Archive for November, 2007
Posted in Shameless promotions November 27th, 2007
Finally, I can divulge the excuse reason why free time’s been a rare commodity for me.
I’m co-hosting a podcast over at WSJ.com discussing tech-related news and developments. This is basically a revival of the old “Talkin’ Tech” show I co-hosted in 2000-2001 which ultimately never made it to the air waves due to project cuts. Right now there’s little fanfare about it (it’s tacked on to the end of the daily “Tech News Briefing” podcast and we don’t have our credits listed on the home page), but I’m not complaining. The plan is to have new shows every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
And that’s a side project and not even my full-time gig, so any “don’t quit your day job, kid” comments are fully appropriate.
The Wall Street Journal Podcast page is found here and the direct link for today’s show is here.
Oh, and hey! In more amazing news, I see the Bruins actually scored more than 2 goals tonight and beat the Flyers!
UPDATE: I corrected the link above to show the public version of the podcast page (WSJ.com is subscriber only in many other cases). And if that doesn’t work for some reason, just go to WSJ.com, click on “Multimedia & Online Extras”, then choose “Podcasts”. These will only be up Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, and they’re tacked on to the end of the Tech News Briefing. Although no show is up right now, you can still listen to Monday’s show by clicking on the “direct link” above.
Posted in Bruins History November 23rd, 2007
Tom Johnson had an impressive career. A Hall of Fame defenseman who won six Stanley Cups with the Canadiens and netted a Norris Trophy of his own in ‘59-’60, he was best known in Boston as the head coach of the last Bruins championship team in ‘71-’72. Johnson died Wednesday at the age of 79. More on Tom Johnson can be found at Legends of Hockey.
Posted in Rask, Recaps November 21st, 2007
Wow, that’s easily my most obnoxiously cutesy title yet. Just be happy Mark Stuart didn’t do anything noteworthy, otherwise I’d have crammed him in there too.
As you may have guessed (or at least hopefully translated), heir-apparent franchise goalie Tuukka Rask won in his first NHL game by stopping 30 of 32 shots on goal. After a somewhat shaky start…including a soft goal given up to Sundin…Rask settled down and let the Bruins get back into the game. Kobasew scored the game winner with 3:31 left and then potted an empty netter for his 2nd of the game.
As for Rask, the only way this could have had a better ending (well, aside from a shutout) would have been if he bested Andrew Raycroft…the man he was traded for…instead of Vesa Toskala.
Posted in Recaps November 10th, 2007
Wow, has it been a week already? As Neb pointed out in my last post, I’ve got some catching up to do. So here’s what’s happened recently.
Bergeron’s concussion is bad. Pretty damn bad. As you all know by now, Bergy’s hurting. The guy can’t do simple tasks without feeling the effects of post-concussion syndrome. The team has placed him on long term IR, meaning he’s out until at LEAST 11/24. Don’t be surprised if he’s not back until after the holidays and it wouldn’t shock me if he wrote off this season altogether. Right now, he’s just got to get better.
Slip sliding away. Back on the 25th, I noted that the Bruins were tied for 3rd place and that only the Sens and Hurricanes had better records. That feels like such a long time ago. Since then the Bruins have gone 1-5 (adding only four team points…two of them courtesy of losing in OT), and have dropped down into a tie for 7th place. The main culprit has been their inability to score goals. Of these last five losses, the most goals they’ve scored in a game was two and they only did that once (in Ottawa). Remember that eight goal effort they put up in LA? Well, they’ve scored only eight goals in the five games that make up November. Unlike last year, you can’t blame the defense and goaltending for this one. That being said, among the offensive performers who have been pulling their weight, Marco Sturm and Chucky Kobasew deserve special mention for sporting an uncharacteristic (for the team) plus/minus of +6 and +8, respectively. That’s pretty darned good over a 15 game stretch and considering the Bruins are a -2 in goal differential (they’ve scored 34 this season and given up 36). One positive note to finish with: the Bruins have hung tough in all their recent losses…even against the Sens. If they keep playing this way then a few favorable puck bounces will land them in the win column more often than not.
Tuukka Rask. Manny Fernandez’s injury has landed him on the IR and after a week of Jordan Sigalet sitting on the bench, the Bruins decided they wanted Tuukka Rask to get the splinters instead. The B’s don’t play two consecutive games until 11/23-24 (which usually is a good time to start your backup goalie), but if we’re lucky we may get a glimpse of the Bruins’ future sooner than that.
Posted in Recaps November 1st, 2007
Busy, busy, busy. I’ve been a busy man. I’ve got something work-related in development right now that hopefully I can share with everyone in a couple of weeks, but I don’t want to jinx it. It’s only been a week since my last post, but it seems like I’m a month behind.
So let’s recap some recent events:
Biron, Broad Street Bullies, Buck Bruins, Bergeron Busted. It kills me that I couldn’t use this as a title for a post. So now I’m just shoehorning it into this one. The Bruins lost a tough one but the Randy Jones hit was the real story here. Fortunately, after being carried away on a stretcher, Bergeron appears to have just a concussion and a broken nose. Hopefully he’ll be back on the ice soon. With the Broad Street Bullies apparently making another comeback in Philly (Jesse Boulerice and Steve Downie also being suspended for dirty shots this fall), I don’t know whether to be appalled or pleased. Don’t get me wrong…I certainly don’t advocate dirty shots, but it’s somewhat refreshing to see aggressive hockey being played, even if it’s by another team. Another plus? It gives me another reason to hate the Flyers and will also hopefully stir the Boston faithful next time the Flyers come to town (unfortunately, not until March 15th).
Fernandez injured, Jordan Sigalet recalled. Manny suffered a strained right knee in practice and will be out of action for a while. Not sure of the exact medical terminology, but with a 3.93 GAA and an .832 SV%, I think he pulled a stink muscle.
