Come on, it's time for this guy to get axed. I know this will be a very heated and debated topic by the 14 people who read my blog, but his decisions throughout the year have boggled my mind. Last night's start of Tim Thomas was the straw that broke the camel's back. Tim Thomas never should've started against Buffalo. There, I said it. I said it last night and I said it this morning. I said it to my Blackberry group, I said it to my hockey message board and I said it on Facebook. I said it to my wife who doesn't give a shit, I said it to my co-worker who doesn't know what hockey is and I said it to my brother, who actually agreed with me.
Tim Thomas is nothing more than a back-up in the NHL. I've had enough of Bruins fans ranting and raving and pissing and moaning and hugging and crying and mouth-hugging Tim Thomas with whatever he does. He's a fucking career back-up goaltender in the NHL. It's time for us to face the fact that Peter Chiarelli, the man in charge of our beloved Bruins, gave him an extension he has never warranted. I don't want to hear that 'OH, HE ONE A VEZINA TROFEE' because it's bullshit. There is no way you give a fucking 35 year old goalie (34 at the time) a front-loaded four-year extension with a no-trade clause. Thomas isn't worth $6M dollars this season OR NEXT SEASON, in fact, he's barely worth Tuukka's $1M contract.
Last night was a perfect example as to why the Bruins need to show this guy the door. Last night, in a game which would have eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs and helped the Bruins inch closer to obtaining a playoff spot, Thomas allowed 3 goals on 14 shots (a whopping .786 save percentage) and has been the 5th time since January 1st that Thomas has been pulled from an NHL game. This includes the month he didn't play! Since January 1, Thomas has been pulled from:
January 7, 2010 - Chicago vs Boston - 4 goals on 24 shots January 18, 2010 - Ottawa vs Boston - 3 goals on 9 shots January 24, 2010 - Boston vs Carolina - 4 goals on 15 shots March 15, 2010 - Boston vs New Jersey - 3 goals on 12 shots March 29, 2010 - Buffalo vs Boston - 3 goals on 14 shots
Where do you see a Vezina winning goaltender in there? In the 18 games Thomas has played since the Winter Classic, he's been pulled 6 times. That's what I want from my $6M goalie, a guy who is pulled every three games because he can't stop a fucking puck.
I know that I'm getting off-track as to why I believe Julien should be fired, but it is coming I swear. There was no justifiable reason as to why Julien should have started Thomas last night. With Tuukka getting a couple of days off and being 22 years old, the kid can handle a back-to-back, especially when fighting for a playoff spot. The fucked up thing is that Rask didn't even get to rest last night because Thomas was pulled!
In the three games against Buffalo (prior to last night's game) Tuukka is 2-1 with a save percentage of .934 and a GAA of 1.66. Where does this not lead one to beleive that Rask is the guy to start against Buffalo. Jesus Christ, Rask is second in the NHL in save percentage (.928) and first in the NHL with 2.08 GAA. Thomas isn't in the top 10 in either category.
It's not just the decision to start Tim Thomas. Claude has been bad decisions throughout the year which includes giving Dennis Wideman significant ice time desipte the fact he's been the worst defender on the team, and this includes "Glass Vagina" Ference. Wideman is third on the team in Total Ice Time per Game with 23:22 per game and has a staggering plus/minus of 16 AND HE HASN'T BEEN BENCHED FOR IT. Out of 856 players in the NHL, Wideman is 841 in plus/minus. Sheesh.
Look, Phil Kessel was benched in the playoffs two years ago because he isn't a hard, gritty player. Julien took out a 19 goal scorer (at the time and the third leading scorer on the team) and benched him during the playoffs! What's the difference between the coach then and the coach now? Guys like Blake Wheeler, Dennis Wideman and Michael Ryder are continually allowed to 'coast' on the ice and there is no repercussion for their terrible play.
I'm not going to say that the players have tuned Julien out, but what do you think? Sure, underperformance and injuries have contributed to this season, but what team doesn't deal with them? I think it is time for Julien to be shown the door and get some new blood behind the bench. It worked for when Julien came into Boston and began harping on his players who played for Dave Lewis, but could that constant harping lead his team to tune him out?
