With the exception of  the undisclosed injury of goaltender Tim Thomas, the Bruins are finally back to full staff and have to start making some noise. The B’s survived a huge blow in October as they lost two of their major players by staying above .500 and sitting in the 8 spot of the Eastern Conference. Players like Ryder, Wheeler and Sturm picked up the slack with Savards out and Shawn Thorton and Byron Bitz picked up the enforcer roles. Patrice Bergeron leads the B’s in points with 14 and Chara is right behind him with 12.

The return of Marc Savard will help boost these numbers as the B’s have struggled in the goal department. Tonight Savard is expected to center Byron Bitz and Marco Sturm. Continue reading »

One thing the B’s have lacked is shots on net and goals so when they finally found a way to get to the net , the B’s run into a hot goaltender. 192 minutes, 6 seconds,that’s long the Bruins went without scoring a goal. The Bruins were tying avoid being  shutout for the third consecutive game which would only happened once in NHL history, coincidentally by the 1928-29 Boston Bruins who actually went on and won the Cup that year. Continue reading »

The Boston Bruins open their quest for Lord Stanley with a very disappointing loss last night. It has been 4 months since the last puck was dropped at the Gah-den and with a packed house we were all set to forget that devastating comeback the Carolina Hurricanes  pulled on us last May.

What upsets me about Bruins fans it that they are all crying about the trade of Phil Kessel. I feel that the trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs was a must for the Bruins. Phil didn’t want to play here, he’s a health risk in a contract year demanding huge money. Let it go people. I am more upset about the loss of P.J Axelsson, he was one of the top penalty killers in the league and  the Bruins had and they failed to replace him in the off season. That theory proved right last night as the Bruins gave up 2 short handed goals, one of which was a too many men call.

The B’s lacked more than scoring last night. When did the NHL become a church league, we have size with Chara, Lucic and Bitz but yet they let Ovenchkin have his way with them. The only signs of  life the Bruins had was in the third period when Patrice Bergeron finally broke Jose Theodore’s shut out. Less than 2 minutes later Bruin’s  Shawn Thorton dropped the gloves with Washington’s John Erskin.  There is a very solid pattern with the Bruins…..when they play physical, they win and that 5 minute stretch of the third period, they looked like winners.

Tim Thomas looked solid , and a good thing as this one could of been a lot worse. Don’t expect the Bruins to repeat this performance Saturday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, coach Claude Julien will have them more prepared. Fans, it was game one of a long, hard season, so what…they lost.