That's right everyone, time to start growing those playoff beards (this includes you, lady fans out there!). The Bruins clinched their fourth straight playoff berth with a 2-1 win in Philadelphia last night. The amazing thing about last night wasn't the actual win, but how the Bruins scored their two goals; on the power play. HEY NOW! Catch your breath man because I know that was shocking to you too! Not one, but two power play goals in a single game. Not in a month, not in 30 attempts, but in one game.

After the jump...we look at the playoff standings with 7 games left...

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No time to fret about yesterday's egg. Boston's got another game tonight against the Filthadelphia Flyers. And, luckily for Boston, today's game's a night event and not a matinee, so the chances of the Bruins winning just went up 10 fold.

It would be nice to see the Bruins win a game after a big, emotional one. They'll have no choice in the playoffs unless they all want to work on their golf swing early.


Philly's first in the East, eight points up on Boston and 5-1-4 in last 10. Bruins are like 3-4-3 or something.

Carolina lost yesterday so a Bruins win would clinch a playoff spot for Boston. Hoping the Bs can get that done now, so they can worry more about getting guys like Hnidy some ice time in case shit goes down in the playoffs.

Umm.... what else?

Oh, still hate the Flyers.

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After the jump... game day links and game day video...
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Totally saw this one coming.

Rangers and Bruins never score more than 0.6 goals total when they play each other. Usually these defensive games are still fun to watch. Except when the B's don't show up at all. Boston was coming off a huge win against Montreal. Every other time they've won that big this season they crap out next game. It was a matinee game. B's ain't so hot at those this year either. Henrik Lundqvist has been on fire lately.

So yeah. B's didn't show up until five minutes were left. Before the game we were even joking that we knew the B's effort would be down and this would be a 1-0 game. Guess we're psychic.

Montreal lost to the Capitals so it doesn't even matter. We're not surprised about today's loss. We're slightly disappointed though.

Keeping momentum and keeping energy after big wins has been a huge problem for the B's this season. They seem emotionally drained and disengaged after big wins. Like we said, today's effort was predictable. That is probably why we're not mad at all. We expected it.

Rask was great. Offense sucked. Lots of shots directly into Lundqvist's chest or Ranger skates. Tyler Seguin was a beast again. Decent chance B's meet Rangers in playoffs. 1-0 games for seven games. 

We'd give this a real recap but it would be all tumble weeds. B's didn't show up. Philly tomorrow. Another big game. Bruins likely won't catch Philly for first in the East but B's need to send messages to the top teams in the East regardless. Plus Philly sucks.

Plus we're bummed about the Savard news. Not unexpected, but still sucks. Best of luck to Savard and his family. Hockey isn't even important in the discussion on Savard right now. Perspective. 

Remember kids... the sideboards are Boychuk's home. Do not trespass.






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DOY Reader Andrew J. just sent us this link from ESPN.com. A source told Pierre LeBrun that Marc Savard is having memory issues.

Wish I had better news to forward on the Marc Savard front, but it's quite the opposite. A source told ESPN.com Saturday that the concussed Bruins center is having "real memory problems and he's quite worried about it."

Just another reminder how serious the concussion issue is around the NHL. Savard's career is in serious doubt and that's just not right.

LeBrun then goes on ripping Recchi. Whatever. LeBrun sucks. He's also pissed that he got Rexrolled.

But seriously. Eeks.

If this is true than it's time for Savvy to hang 'em up. He's no good to anybody with brains the consistency of mashed potatoes. 

And like Mike Miccoli said:  It's heartbreaking, really. If this doesn't motivate the Bruins to win a Cup, I don't know what will. Add a comment

Not sure what else to call this post. Bruins and Habs fans are nuts seems accurate. 

Thanks to DOY reader Shannon O. for pointing us to this video. Her and her son were interviewed by Boston.com about the Bruins-Habs game and the "Somebody Call 911" sign. She kept name dropping Days of Y'Orr but they edited those bits out.

Assholes. Kidding... or are we?

Here's the video.


Obviously we're stoked that our sign was first few bits of this video. But there are some crazy ass shit going on in this video.

Apparently there was at least Don Cherry wanna-be in attendance.


We're getting Hiller level vertigo just by looking at it. 

Loved this guy about to beat Old Man Montreal for putting the Habs hat on the Bobby Orr statue. Holy shit. Old Man Montreal probably needed to change his Dipends after that encounter.


And not to peptuate stereotypes but a French-Canadian did say "This is how we love Chara" while showing the nude Chara picture.


