Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Boston Bruins...The Most Up & Down Team In Sports


A little over two weeks ago, I was singing the praises of the newly physical Boston Bruins, who had been at the tail end of a six (thats right) six game winning streak. The last time the Bruins had a 6-game win streak going was 4 years ago! Excuse me for being excited. Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas was standing on his head and was one of the NHL stars of the week, as his superb play was the main reason for the Bruins' success.

Then something terrible happened.

10-2.

The Bruins walked into Washington and got humbled to say the least, with both Goalies Thomas and Alex Auld getting touched up more than Governor Spitzer's "clientele". A 1-0 loss in overtime followed that game, and then another bitchslap, losing 8-2. It seems that in this game of hockey, momentum is the most important thing for playoff success, and after Sunday's shootout loss to the Rangers and last nights bitch slap against Ottawa, I have a few important questions about this team?

What happened to the Defense? I understand Chara is out and he eats up a lot of minutes, but there is no excuse for letting up only one goal against the Rangers and then getting lit up the next night. I mean 10-2, 1-0, 8-2? What the hell kind of hockey is that?

Where is the offense? The Bruins have not been able to score at all during this brief period. People are not making good choices with the puck ESPECIALLY on the Power Play. You cant expect your Goalie to give up 1-2 goals every night. Some games are going to have to be won with great offense, and this recent skid has shown me that they need to step their game up.

Who is their Goalie? GREAT teams, and I'm talking about title teams, ALWAYS have GREAT goaltending. This two goalie system is nice to give the other guy a breather, but what happens when one gets the hot hand? You cant sit Thomas for four games and then expect him to come back and be as effective. Treat these guys like starters and they'll play like starters, playing for your job every night like this starts to become the most important aspects of these guys games, and that takes away from the rest of the team.

The good news is that we will make the playoffs, unless we collapse over the last few weeks, but the B's are not giving me confidence that we can win a series, especially if our first round opponent is the Canadiens.



LETS GO BRUINS!!

God damnit.

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