This may have been one of the most awkward moments in all of Bruins history.
As far as "getting it" - usually the ceremony is about 10 minutes long. Players skate around tossing tshirts, people clap, everyone's happy, and it takes awhile. The PA announcer rattled off the names of players like they were in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".
I'll admit, I bolted before seeing this. Kind of glad I did - man, that was awkward. Kind of like a funeral - apropos since everyone was in black.
I can't believe I've never noticed this before, but...they're all in numerical order, with the exception of Z (who I suppose is in alphabetical order). So much for the "suspense" of the envelope. Checked last years video quickly, and that was numerical order too, except one player got bumped forward to present his jersey to a widow, IIRC.
Now I know my strategy if I ever get lucky enough to be picked. Count up to Rask, skip Chara, and convince that numbered envelope that 11 is my lucky number. (Unfortunately, Smith would ruin that strategy, landing me a Beleskey, which isn't a bad tradeoff, I suppose.)
I heard some boos after Rask's name was announced. I don't know if anything has been officially announced, but it seems other fans echo the sentiments that have been expressed here.
Probably should do this after game 78, 79 or 80 in the future to avoid what happened yesterday.
Sarge,they could get eliminated in any of those games too. Maybe it should be dynamic,based on the situation.
Sarge,they could get eliminated in any of those games too. Maybe it should be dynamic,based on the situation.
not a memorabilia collector by any means but I`ll tell ya this, if my name was drawn, could care less what name is on it, count me in, love this stuff
I can't believe the Rask boos, because, frankly, for 90% of the season, he's been the single thing holding the team together. He wasn't on the "injured" list that they post, but even the most casual of fans should be able to figure out what happened. When you see "that Swedish guy who's not Rask" in front of the net, and "another guy who's not Rask" on the bench, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Rask is either sick or injured. And the Bruins are not a "sit out if you have a hangnail" team - just ask Bergeron.
As for booing the team in general...I view the fans and the team as having a friendship. And when your friend makes some bad decisions, you should let them know. Now, there's basically the binary of "yay" and "boo" that fans can shout, and it was letting the Bruins know that they hadn't lived up to expectations. Two years ago, at the start of the 2014-5 season, Chara promised a kid to make the playoffs.
Now, in a sense, they had lived up to expectations: the team wasn't better than last year, so we shouldn't have expected better result. But when you're not a Cup team and not a rebuilding team, it's frustrating to be on the wrong side of the bubble....again.
Also, keep in mind that there are some fans that probably paid ridiculous amounts of money at the last minute to see the game after it was confirmed that it was going to be a "playoff-like" game. Because of that, they probably figured that Rask would start...and while it's nobody's fault that that didn't happen, it's frustrating.
I view the "boos" more as "I am frustrated with this team and the results", and not as "I am no longer a fan"....but maybe that's because that's how I feel.
I heard some boos after Rask's name was announced. I don't know if anything has been officially announced, but it seems other fans echo the sentiments that have been expressed here.
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I don't think fans at TD Garden fully understood why Rask didn't play today.
I can't believe the Rask boos, because, frankly, for 90% of the season, he's been the single thing holding the team together.
Were they booing or saying "TUUUUUK"?
THey do that after a big save and it sounds like a boo.