With the regular NHL season winding down, we'll be doing a playoff tracker every couple of days to update everyone on the Bruins playoff status and the teams that are within their vicinity. Lets be serious, we know Pittburgh, Buffalo and the Ovechkins are in the playoffs, so there will be very little talk about them. I'm talking about the meat of the playoff race, spots 6-10 and anyone within a realistic chance of catching the Bruins.
These are the standings as of this morning, March 25.
Please click on the image (had to re-size it)
The standings break down like this:
5. Ottawa Senators: 83 points 6. Montreal Canadiens: 80 points 7. Philadelphia Flyers: 79 points 8. Boston Bruins: 78 points 9. Atlanta Thrashers: 75 points 10. New York Rangers: 73 points 11. Florida Panthers: 71 points 12. Tampa Bay Lightning: 70 points
Realistically Florida and Tampa Bay don't have a shot at making the playoffs unless they can run the table and also need help from the teams above them. Tampa Bay has 9 games before their tilt with the Bruins and if they win all 9 games, they'll end up with 88 points, which would put them in 5th place. However, for this to actually happen, every team above them would have to lose in regulation. Although mathematically in the race, Tampa and Florida are all but finished.
So lets take a look at who each team is facing from here until the end of the season.
OTTAWA SEANTORS - 5th place in the East - 83 points.
Ottawa has 8 games left in the season, 3 at home and 5 on the road. Of those nine games, only three of them are against playoff teams (Washington in Washington and a home and home series with Buffalo [although the home and home is not a "true" home and home series]) while the rest are against sub .500 teams (Carolina, Tampa Bay, Florida (twice) and New York Islanders). Despite some recent goal scoring struggles, Ottawa should win at least four of those games, locking them up for a playoff spot.
If the Bruins intend to catch Ottawa, they need Ottawa to beat themselves. Boston has 10 games left on their schedule but are 5 points behind the Senators in the standings. Boston will need Ottawa to lose some very winnable games while Boston steals a couple from their tough schedule. Either way, there is no way Ottawa misses the playoffs.
MONTREAL CANADIENS - 6th place in the East - 80 points
Don't look now but the Habs may be falling apart as we speak. Last night the Canadiens blew a 2-0 lead with 2 minutes left in the third period and couldn't take the victory home in the shootout, losing 3-2. The Habs have 8 games left on their schedule, however 5 of those games are at home. Montreal is 18-14-4 at home this season, although their road record (18-16-4) shows that being home doesn't give them a huge advantage. Their schedule doesn't look like a tough one either. Out of those 8 games, Montreal will face 3 playoff teams (New Jersey, Philadelphia and Buffalo) with two of those games being at home. The other 5 teams should be easy (Carolina (twice), Toronto, Florida and New York Islanders) as every team is sub.500 and not playing very well.
Boston can catch Montreal is the standings due to the fact that Boston has 10 games left. Based on Montreal's record, they play balanced hockey on both the road and at home, but they're known to give up leads and not play well. Boston will need to leap Montreal in the standings however as the Hab hold the tiebreaker with Boston, a 5-1 advantage in the season series.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS - 7th place in the East - 79 points
The Flyers look to be going the way of the Titanic. In their last 10 games Philly is 4-5-1 and sporting a 3 game losing streak. Their schedule doesn't get any easier either. With 9 games left to their season, Philly has to play 4 playoff teams (Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Detroit and Montreal), one team fighting for their playoff lives (New York Rangers in a true home and home series to end the season), a Western team that would be fighting for a playoff spot in the East (Minnesota) and two sub .500 teams (New York Islanders and Toronto). This is certainly the toughest schedule out of the bunch, but 5 of those games are home. This should help Philly considering they play well at home (21-13-2) as opposed to the road (16-18-3).
The biggest issue with Philadelphia is their goaltending. With Ray Emery out for the season and Michael Leighton banged up, Philly will have to rely on Johan "Bob" Backlund and Brian Boucher to carry the load against some offensively skilled hockey clubs. I wouldn't be shocked to see Philadelphia fall out of the playoffs when it is all said and done.
Is this for real? Is Peter Chiarelli going to come out on April 1st and say to everyone "I'm just kidding, I actually didn't extend our worst defenseman. You silly bananas!"? No, he's not. This is for real. According to Pierre Lebrun of ESPN.com (you know, the same douche who was tweeting bullshit about the Bruins during the Pens/Bruins game), the Bruins have extended Andrew Ference for three season @ $2.25M per season.
