Is it just me, or have the Boston Bruins been only about 80% there in the last three games?
Over that span, the Philadelphia Flyers have outplayed the Bruins in every aspect of the game – you know the litany: taking the body, strong on the puck and et cetera – but especially in intensity and focus.
(Philadelphia Inquirer Game 6 victory lap here.)
Yes, Tuukka Rask stopped a penalty shot around the 14:00 mark. And yes, the Bruins – finally! – scored around the 19:00 mark.
But tell us, hockeyheads: Should Tim Thomas start Friday’s game?
Regardless, Campaign Outsider Official Prediction™: The B’s lose Game 7.
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Reminds me of the days when the Bruins benched Rejean Lemelin for Andy Moog in the 1988 Stanley Cup finals. Seems like history is repeating itself all over again.
Yeah, got a bad feeling about Friday Night Lights-Out.
* Who woulda thought this game would end up like the one in 1979 vs. the Canadiens- too many men on the ice.
* Ironically (or is it “ionically”) this is the same day the Bruins were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes last year.
* My flags went up when Bruins players said in the press this morning that “they weren’t panicking.”
* I still blame Jeremy Jacobs as the sole reason why the Bruins can’t win a Stanley Cup. 86 him and the Bruins will start winning. I still believe that to this day.
I agree on all counts, CAvard.
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