I don't know what to expect tomorrow night.
The 2011 team stands out as the only Bruins team that wasn't afraid of a Game 7.
The only thing I know for sure is that I will be in Tampa on Saturday night and hopefully the Bruins will be as well.
If the Bruins bow out early in the playoffs, they have no one to blame but themselves
As happened all too often under former head coach Claude Julien, the regular season resilient B’s squad seemingly fell victim of reading their own headlines. With a prime opportunity to bury the Leafs in Game 5 at home, the Bruins thought that they could simply throw their sticks on the ice and send the young Torontonians packing for the offseason after Tuukka Rask stole Game 4 for them last Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre, by stopping 30 of the 31 shots on goal the Leafs generated.
They thought wrong.
For as much as Bruins fans – and perhaps the team itself – thought that they had figured out the Leafs – and especially goaltender Freddy Anderson – they have been largely stifled by the guy they sent packing in the first period of Game 2 when they potted three of their first five shots on the Tim Thomas wannabe. Since then, Anderson has looked like Ken Dryden – look him up, millennials – and has thwarted the B’s patented third-period comebacks this season with his athleticism.
“He’s making a lot of big saves,” said Brad Marchand, who was part of a first line that recorded 20 points in the first two games but has struggled mightily since. “We’ve just got to keep going. I think that’s the only thing. We’re getting bodies there, we’re getting pucks there, we’re getting some really good looks. Just have to keep doing it and hopefully, it pays off for us.”
The 2011 team stands out as the only Bruins team that wasn't afraid of a Game 7.
The only thing I know for sure is that I will be in Tampa on Saturday night and hopefully the Bruins will be as well.
If the Bruins bow out early in the playoffs, they have no one to blame but themselves
As happened all too often under former head coach Claude Julien, the regular season resilient B’s squad seemingly fell victim of reading their own headlines. With a prime opportunity to bury the Leafs in Game 5 at home, the Bruins thought that they could simply throw their sticks on the ice and send the young Torontonians packing for the offseason after Tuukka Rask stole Game 4 for them last Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre, by stopping 30 of the 31 shots on goal the Leafs generated.
They thought wrong.
For as much as Bruins fans – and perhaps the team itself – thought that they had figured out the Leafs – and especially goaltender Freddy Anderson – they have been largely stifled by the guy they sent packing in the first period of Game 2 when they potted three of their first five shots on the Tim Thomas wannabe. Since then, Anderson has looked like Ken Dryden – look him up, millennials – and has thwarted the B’s patented third-period comebacks this season with his athleticism.
“He’s making a lot of big saves,” said Brad Marchand, who was part of a first line that recorded 20 points in the first two games but has struggled mightily since. “We’ve just got to keep going. I think that’s the only thing. We’re getting bodies there, we’re getting pucks there, we’re getting some really good looks. Just have to keep doing it and hopefully, it pays off for us.”