This deal is FUCKING HORRIBLE! Why Chiarelli believes its good is totally beyond me but it only goes to prove the string of bad money deals from Chiarelli will continue. Many can look at the Wideman deal ($4M in 2010-11 and $4.5 in 2011-12), Lucic extension ($4M in 2010-11, $4M in 2011-12 and $4.25M in 2012-13) and certainly the Tim Thomas deal ($6M this season, $6M in 2010-11, $5M in 2011-12 and $3M in 2012-13) as bad extensions, but to me, this Ference deal takes the cake.
A lot of people consider me a "hater" because I don't don the black and gold glasses while wearing my Jeremy Jacobs jersey and waving around my Milan Lucic pom-poms, but if there is one player on this roster I absolutely despise, it is Andrew Ference. Tim Thomas? Meh, whatever, Chiarelli fucked that one up. This deal though, may take my hate cake. Ference hasn't played a full season since the 2005-2006 campaign with the Flames and hasn't played 60+ games since then. His highest total was 59 in the 2007-2008 campaign, though he could hit 60 games if he plays the rest of the season. On injuries alone, Ference doesn't deserve this kind of deal.
Since he came to the Bruins, Ference has played in 182 games with Boston out of a possible 544 and has battled a ton of injuries, with a nagging groin being the most recent. This next offseason will also mark the second time in two years that Ference needs surgery on said groin. A lot of people will point out that Ference is a good defensemen when he is healthy, but when is that really going to happen? This trend of injuries is disturbing enough that I wouldn't give a player $2.25M a season knowing he won't fully make 60+ games.
Unfortunately his totals aren't any better. In those 182 games for Boston, Ference has 3 goals (zero this year), 39 assists, 42 points and a plus/minus of -16. Yikes. I guess if the Bruins get rid of Wideman's contract, or even Hunwick's, I'm okay with the deal but a lot of my hatred for it comes under the guise that Stuart and/or Boychuk may not be coming back now. Ference's contract makes losing Seidenberg's a wash because Sides is making @ $2.25M now.
You know, on the other hand, I refuse to go into contract talks because we have no idea what the offseason brings. As of this moment, I hate this contract signing and Andrew Ference can go to hell. At least the guy on the Dropkick Murphys can keep wearing that shitty Ference jersey.
Last night the Boston Bruins went into Atlanta and opened a can of black and gold whoop ass. The problem here is that no one was around to watch it. If you caught the game on NESN last night, you would've noticed that the lower bowl in the Philips Arena was virtually empty. I wish I could say I'm not shocked, but this may have been the biggest game in Atlanta's franchise since they made the playoffs in the 2006-07 season. People make a big deal about teams like Phoenix and Tampa who have a hard time drawing fans, but this is absolutely ridiculous. According to this ESPN.com attendance report, Atlanta is second to last in attendance this year, selling about 72.8% of their tickets this year. What may be even more disturbing is that the Coyotes are last and their virtually in the playoffs.
Attendance numbers aside, the Bruins looked to get back on track and start a winning streak with the season coming to a quick close. The Bruins have created a little breathing room for themselves now because the win over Atlanta has given Boston a three point cushion for 8th place. In fact, the win also brings Boston within one point of the 6th place Flyers who aren't playing exceptional hockey at the moment. Something's Bruin will have a playoff breakdown coming soon.
Last night though the Bruins used offense and strong goaltending to push Atlanta around, something we here at SB didn't think would happen. Honestly, I thought the game was going to be close, but I was happily wrong. David Krejci (15), Milan Lucic (8), Miroslav Satan (6) and Steve Begin (4) all tallied goals for Boston while Tuukka Rask stood tall between the pipes. Rask stopped all 27 shots he faced and did not look flustered or even pressured while doing it. Every moment was smooth and his rebounds were moderate, which is good thing to see.
The Bruins certainly looked good last night and even kept their discipline in check, acquiring two penalties. I will say that a "to many men on the ice" penalty is unforgivable and should never happen. Ever since Dave lewis was behind the bench it seems that Boston has had trouble with keeping the correct amount of men on the ice at one time. What gives?
Anyway, the Bruins have another big game on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Lightning. A win and a loss by either Philadelphia and/or Montreal will boost the Bruins past the 8th place spot.
Mailbag time! So today we have three questions sent in to us by some readers. Let's give it a go.
