I'm Baaaaaaack and so is the OFFENSE

Sorry for the long delay in posting, things have been a little hectic around here for the past few weeks. Went back to MA for a couple of days at Thanksgiving, then started my new job with the Inspector General, which has sent me to Florida, Colorado, Southern VA and back again over the past three weeks. I know I can’t complain, Florida was warm, Colorado was snowy but cool (I am going back at the end of January and I plan to hit the slopes then if I get a free afternoon.) Virginia is Virginia and I could have done without that trip, but that is life. Anyway, that is my excuse and I am sticking with it.

Now on to the B’s

We have had a good number of games since my last post. In fact they went 2-3 since my last post which SUCKS! But we will give them a little reprieve on bashing, as they played one hell of a game last night in Ottawa. Sturm got his goal production back on track with his second career hat trick, Bergeron had five assists, Savvy had a pair and Muzz netted one for good measure.
Thomas looked solid, his goals against is now 3.09 which is supposedly not bad for the new and improved NHL, even though the league average is only 2.82 (don’t forget this includes all those back up slouches with GAA’s in the high three low four range (aka Dan Cloutier (3.82), and the league leader is resting comfortably at 1.96 goals against (Hasek). The top five goalies all have GAA’s between 1.96 and 2.15 What should stand out is his save percentage which hovering at .904 which at one time was great (puts Timmy at #14 in the league but at least it is above .900, which the Bruins have not seen in a long time.)
Now on to what I did not like about last night. First, I did not like the fact that the Sens goon squad took a two runs at one player (Primeau) and no one stepped in until Primeau gathered himself and tackled the offender himself. The result was matching penalties for the most part, with the Ottawa player getting an extra two for the first hit from behind. (Should have gotten the gate for the elbow to the head, but oh well that is hockey) What the Bruins lacked though was someone to throw out there who can stand up for the spoked B and pound some fists against the oppositions face.
The second thing I did not like was the exact same thing as the first. Near the end of the game Ottawa once again tossed out a cheap shot with an elbow to Marc Savard’s head. Paul Mara did grab the offender as soon as it happened, but he failed to throw even a slight jab to the face, instead he just tossed him on the ground (I know some of you hate Neely, but you have to admit, if that was Neely and not Mara the Ottawa player would have left the ice in need of medical attention, not just because the zebra gave him five minutes and a game for a cheap shot.) (For those of you who feel the need you may insert Terry O’Reilly in Neely’s place, either way same result.)
The third thing all relates to the first two. OK so they showed composure and did not pound the hell out of anyone and they got two power plays out of the deal, not bad right? WRONG, they got pussy hooking and slashing penalties to eliminate both the ensuing power plays, now if your going to go out and do that, at least slash the hell out of the guy who was responsible for the cheap shot, what the hell are the coaches teaching these kids today? What happened to the good old rule of thumb in hockey, an eye for an eye, or tooth if you prefer? What is this basketball……. No never mind they actually fight in that sport, well sort of… good effort on the scoreboard boys.. Now just stick up for yourselves.