Posted in Playoffs, Screw the Habs April 21st, 2008
Wow.
So this is it. After blowing ten straight regular and post-season games to the Habs this season, the Bruins now find themselves going to Montreal for game seven.
Let’s say that again. THE BRUINS NOW FIND THEMSELVES GOING TO MONTREAL FOR GAME SEVEN.
Our Bruins. The ones who the experts said wouldn’t make the playoffs. The one who people wrote off as easy pickings when they DID make the playoffs, especially the Bruins ineptitude against the Canadiens during the regular season. The team that seemed headed towards that predestined path after losing the first two in Montreal. And now this. I guess not many people counted on this team to play their balls off when it counted (sorry Phil). And Boston karma (who said that?).
At this point, the Bruins have won no matter the outcome of Monday’s game. If they win, they exorcise their demons (annual and perennial) in the Canadiens and stand a chance against anyone. If they lose, they showed the world that they weren’t going to simply roll over and submit to their archenemy, one that particularly had their number this year. All of this battling is fantastic experience to build on for the kids, and especially for Phil Kessel who’s seen himself go from goat to hero in the course of one series. One could argue that that’s a transition Joe Thornton was never able to accomplish while he was in Boston.
Lets see, we have a serious underdog who has a shot at upsetting the heavy favorite. A Rocky analogy is usually pretty tired in this scenario…especially since Rocky lost in the end…but don’t forget Rocky II when Rocky beat the dreaded powerhouse who traditionally wore red, white & blue.
And, especially, don’t forget the trunks that Rocky wore.
Posted in Screw the Habs January 22nd, 2008
One of the benefits of NOT having the ability to regularly watch Bruins games is the fact that I got to miss tonight’s stinker against the Canadiens. As I’m typing this, the B’s are down 7-1 with 8:55 left in the game (UPDATE: 7-2…thank Heaven for small favors) and I have no idea how much worse this is going to get with five minutes left.
I could write this off as just a bad game, but we’re talking about the Habs here. Not only is Bruins history filled with painful losses to the Canadiens, but they can’t seem to stop doing it. A loss tonight will make them 0-6 against the Canadiens this year (that would be 0-8 if you want to count the two pre-season losses to the Habs as well). If you want to get technically accurate that’s 0-6-0 in the regular season, meaning that they couldn’t at least lose one of those games in OT and salvage a measly point.
Let’s put that in even more perspective. With a loss tonight, the Bruins will have a record of 24-19-5. Take out those six regular season Canadiens games and the Bruins have an impressive record of 24-13-5. So the mission is clear: find a way to beat the Habs.
Here are some recommendations. Feel free to chime in with your own.
- Play better. That makes too much sense. Besides, it’s not even remotely humorous. Next.
- Infect the Canadiens locker room with whatever virus has been plaguing the Bruins for the last month. Sabotage! I like it!
- Hijack the Habs’ team bus and replace the players with those from a local Pee Wee league. At least we’d be able to garner an OT loss out of it.
- Move the next home game’s location and don’t tell the Canadiens. A win by forfeit is still a win.
- Bomb Montreal’s Bell Centre when the Canadiens are playing at home. Aim for a Habs-Devils game too…preferably one where Claude Lemieux happens to be in attendance for some reason. Sure this is a drastic measure, but hey, I’m sure Montreal’s done something to us to piss us off. Where’s Celine Dion from? Besides, here in the USA, we’re on a roll. We could just tell Canada we were targeting a terrorist hideout in Fallujah and missed. Oops. Must have been those French-made bombs we were using.
God, I hate the Habs.
(Note: this should go without saying, but I’m kidding here. The only violence I condone is that doled out via fist by someone in a Bruins jersey)
