Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

Here's today's NHL Nugget – Wild Wednesday Rewind goes back to June 18, 1975, when Boston Bruins blueliner Bobby Orr won his eighth Norris Trophy in a row. Not only was Orr the NHL's top defenseman ...

Wayne Gretzky didn’t pound his hand on the table when he spoke the words. Nor did he speak those words as some kind of bold, stop-the-presses pronouncement. From his perch on the “NHL on TNT” set ...

The honor never got stale, even if Bobby Orr wasn't always in the house to be honored as the best defenseman in the NHL. Forty-nine years ago this Tuesday, the Boston Bruins' legendary No. 4 was ...

Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald was a robust defenseman who never met a hamburger or sirloin he didn't enjoy, his appetite a thing of legend. And in the early 1960s, he met a prime cut named Bobby ...

Bruins legends were celebrated for the second straight night as the club held its Centennial Gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel on Thursday. The highlight of the event — one of many in a ...