The Spoked B

Posted in Playoffs April 12th, 2008

Bruins done in by the Brothers Kosta…Constanti…err…Karamazov

Well, so much for the Karma train.  It apparently got derailed two minutes in and by the time they cleaned up the mess the game was over.   There was even some similarly-named Kostopoulos guy who scored as well as some dude named Smolinski who looks like he may have had some talent in the early nineties.

So what have we learned here today?  Kostitsyn + Kostitsyn + Kostopoulos ≠ Karma

One concern I have about all this is Tim Thomas.   Many of you out there are firm Thomas backers.  Some, like myself, are skeptical.  I have no doubt that he’s a damn good goalie and is one of the main reasons the Bruins are in the playoffs.  However, be it for reasons of age and/or the fact that he was a late bloomer, Bruins management has never been sold on him as “The Answer” and have habitually tried to bring in (or groom) other goalies in their quest to find that person (Hannu Toivonen, Tuukka Rask, and Manny Fernandez).   Now that he’s in the playoffs, Thomas needs to prove to the doubters…especially those in management who are deciding his future…that he can carry this team in the playoffs.

Unfortunately, starting off his NHL playoff career by giving up two goals in just over two minutes to the hated Canadiens isn’t going to impress anyone.

Let’s hope for a better performance on Saturday.

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