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God damnit. God fucking damnit. I would like to say good morning to everyone and it might be the only good thing I say this entire article. Before I go off on my tangent, I      want to talk about the pathetic display some Bruins fans put on during the Peter Chiarelli/Season Ticket Holder press conference. I listened to some of it and read live tweets by HBAdventure and guy337 and some of the shit I read made me want to throw up my lunch. The best one of the group was:

Why haven't Bruins won cup yet? Why haven't you made that adjustment yet? Chiarelli: "I want to win a cup as much as anyone."
For all I know, a seven year old asked that question because no hockey fan would ever ask a question like that. Why haven't the Bruins won a Cup yet? Are you fucking serious? Are you watching the god damn game you have season tickets for or are you just ripping them up and throwing them away? First off, why would you ever ask that question? What is your fucking thought process here? Why not call Theo Epstein and say "Oh hey Theo, why haven't you won the World Series in four years"? It's a ridiculous statement. I know that I'm going a little overboard here with my tangent, but that question really bothered me, especially the second part. Why hasn't Chiarelli made adjustments? What adjustments would you like him to make? Trades? I guess Tomas Kaberle, Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley don't count. Who do you want the Bruins to get? Brad Richards? Are you willing to part with Toronto's #1 pick, David Krejci and possibly Michael Ryder for a guy who makes about $7 million dollars and is coming off of a concussion? Sounds reasonable, right? Just because you can win the Stanley Cup in NHL 11 doesn't mean it's an easy task. Sometimes I forget how much we (fanbase) armchair GM but it's something I know I'm going to have to stop doing. You're not an NHL GM, you'll never be an NHL GM so I think it's safe to say that you should be asking an NHL GM such idiotic questions as the one above.


Someone also talked about Michael Ryder getting a contract extension. Come on man, come on. Michael Ryder? You want Michael Ryder on this team longer than his current contract? Are you on drugs, brah? The last thing this Bruins team needs is more Michael Ryder. Ryder isn't the guy we all thought he was going to be when he signed a contract here. He isn't a top six forward, he isn't a hard worker and he barely qualifies as a goal scorer. Instead, the only thing Michael Ryder is, is a floater! I nicknamed him Cloud because all he does it float out there (clever right?).

Okay, I'm done Bruins fans. I didn't mean that. Please give me another chance. If anyone asks, you were hit by a baseball.

After the jump...lets look at the last Bruins' game...
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For the first ten minutes tonight you were probably pissed. B's looked flat and uninspired. All that talk about Julien putting the team through some hard practices and the Bruins turning around their fortunes against a desperate Devils team seemed empty.

The B's looked like they didn't get the memo. Through the first ten minutes Boston had one shot. One. That was all. They couldn't get through the neutral zone. Kovalchuk was allowed to hang out around the net on a powerplay without any Bruins player defending him. Easiest goal of the year for Kovalchuk. 

Then the Bruins woke up, apparently angered by their subpar play. They harnessed that energy to dominate the rest of the game. Thomas showed he's not done for the season after so much talk he was coming back down to earth. Chara stepped up and led by example. Seguin showed why he should get extra ice time. Krejci dominated bitches. Lucic joined the 30 goal club. 

And we were again wowed by the Bruins potential. Whether or not they can harness that effort and energy and carry it to Thursday's game against the Habs and into the playoffs remains to be seen. We'll find out soon. 


For now, our dear Bruins pretty much officially ended the Devils season. They finally rose to the challenge under pressure. Suck it New Jersey.

After the jump..... Thomas is awesome, Chara is awesome, Lucic is awesome and your mom is a hooker.......

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Big week of games for Boston. Devils tonight. Habs on Thurs. Rangers on Saturday. They should feel like playoff intensity games as each team is fighting for a playoff spot. Bruins have looked like ass recently. Claude says the team seems "too comfortable" which makes us scratch our heads. How can a team feel comfortable when playing like shit and when the Habs are a point behind them? Absolutely mindblowing.

Team better show up this week. 

Julien also aired his displeasure with Rask airing his displeasure. Via Boston.com:

"I don't support that," Julien said. "And I don't think anybody supports that, including him. Sometimes frustration sets in when you see players breaking their sticks after a goal against. You see them put their heads up in the air after they miss an open net. There's a frustration part. I'm certainly not going to stand here and start accusing him of that. But I think it's something you don't want to see from anybody. It has a big impact on your team. Having said that, I think Tuukka's aware of that. If anything, he's been playing some of his best hockey lately. So I don't think there's any need for that. Sometimes you've got to control your emotions. He's frustrated with the first half of the year and he wants to help this hockey club. Sometimes his emotions run a little too high and he reacts that way. Having said that, it had no influence on my decision on Saturday."

DOY staff supports Rask's outbursts. At least one guy on the ice is showing some emotion. You can say Rask should hold his rage in check, but when your defense has left you out to dry as much as the Bruins have with Tuukka, it's not surprising. Team's built on defense and goaltending but the defense has been lackluster at best. That doesn't bode well for future games if it keeps up.

