​The Boston Bruins now know their first few games of the 2026-27 NHL season, and they, along with the rest of the league, will find out their 84-game schedule this afternoon.The Bruins season will start in September this year, and they’re immediately scheduled to go out west after their home opener. In other Bruins news, the front office is going through a shake-up and another Bruins forward is heading overseas, this one to his home country on a long-term deal.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThere was plenty of news Wednesday, starting with a division rival changing GMs mid-July. A few teams re-signed players who were gearing up for arbitration hearings, and the Devils picked up a forward coming off his career-best season. The Devils also hired Ted Donato as an assistant coach.Don Waddell spoke about the trade rumors surrounding his star defenseman, and NHL 27 will feature the youngest cover athlete in the game’s history.Happy Thursday, catch up on Bruins and league news in today’s Daily Bean:FRONT OFFICE: Changes are coming to the Bruins’ front office. Kevyn Adams, who is eight years younger than Don Sweeney, was hired as a Senior Advisor. Both Jeremy Rogalski and Dennis Bonvie have been promoted to Assistant General Manager roles, and the Bruins created a new position (Director of Hockey Operations, Collective Bargaining Agreement) for Alex Gimenez, who joins the organization after a decade with the Red Sox.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAGM Evan Gold is departing, effective August 1.HC Sparta Praha (via 𝕏): Matej Blumel has signed with HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga, the team announced Tuesday. The 26-year-old forward signed a four-year deal and will return to his home country of Czechia after four years in North America. Blumel finished with 52 points (21-31–52) in 58 games with Providence last season.SCHEDULE: It’s that time of the year. Start marking your calendars. Yesterday, the NHL announced home openers for each of the 32 teams. The full schedule will come out at 1:00 PM ET.The Bruins will open their season by hosting the New York Rangers on September 29. The game will be televised on ESPN at 8:00 PM.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThey will head out west and play the Winnipeg Jets (10/2), then the Minnesota Wild (10/3).Chris Johnston (video via 𝕏): Here are all 32 home openers:Detroit Hockey Now: The Yzerplan is off. Red Wings GM and Executive Vice President Steve Yzerman is giving up his role. He will move upstairs and become a senior advisor to Chris Ilitch. The Red Wings stated that Ilitch will lead the search committee. He will consider both external and internal candidates, and Yzerman will stay in the role while the search is being conducted.Detroit Hockey Now: Bob Duff dives into which internal candidates make sense for the Red Wings, but they are limited in their choices. Nicklas Lidstrom is the club’s VP of hockey operations, and Kris Draper and Shawn Horcoff are the assistant G