2004–05 Boston Bruins season

2004–05 Boston Bruins
Division	Northeast
Conference	Eastern
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Joe Thornton
Arena	FleetCenter
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins

The 2004–05 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 81st National Hockey League season, its games were cancelled as the 2004–05 NHL lockout could not be resolved in time.

Off-season

The Bruins selected David Krejci as their first pick in the 2004 NHL entry draft, 63rd overall in the second round.

Schedule

The Bruins preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[1][2][3]

2004–05 schedule
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 24 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2 September 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 September 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 4 September 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 5 September 30 Detroit Red Wings 6 October 2 New York Rangers 7 October 5 @ New York Rangers 8 October 9 New York Islanders
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 16 @ Dallas Stars 2 October 17 @ Colorado Avalanche 3 October 19 @ New York Islanders 4 October 21 Florida Panthers 5 October 23 San Jose Sharks 6 October 28 New York Islanders 7 October 30 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 8 November 1 @ Ottawa Senators 9 November 3 @ New York Rangers 10 November 4 Buffalo Sabres 11 November 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 12 November 11 @ Philadelphia Flyers 13 November 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 14 November 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 15 November 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 16 November 20 Atlanta Thrashers 17 November 24 @ Buffalo Sabres 18 November 26 Ottawa Senators 19 November 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 20 December 1 @ Carolina Hurricanes 21 December 2 Ottawa Senators 22 December 4 Montreal Canadiens 23 December 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24 December 9 @ Buffalo Sabres 25 December 11 Buffalo Sabres 26 December 12 @ New York Rangers 27 December 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 28 December 16 Philadelphia Flyers 29 December 18 @ Ottawa Senators 30 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 31 December 23 St. Louis Blues 32 December 27 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 33 December 29 @ Florida Panthers 34 December 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 35 January 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 36 January 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 37 January 6 Montreal Canadiens 38 January 8 New York Rangers 39 January 11 Detroit Red Wings 40 January 14 @ New Jersey Devils 41 January 15 New Jersey Devils 42 January 17 Colorado Avalanche 43 January 19 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 44 January 21 @ Florida Panthers 45 January 24 Florida Panthers 46 January 27 Washington Capitals 47 January 29 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 January 30 Buffalo Sabres 49 February 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 50 February 3 Los Angeles Kings 51 February 5 Chicago Blackhawks 52 February 6 @ Washington Capitals 53 February 8 @ Atlanta Thrashers 54 February 10 Montreal Canadiens 55 February 15 Washington Capitals 56 February 17 @ Phoenix Coyotes 57 February 19 @ San Jose Sharks 58 February 22 @ Vancouver Canucks 59 February 25 @ Edmonton Oilers 60 February 26 @ Calgary Flames 61 February 28 New York Islanders 62 March 2 @ New Jersey Devils 63 March 3 @ Ottawa Senators 64 March 5 Philadelphia Flyers 65 March 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 66 March 9 @ Buffalo Sabres 67 March 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 68 March 13 @ New York Islanders 69 March 15 @ Atlanta Thrashers 70 March 17 Nashville Predators 71 March 19 Carolina Hurricanes 72 March 21 Ottawa Senators 73 March 23 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 74 March 24 @ Carolina Hurricanes 75 March 26 @ Minnesota Wild 76 March 28 Carolina Hurricanes 77 March 31 @ Washington Capitals 78 April 2 New Jersey Devils 79 April 4 Atlanta Thrashers 80 April 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 81 April 9 New York Rangers 82 April 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Transactions

The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[4]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)	To Boston Bruins 2nd-round pick in 2004	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2004 Tampa Bay’s 4th-round pick in 2004 9th-round pick in 2004	[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Tom Fitzgerald	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	Free agency	[6]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Rich Brennan	SC Bern (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	[8]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Mike Gellard[b]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[7]
	Dan McGillis[c]		Contract expiration (III)	[7]
	Felix Potvin[d]		Contract expiration (III)	[7]
July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03)	Mike Knuble	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (III)	[12]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	Ted Donato		Retirement (III)	[13]
	Sean O'Donnell	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	[14]
July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)	Brian Rolston	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[15]
July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21)	Andy Delmore	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[16]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)	Matt Herr	DEG Metro Stars (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[17]
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)	Michael Nylander	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	[18]
August 18, 2004 (2004-08-18)	Michal Grosek	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	[19]
August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20)	Jiri Slegr	HC Litvinov (ELH)	Free agency (III)	[20]
August 23, 2004 (2004-08-23)	Rob Zamuner	EHC Basel (NLB)	Free agency (III)	[21]
September 2, 2004 (2004-09-02)	Doug Doull	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (VI)	[22]
September 5, 2004 (2004-09-05)	Ivan Huml	HC Kladno (ELH)	Free agency (II)[e]	[24]
September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)	Chris Paradise	Fresno Falcons (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[25]
September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	Craig MacDonald	Lowell Lock Monsters (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[26]
October 2004 (2004-10)	Ed Campbell	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[27]
October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01)	Carl Corazzini	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[28]
	Pat Leahy	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[28]
N/A	Peter Metcalf	Utah Grizzlies (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[29]
October 29, 2004 (2004-10-29)	Darren Van Oene	Elmira Jackals (UHL)	Free agency (VI)	[30]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Jonathan Girard	1-year	Re-signing	[31]
July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	Ian Moran	2-year	Re-signing	[32]
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)	Sergei Samsonov	1-year	Re-signing	[33]
July 21, 2004 (2004-07-21)	Hal Gill	1-year	Re-signing	[34]
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)	Sergei Gonchar	1-year	Arbitration award	[35]
	Andy Hilbert	1-year	Re-signing	[35]
August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)	Joe Thornton	1-year	Arbitration award	[36]

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.[37]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
2	63	David Krejci	Center	Czech Republic	HC Kladno Jrs. (Czech Republic)
2	64	Martins Karsums	Right wing	Latvia	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
4	108	Ashton Rome	Right wing	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	134	Kris Versteeg	Right wing	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
5	160	Ben Walter	Center	Canada	UMass Lowell River Hawks (Hockey East)
7	224	Matt Hunwick	Defense	United States	Michigan Wolverines (CCHA)
8	255	Anton Hedman	Forward	Sweden	Stocksunds IF (Sweden)

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[7]
2. Gellard retired.[9]
3. McGillis was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[10]
4. Potvin retired.[11]
5. The Bruins retained Huml’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[23]

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