Who is your favorite Boston Bruins' player of all time? Amy L; Dallas, TX
The obligatory answer is Bobby Orr, but let's be honest, I wasn't a glimmer in my father's eye when Orr wore the black and gold. Obiligator answer #2 would be Cam Neely, since he played when I began watching hockey and was amazing. Honestly though, my favorite player was the first Bruins jersey I ever owned, Adam Oates.
To me, Adam Oates was everything that resembled hockey. The guy could skate well, was a great passer and also put the biscuit in the basket. Oates played with the Bruins from 1991 to the middle of the 1996-1997 season where he was sadly traded to the Washington Capitals for Jim Carey, Anson Carter and Jason Allison. Altogether, Oates massed 142 goals, 357 assists and 499 points with Boston while playing 368 games for the Bruins.
Another reason why I loved Adam Oates in a black and gold uniform? He was a BEAST in NHL 94 and NHL 95.
Do the Bruins have a shot at the playoffs? - Jason; Salem, NH
Do the Bruins have a shot at the playoffs? Absolutely. If the season ended today, the team would be in the playoffs as the 8th seed and would unfortunately have to face the Alexander Ovechkins (Washington Capitals). Do I think they'll make it into the playoffs? I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. The Bruins have a tough road ahead which includes Atlanta, two games with the Ovechkins, Buffalo and New Jersey. In the 11 games that are left, most of them are against team fighting for a playoff spot. I just don't think this team has the juice. I hope I'm wrong of course.
Favorite Playstation 3 game? - Sarah; Kansas City, KS
Tough call. I don't have a very big library of games, in fact I believe I have less than 10 of them. Right now it is a toss up between MLB: The Show 10 and MAG, but I'll give the nod to MAG. I'm a big fan of shooters and I'm a big fan of teamwork-style games. I also like that there aren't any killstreaks like in Modern Warefare 2.
Add to the fact that 256 players can play at one time with little to no lag and FREE DLC? Sign me up.
Satan on one knee, ready to draw a pentagram into the ice
The Bruins played the Rangers yesterday at the Fleetmut Centarden and walked away with a 2-1 win that saw Miroslav Satan (yeah, him) and Dennis-fucking-Wideman score goals. Yeah, Satan and Wideman scored for this team and they won in regulation. All we needed was Savard to come back and turn the ice surface to wine and it would've been a true miracle.
In all seriousness though, this is the Bruins type of play that the fans have been waiting for since the puck dropped against the Alexander Ovechkins back in October. They executed speedy and timely breakouts, they limited their over-passing on the powerplay (although it was ineffective as usual) and they used their grit and toughness to kill a lot of penalties.
The one thing that really bothered me throughout the game was the amount of penalties the Bruins took. Some (if not most of it) could be attributed to the referees, since there were calls on both sides that had me scratching my head. With that said, if the Bruins make the playoffs, there is no way they can advanced if they give the Ovechkins or the Pittsburgh Penguins six or seven chances when down a man.
Other than discipline (and maybe shoddy referee work) I thought the Bruins played well. I saw a few "Well it's just the Rangers" tweets, but this was a must win game for them. If the Bruins lost this, they would have woken up this morning in ninth place thanks to a win by the Thrasers.
Speaking of the Thrashers, were the hell did these guys come from? It seems that getting rid of Kovalchuk really helped them find their swagger. Tuesday's game in Atlanta is massive for both teams, but the real question remains...
Last night was supposed to be "the night" for the Boston Bruins. They were supposed to come out and rip Matt Cooke's head off, put it on a fence post outside of the TD Fleemut Centarden and put a sign around it that said "This is for you Savy!". They were supposed to come out inspired because they are facing the team that took their best player out for the rest of the season and maybe more. They were supposed to get their revenge, either on the ice or on the scoreboard, and this team came out and didn't do anything I just described.
What happened last night is embarrassing. For anyone who can't deny that, you need to get your head checked. Yet again...YET AGAIN the Bruins came out and played lackluster and shitty hockey. I thought things couldn't get worse after the heartless effort in Montreal, but was disgusting.
Where's the effort? Where's the heart? Where's the passion for a game they're supposed to love? I can handle losing because as a Bruins fan I'm used to it. I will not stand for watching effortless, heartless hockey.
