The Bruins came back from a 3 - 1 series deficit, and fought back in tonight's game to force overtime after being down 2-1 , but ultimately, their season is over. The Hurricanes won in OT tonight, 3-2.The Bruins had chances to win this game, as did the Hurricanes (including a goal-line-and-post roller that Aaron Ward fished away at the last moment), and despite my obvious preference for a Bruins win, I enjoyed this game immensely. The play was fast, chippy, with some stellar goaltending and big hits. Lucic was incredible, Bergeron was unlike any Bergeron I've seen play before, Thomas stood on his head, and Chara was dominant force. Ultimately, it was not enough though, and the B's will clean out their lockers.
I'll write more about the Bruins' season in the next few days - it has been a remarkable year - and I don't have the capacity to do a roundup right now.
The strange thing is that while I am very disappointed, I guess I've been somewhat aware that the Bruins could be put out for awhile (that's what being down 3 - 1 in a Series will do, I guess), so I'm not as frustrated or as upset as I was after, say, Game Four when the B's just didn't show up. I would very much have liked the B's to continue on, but I've understood what odds they were facing for about a week now, and thought they did an amazing job battle back against those odds.
Still - I think this Bruins club opened a lot of eyes in this year's Playoffs. My goal for the team this year was to make the Second Round (thus improving on their accomplishments from last year). To win the First Round in a sweep of Montreal was awesome, and to push the Second Round to a Game Seven overtime is an incredible development for a team that missed three Playoffs in a row, just prior to the last two. This also means that next year, I will expect them to make the Conference Finals.
And planning for that should begin tomorrow. No pressure.
My congrats to a Bruins club that entertained me all year. My condolences on a loss in a game you probably deserved to win.
2 comments:
You sound really calm and rational about this loss - I like this development in your character.
I'm sure you're going to do this but can you do a post about where the roster stands in term of potential changes this off season?
Thanks for the season Scott!
yeah, that's the compensation talking. no, i really am basically okay: they went out on a tough break after playing well, and playing well is all i wanted them to do. not the ideal, but certainly a good season.
and yes, that's a good point about off-season changes. the broooons are coming up against UFA status and a salary cap, and i suspect they'll lose a few guys. i will certainly post about that, AND about the bruins that are up for awards this year (didn't want to post about that while they were still going for the MAIN award).
thanks for the comments over the season, mans.
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