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The Bruins aren't the only ones who need to come back down to earth either...the fans do too.  Yes we're all still pumped after the Montreal win, but there are two tough back to back games this weekend.  Rangers are still at risk of not making the playoffs and could be a potential match up for the Bruins first round.  Philly in first place in the east and has been for the better part of the season.  The Bs also have a nasty habit of slumping a bit after coming off huge wins...

There is one thing we know for certian though...at some point this game, Sean Avery with be a little bitch



...of course, that's if he suits up. He's sat out four of NY's last five games. Good times.

After the jump, a quick preview...
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Second best thing about last night's molestation was Recchi's post game comments, claiming his quotes about Montreal organization "embellished" the Pacioretty injury reports were to take heat off Chara.

Well obviously, yea. I mean when there's an injury that -- he obviously has a fractured vertebrae but the concussion was obviously really a non-factor, maybe a day or two. Maybe a day or two he felt it and then he was fine a couple of days later. I believe, yea, [Montreal] was trying to get Zdeno suspended and they embellished it a little bit and you know they're trying to do what they could to get him suspended and I think the league sent a message that it was a hockey play and that's the important thing.

Habs fans, media and players started cracking "He's old and senile" jokes instantly. Y'know, original stuff.

Ended up the joke was on Montreal. 

From The Boston Globe:

"Well, I have to be honest with you guys, I wanted to take the heat off Zee for a day,'' Recchi told reporters afterward. "I'm a big boy. And I think anyone who knows me, knows that I have great respect for the Montreal organization. I played five years there. I have great respect for Doctor [David] Mulder, the medical staff there.

"I had five great years there,'' Recchi said of his time in Montreal. "I took the pressure off Zee. In 22 years, I've respected all my teammates, all the players I play against. My record has shown that. For 22 years. I just took the pressure off Zee for one day, I'm a big boy, I can handle that.''

Respect your elders. Veteran move by a leader in the locker room.

Joe Haggerty predicted Recchi's motive pretty much right after the radio interview happened. Everyone else had their heads too far up their ass to look behind the veil. Love it.


Recchi is clearly the Cerebral Assassin.


Coming as no surprise, Montreal fans didn't enjoy Recchi's gamesmanship. Clearly an act of a goon and thug.


What they do like is polite conversations over a cup of tea, puff ties, whining and roasting marshmellows over open car fires.

They're just pissed they all got Rickrolled by the old and senile Mark Recchi.

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Thanks goes to Days of Y'Orr reader Dan (@bruinshockeynow) for the title idea!

Before getting into this... a very Happy Birthday to Jack Edwards!  Love him or hate him, he's a big part of the Boston Bruins and the Bruins gave both him and us a big present tonight. 


Guy brought his goddman A-game to NESN last night.

And just wow...taking out all of the drama there was going into this game, the Bruins needed to take two points away from this game to really solidify their place in the East.  And they did.  With gusto! You could feel the energy in Boston all day. The city and the fans were in Playoff Mode for the game. Got us excited to think about the actual playoffs.


As expected, no Habs player had the balls to sacrifice himself in a retribution fight with Chara. Habs fans wanted to see Boston "play hockey" and not fight. Well, they got what they asked for.

Get ready to suck it long and hard, Montreal...

After the jump, we look at a rape worse than that scene in American History X...
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"The times, they are a changing" - Bob Dylan

Ever since the Chara/Pacioretty incident on March 8, 2011, life as we know it changed. For the Boston Bruins, they quickly became the NHL's #1 villian. Players who had zero involvement felt it was their time to speak up on the issue. Guys like Joe Thornton accused the NHL of giving Boston preferential treatment. Boston was labeled a hate filled town who bathed in the blood of Max Pacioretty, Donald Brashear and any other player succumbed to injury at the hand of a Boston Bruin. The team was hated, sneared at and mocked wherever they went. Through it all, the city of Boston told their citizens and their team to keep on fighting, that nothing said or done could break the spirit of being a Bruin. We, as fans, knew the team needed us and we came to their aid like a mother would tend to her wounded child. They needed us and we needed them.

After the jump, we look at how Montreal has changed because of this incident...
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Not gonna lie. We're stoked for tomorrow night's game. Also, a bear shits in the woods, right? We don't think it'll be a bloodbath like some people are hoping/predicting, but the opportunities for both sides to get some good digs and chants are limitless.

We've got one for Bruins fans to run with, compliments of DOY friend Victoria:


Love it. We're willing to extend this idea to any big hits tomorrow night.

And, because it's how we do things, we've taken it a step further and created some "Somebody Call 911" signs for you to download. It'll fit on your standard 8x11 paper. Full-size download links after the image.


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This would be right up there with "Thank You, Kessel." Make it happen, Boston.

Prediciton: If this chant happens and Montreal fans flood twitter with "Bruins fans are classless" tweets. Mark it. Add a comment