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Mr. Sandman · 03-09-2008, 10:14 AM

Splurged on a few prime seats on the red line to yesterday's game against the caps. What a game! Took the kid and a couple of his hockey buddies and their dads. One of them caught a puck! It was great to see the players within a few feet. Kids had a blast and were thrilled with the action. You gotta love Lucic, this 19 year old guy has the Boston bruin spirit big time.

kippy · 03-09-2008, 02:55 PM

Hey Jim, that's great you got to see them win. I went to the game Thursday against the Leafs..8-2 loss.

At least the seats were free..

Raider Ronnie · 03-09-2008, 07:27 PM

Lets hope they pick it up and play well in the playoffs.
I went to a Providence Bruins late last week with my kids, good take for short $

ThomCat · 03-10-2008, 06:05 AM

Nice to see that the Bruins can still generate all this attention.Where have you gone O'Rielly, Schmatz, Wensink, Sheppard, McNab, Jonathan, Park, etc., etc, .............

Mr. Sandman · 03-10-2008, 08:48 AM

I like today's team. They don't have a superstars (crosby's ovechkins, etc) but we have a good number of players with above average nhl skills IMO. And the new "kids" are playing with heart. When the chemistry clicks it is like magic and they can (and have) beat anyone, and some of the newer players show tremendous drive. When it doesn't click, well, we saw what happens...they get crushed.
They know what they have to do.

I would've like to see them make a trade for a superstar but doubt anyone would agree with me. I would like the see them trade Tim Thomas for a big name offivensive player. I know Thomas is loved but we have good goal tending beyond him and since he is rated so highly and other teams need good goalies...it could buy us someone special in the goal scoring position ....but that is just me.

teaser · 03-12-2008, 08:39 PM

Mr. Sandman do you mean you'd rather see them get rid of Tim Thomas because he's having it tough right now or is it because you think Manny Fernandez isn't worth what Tim Thomas is for trade value?

I think they should definately gid rid of Manny because he's got nothing left in him after he blew his knees out again and another one that should absolutely go is Ferrence ... he just plain sucks. If there is a critical turnover in a game you don't have to look very far to see it was his doing.

I like the B's overall even though they're a young team and getting a superstar isn't going to really make a drastic change for them, they just need to get the more experienced players to knuckle down and get back to basics and build off that like before when they were doing good.

Alex Auld is absolutely the best goaltender they have but we can probably say goodbye to him after this year because he's a free agent and Boston already has 2 tenders on contract and they're still looking at Rask for the future.

But I do still miss "The Big Bad Bruins" and I know we'll never see that era again. Ah, the memories ...

Fishin' Blues · 03-15-2008, 11:34 AM

I was at the Thursday night game vs. The Tampa Lightning. If they don't start putting the puck in the net, they're going nowhere fast. The won 6 in a row a few weeks ago, but they blew all their momentum by losing 6 of their last seven.

Their lack of depth is a major concern. Chara gets hurt and misses some time and the look like the worst team in the league.

Their only saving grace is that the team trying to catch them, The Buffalo Sabres, are playing like crap as well.

Joe Thornton would look great on this team.

HOCKEYCOACH · 03-15-2008, 06:54 PM

They didn't look bad today, Tim Thomas included. Think tim needed some rest after the blow-outs. Nice to see them stay in a game and comeback for win.

Fishin' Blues · 03-16-2008, 12:21 PM

That was a BIG win yesterday.

If they take care of the Caps today, they'll look a lot better for the playoffs.