from Game 7, but I'm sure you have lingering questions. Feel free to leave them in the comments and I'll come back at some point and answer them.