Bruins forward Elias Lindholm is enjoying almost everything about his time in Boston.

“It’s been good. I’ve obviously been here for a month now,” Lindholm told reporters Thursday, per team-provided video. “I think the weather has been nice. The city’s been really nice to explore and settle into our place. It’s — you know, so far, so good.”

How about the traffic?

“It’s a little different than I’m used to,” he admitted. “I’m not a huge fan, but I’ll get through it.”

Lindholm — despite the obvious drawback of driving in a city that was meant to be navigated by horse-drawn carriage — had nothing but positive things to say about getting acclimated to his new surroundings. He signed a seven-year deal in free agency, joining the Bruins to presumably fill a top-six center role that has needed upgrading since the retirements of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci.

The B’s need someone to play alongside David Pastrnak, after all.

“He’s one of the best players in the league,” Lindholm said of Pastrnak. “If that’s the case, it’s super exciting. We’ll see what’s going to happen. There’s a lot of good players on this team, and that’s why I wanted to come here. I think we have a good chance to do something special. And obviously you always want to win. And I feel like, right here, we have a good chance.”

The Bruins need production from their top lines, and hope Lindholm can provide that with a bounce-back season in Black and Gold.

Lindholm accounted for just 44 points in 2023-24, but has attributed some of his downtick in production to a midseason trade that left him in limbo entering the offseason. He’s going to be in Boston for a while, though, so as long as he can learn to live with the traffic, he should find comfort in playing with some of the most talented players in the world.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback Russell Wilson was limited in the team’s practice on Thursday afternoon with lingering effects from a calf injury, throwing a late curveball into the team’s plans just days before their Week 1 bout with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

Wilson was seen around the team, though he did not have his helmet on and never took a snap throughout the day.

Head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters that Wilson’s calf tightened up on him and that he is visiting a doctor to have his situation further diagnosed.

Wilson did not appear on the team’s injury report that released following Wednesday’s practice and had been a full participant in recent days.

The Steelers are taking all of the proper precautions to ensure his injury doesn’t worsen ahead of his regular season debut with the team. Per Tomlin, however, there isn’t much concern from the team regarding his long-term availability.

Wilson initially suffered the injury during the Steelers’ conditioning test at the beginning of training camp that limited his involvement in team sessions and even opened the door for Justin Fields to come in and challenge him for the starting job.

Wilson sat out of the team’s opening preseson contest against the Houston Texans before playing a combined six series over their following two games against the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions.

He was officially named the starting quarterback last week and was also awarded the offensive captaincy for Pittsburgh on Monday as a result.

Wilson is coming off of a 2023 campaign with the Denver Broncos where he threw for 3,070 yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions with a completion percentage of 66.4%, the third-best rate of his 12-year career.

The Steelers signed Wilson to a one-year this offseason after the Broncos released him from a $245 million contract, taking on $85 million in dead money in the process.

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Woodbury, Connecticut — Woodbury’s life as a ski area appears to be over.

The Republican American reports that the former Woodbury Ski Area has been sold to a local couple. Seymour Blackwood and Simone Pyne have purchased the property for $675,000 and intend to convert the base lodge into a home. They could run the lifts, as they are operational, but it’s unclear whether the new homeowners are skiers or riders. This move to make the base lodge a home likely means the end of public skiing and riding at the Woodbury ski area.

Woodbury opened in the early 1960s and was initially known as the Tapawingo Ski Area. In 1972, former U.S. Ski Team member Rod Taylor bought the ski hill and renamed it Woodbury Ski and Racquet Club. In the 2000s, they were the first ski area in New England to open for the season several times, beating out the heavyweights Killington and Sunday River. However, since Connecticut’s winters are underwhelming compared to its New England counterparts, they focused on adding many summer attractions.

The longtime owner of Woodbury, Olympian Rod Taylor, passed away in 2014, and the last year it operated for skiing was in 2016. The mountain did not open during the 2016-2017 season and was placed on the market in 2017. Numerous owners followed without any success in reopening the mountain. One proposal came from Art Powers, who wanted to turn the hill into a venue with various summer attractions. Before a deal could be finalized, Art died in a skiing accident at Stowe in February of 2021.

In 2021, it appeared like Woodbury would be revived. Eric Anderson, the owner of Quassy Amusement Park, bought the property and aimed to reopen the tubing park and the ski area. However, he was too preoccupied with running the amusement park and decided to put the properties back on the market in 2022. For more information about the life and times of Woodbury, check out New England Ski History.

Image Credits: Woodbury Ski Area, Skimap.org

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