Despite helping turn the Bruins around this season, Marco Sturm is not one of the finalists for the Jack Adams Award.

The Bruins’ latest playoff exit was met in many corners of the worldwide web with the usual “fire everybody” apoplexy. And that’s fine. The passion is what makes the Bruin fan base one of the best in sports.

Marco Sturm felt good about Mark Kastelic, but less so about Viktor Arvidsson as the Bruins start to prepare for Game 6 on Friday night against the Sabres at TD Garden. Sturm met with the media in the team’s hotel in Buffalo on Wednesday morning before flying back to Boston.

In the Sabres’ first attempt to eliminate the Boston Bruins, coach Lindy Ruff said he sensed some nerves in his players. Remember, 13 Sabres have made their debuts in the Stanley Cup Playoffs during their first-round series.

The Boston Bruins will try to once again extend their season when they host the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round at TD Garden on Friday. David Pastrnak scored in overtime in Buffalo in Game 5 on Tuesday,

In between coaching gigs, former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy is working as a studio analyst on TNT. After Tuesday, he might be able to pick up a side gig as a psychic. As they often do during the intermission report between the end of regulation and overtime the analysts all predicted,

New UCLA coach Bob Chesney moved the Bruins' spring game back to the Rose Bowl, stirring up fans and players to close fruitful spring practice.