I don’t know about you but I am sick of hearing about the Anaheim Ducks. First we heard all the crying from the fans about the officiating in their loss to the Leafs a couple of weeks ago and since then there has been the goaltender controversy.

This week Jean-Sebastien Giguere tells the LA Daily news that he would rather retire than be a back up goaltender. With Giguere back in the line up, the Ducks have some decisions to make. Jonas Hiller has held the fort down and played well as he started the last 6 games for the Ducks while Giguere was patting his groin and has proved once again he is a number one goaltender, an under paid one at that making a mere 1.3 million this season. This is the second time in two years Hiller has taken the #1 spot from Giguere at least for now. Continue reading »

Usually the Garden fares well for the Bruins where they lost just 6 games in the 2008-09 season. So far the B’s haven’t tasted that home cooking with 3 loses in five games already this season. Although their 5 points are just one less than last season after five games, it has been an up and down battle. The Bruins hit the road tonight for the first time in the 2010 run at the Stanley Cup hoping to bond as a team on this short 2 game trip.

Early on we have seen a lot on inconsistency with this years squad and Tim Thomas has not looked like the Vezina trophy winner of 2009 having a .868 save percentage. We have seen this team go from looking like a Junior “C” team to the Stanley Cup contenders they were just one year ago. The loss of P J Axelson on the penalty kill has also hurt the Bruins as they have given up 8 goals on 26 times short handed and the power play has been non-existent ranked 25th in the League.

So what do the Bruins need to do tonight in Dallas against the undefeated Stars? They need to play a physical game from start to finish, for the exception of the Carolina game, we have not seen a solid 60 minute effort yet. The B’s also need to protect Tim Thomas in front of the net, Dallas has averaged 4 goals per game so far with the Bruins only averaging 3 goals for and 3.8 against.

Claude Julien has shaken the lines up tonight to try to spark the offense. The new combination’s might  have Marc Savard centering Marco Sturm and Michael Ryder, and David Krejci in the middle of  Milan Lucic and Blake Wheeler.