You know what else I'm not going to stand for? Excuses.
It seems that after every game, Claude Julien stands in front of the media and rattles off excuses as to why is team lost.
"Uh, we just came off a long road trip." "We had guys who had the flu." "Well, you know, we've been hurt by injuries." "Well, you know, we don't have our best goal scorer out there."
When does Julien stand in front of the media and say "We played uninspired hockey and weren't very good tonight?" without adding something about someone being hurt, someone being sick or because *GASP* they came back from a fucking road trip. Yeah, a road trip, something every NHL team does.
I'm not calling for Julien's head and I'm not calling for Chiarelli's head because somewhere in this massive frame of rage, I know these guys can get the job done. I think the off season and subsequent season will tell us what these two guys can do in their position.
But seriously Claude, the excuses need to go. Last night was a MUST WIN hockey game. I wasn't calling for blood because they had their shot to do it and it was on March 7. Stand up in front of the media and call your team out, stop fucking coddling them like little babies.
Last night may have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but I doubt it. I'll ride this shit storm out until the sun goes down, but I can tell you right now I'm not very happy about it.
Maybe I'll come on here and blog about how I had a long trip so I'm not going to show up for a day or two, or that my best goal scorer was hurt.
I'm already sick of hearing about it. I'm already sick of having to listen to everyone blab about the Bruins and their cowardness. We know that 12 days ago the Bruins collective nuts shrunk up into something you'd find in Grape Nuts cereal. We're aware that this is the night where Matt Cooke comes back to Boston and the "Bruins want blood". And now shut the fuck up about it because this is worse than the Tiger Woods sex talk.
Seriously, shut your mouth. We don't want to hear it anymore, we know what should go down tonight, we get it, shut up.
The problem I have about all this talk is that 99% of it will be hype. No matter what happens tonight, there will be a disappointed portion of the fan base out there. If the Bruins lose tonight, people will be screaming 'YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON WINNING, YOU'RE IN A PLAYOFF RACE YOU DOPES!'If the team wins but doesn't react to Cooke's hit on Savard people will be screaming'YOU GUYS ARE PUSSIES!'. The only way the Bruins can win is to get redemption AND win the game tonight, which I think is going to be pretty hard considering Pittsburgh lost in New Jersey the night before.
My biggest issue here is the hype behind this hockey game. The Bruins are (probably) not going to go out there and go after Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. As much as I would love to see Crosby or Malkin laying on the ice so Pittsburgh fans can feel what we felt, it won't happen. Boston has to much to play for at this point.
Look, I was a guy who was hoping that Shawn Thornton or Steve Begin would go out there and rip Matt Cooke's head off, but that was during the game in which the incident happened. Any sort of resentment or malicious feelings I've had towards Matt Cooke are seemingly gone. Why? Because the Bruins need to worry about locking up a playoff spot.
If they lose against the Penguins and lose against the Rangers on Sunday, they're sitting in ninth place (providing NY wins tonight) and everyone's crying into their bowl of Wheaties.
If Matt Cooke gets his head ripped off by Shawn Thornton and Steve Begin shits down his throat and the Bruins lose, what the hell did they actually accomplish?
Responding to something 12 days after the fact doesn't make you a hero, it just fortifies that you're a bunch of Marys.
Oh and look, it is time for a (terrible) game preview!
Tuukka Rask will more than likely get the start for Boston tonight. Since it's still early in the day, it's unsure who will actually start, but all indications (based on previous performance) lean towards Tuukk. Marc-Andre Fluery started for the Penguins but was pulled after a 'Tim Thomas-esch' performace where he stopped 9 of 13 shots (including giving up a short handed goal) and Brent Johnson finished the game. I have no idea who starts for Pittsburgh tonight because of Fluery's performance last night.
The Bruins are 2-1 against the Penguins this season with their only win coming November 10, 2009 at the TD Fleetmut Centarden.
Ah, Scorpions jokes aside, the Boston Bruins opened a can of much needed whoop-ass on the Carolina Hurricanes last night to the tune of 5-2. The Bruins took care of business at the RBC Center when it looked like the game was going slip away from them. Up 3-1, Erik Cole stuffed home his second goal of the game and Bruins' fans everywhere went "We've seen this before". What we weren't ready for was the offensive surge that happened with Michael Ryder and David Krecji putting the game away.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, Michael Ryder was actually useful for one shift! Fear the apocolypse because it is apparently upon us.