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Claude Julien, the 2009 Jack Adams award winner, was hired by the Boston Bruins on June 22, 2007 after the team dismissed Dave Lewis of his duties. Since Julien has taken over, the Bruins have been known for two dominant characteristics: a great defensive system and a shotty power play. Although the defensive system speaks for itself, I'm blown away that the Bruins have had a lackluster power play for so long and have done virtually little to change it.

Let's take a look at goals scored per game and power play success (in percentage) since Julien was announced as the Bruins head coach.

2007-2008 season: 24th in goals per game (2.51), 16th in power play success (17.6%)
2008-2009 season: 2nd in goals per game (3.29), 4th in power play success (23.6%)
2009-2010 season: 30th in goals per game (2.39),  23rd in power play success (16.6%)
2010-2011 season: 5th in goals per game (2.97), 22nd in power play success (16.3%)

So solely based on the numbers above, the power play has only been ranked in the top half of the league once and it took a masterful season to do so. The 2008-2009 season was one of the greatest seasons the Boston Bruins have had in a long time. It was THE season, or so we thought. That notion was later put to the rest when the Bruins forgot to show up against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Lets take a look at some more numbers...
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Bruins are in a late-season tailspin. Habs are a mere one point back on Boston.

Biggest worry is the last 10 games column. Habs are playing great hockey; Boston is sucking ass.

Thursday's going to absolutely blow unless Boston decides to not completely unravel this month.

Maybe this is some assbackwards ploy to be on the road more than home during the playoffs. 

In other news, Matt Cooke is still a douche on the ice.

Also, it's the 20th anniversary of Ron Tugnett playing his goddam ass off against the Bruins. Seventy saves. Holy shit. Talking about earning your paycheck.


Bourque had 19 shots on the night.  We miss Bourque. We miss the Nordiques. We miss the old Garden. We miss the old school Bruins.  Add a comment

A good portion of the Days Of Y'Orr crew couldn't catch the game tonight due to the Dropkick Murphys show, but that doesn't mean we didn't follow it...

5-2, really guys to Toronto?? Really!?!

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Oh hello Toronto, we can barely recognize you when you're not scraping the bottom of the Eastern Conference.  They're currently 4 points away from tying Buffalo for the 8th seed of the Eastern conference.  Unfortunately for the Leafs, Buffalo has two has played two fewer games, so it's really not as close as it may look.

Really what we're trying to say is that you're not going to make the playoffs Toronto, now if you could kindly start dropping in the standings more to give us a better draft pick, that would be just fantastic.


The Bruins on the other hand need to get their shit together.  They've won just one game in their last six, granted three of those games were overtime losses, but they've still allowed Montreal to get within three points of them.  Montreal lost last night, so this will be a good chance to gain some more ground on them.

You know what may help? Scoring on the god damn power play!!!

After the jump: some Kessel bashing, game day links and video.
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So that criminal Patric Hornqvist did not get suspended and was simply fined by the NHL.

This, good sirs and madams, is an absolute outrage! We want him drawn and quartered! He should be suspended for as many years as Tyler Seguin has stitches!!!

We hate you NHL. Hornqvist had cleary been plotting the demise of Tyler Seguin for several seconds, perhaps even minutes, and you failed to do anything about it! The fact that Hornqvist is ever going to play hockey again is an insult to our fan base and our sport.

We hope every person in Nashville gets mauled by wild wolverines with rabbies and herpes. If the NHL won't do anything, we will! WE'RE OUTRAGED!

So how did we show our disapproval of the violence in hockey?

BY BEING VIOLENT, OF COURSE! IT IS ON, BITCHES!

After the jump..... we teach the NHL a lesson by protesting, doing unspeakable things to pandas and having a DOY tea party.......

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There is obviously a problem or respect or carelessness in today's NHL game and we saw that again last night when Tyler Seguin got hit with an elbow from Patric Hornqvist.

Luckily Seguin did not display any concussion like symptoms and after a few stitches he was good to go. Obviously the results could've been a lot worse. Seguin was "luckier" than some of his NHL counterparts have been after an elbow but the end result shouldn't change the situation. An elbow is an elbow, whether or not someone gets hurt.

And before any idiots get on our case, we already said we thought Marchand's hit was dirty and he deserved the suspension. Even Marchand kind of admitted it. So suck it.

However, now things are getting real as another NHL sponsor has threatened to pack up and go home unless the NHL does something!

After the jump..... we end the serious part of this post and dig into a more "serious" matter.......
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Tough loss. Pekka Rinne is good. Shea Weber is good. Bruins can't hold late leads. 

Losses to decent teams generally hurt less. You win some, you lose some. This one hurt because a defensive lapse and a stupid, stupid Kampfer penalty cost the B's a point here.

Montreal won. Creeping up on the Bruins. B's have lost five of six. Saying "oh they earned a point" is loser talk. B's need wins, not charity points.

Onto Toronto on Saturday. Hopefully B's can bounce back.

After the jump..... good game, tough loss but St Patrick's day is pretty fun........
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