Tuukka Rask was solid in net, not spectacular but not abysmal by any means, stopping 30 of the 32 shots that came his way. Rask did just what he needed to do to win, but the hand shake/pat on the ass/high five of the night/generic congats goes to the offense.
The Bruins offense clicked tonight, plain and simple. Could it be because they played the worst team in the East? Possibly. Could it be that the Bruins were playing Carolina's umpteenth goalie this season? Probably. Whatever the reason is, they got the job done last night and showed flashes of brillance every now and then. It was refreshing, to say the least.
What you want a team to do is win games they should win, something the Bruins haven't done much of this year. This is a should win and almost a must win game with the New York Rangers breathing down their neck. The Rags losing to Montreal coupled with a Bruins win gives them a little breathing room heading into their game on Sunday against said Rags.
Even if the Bruins lose to Pittsburgh on Thursday and the Rags defeat the Blues, the Bruins will still have a 1 point lead heading into Sunday's 12:30pm game.
The game against Carolina was one they needed to win and they did.
The Boston Bruins tried as hard as they could to beat the New Jersey Devils...in periods two and three. However, for those new to the game of hockey, it's three period sport. The first period proved to be the killer for the Bruins as Tim Thomas let in three goals on twelve shots and was pulled (for the fourth time this year?) in favor of Tuukka Rask.
Surprisingly there was a lot of support in favor of the pulled Thomas with lots of blame being put on the defense. My issue here is that this is the same defense that Tuukka bailed out by stopping all sixteen shots he faced. So what happened? Did the defense suddenly stiffen up and stop making their mental mistakes? Not from what I witnessed.
The real debate begins when we start to talk about who the better goal tender is for the Bruins. From what I've witnessed yesterday through Twitter, BBM messages and message boards, a lot of people are still on the Tim Thomas train and my only question to them is "Why?" It's time for the Bruins faithful to stop hanging on to Thomas' 2008-2009 Vezina winning season because he isn't playing up to those standards anymore. Face it, 2008-2009 may be an aberration for Thomas and that doesn't mean Claude and company need to trot him out there night after night with the very real possibility that we're going to see a three goals on twelve shots in one period night.
Against the Senators on January 18, Thomas let in two goals on three shots in the first period and was yanked after letting in three goals on nine shots. Where is the consistency? Where is the Vezina winning form that we saw in 2008-2009 season? Could it be that Thomas benefited more from a great team in front of him than the great team benefited from Thomas?
There are to many questions that concern me when Tim Thomas, his age, his contract and his level of play is brought up. I must say, I also find it disturbing that people have dug their nails into the thought that Thomas is still the guy from last season. Tuukka has outplayed Thomas since Day 1 and people still get upset when Thomas gets trashed on.
"Tuukka Rask: 32 games played, 15-9, 2.14 GAA, .927 save percentage and 4 shutouts
Tim Thomas: 39 games played, 15-16, 2.51 GAA, .916 save percentage and 3 shutouts"
So again I ask you, the reader, why is there a belief that Thomas will magically snap back into form? There's a reason why Claude and friends left Timmy on the bench to rot away for over a month (OVER A MONTH) and its debatable that he only played because Rask tweaked his knee and had to be out. If Rask didn't get hurt, how many starts would Thomas get for the rest of the year?
The numbers and the level of play speak for themselves my friends. Fans need to stop living in the past and focus on the present. We're all in agreement that Michael Ryder and Dennis Wideman are having down years and when called upon it, we as a fan base rally together to speak the same message, but when Thomas is brought up the group begins to divide. The numbers speak for themselves, I can't see why the message isn't the same.
Sarah is the editor and site administrator at Something's Bruin. She's a diehard Bruins, P-Bruins, and Boston University fan, and blows tons of gas money every season attempting to visit as many NHL & AHL arenas as possible. When not focusing on the NHL, she covers the P-Bruins/AHL beat, and focuses primarily on covering the prospects in the Bruins system, from juniors up to the top minor leagues.
Greg is the founder of Something's Bruin and the NHL Bruins beat editor. He has been a Bruins fan since around the mid-90s when he was just learning what hockey was. He has a Phil Esposito jersey that all the chicks dig and his mom thinks he totally rocks.
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