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Cooke’s Hit Despicable, Bruins’ Reaction Inexcusable 6

Posted on March 08, 2010 by Joe Gill

Matt Cooke should have been missing more teeth after his hit on Marc Savard.

Sean Connery’s character, Officer Malone, said it perfectly in the 1987 movie, “The Untouchables.”

“If they put one of yours in the hospital, you put one of theirs in the morgue!”

Granted Matt Cooke isn’t Al Capone, but the Bruins aren’t no Elliot Ness.

How can you not retaliate after your star offensive player, Marc Savard, was clocked by the notorious Matt Cooke?

Cooke, the player who has been suspended a multitude of time for cheat shots.

This isn’t your Daddy’s Big Bad Bruins.

If this happened in the days of Terry O’Reilly or even Lyndon Byers, Cooke would be holding his teeth in his hand.

Paging Milan Lucic.

Paging Shawn Thornton.

Paging Steve Begin.

Paging Claude Julien.

Why didn’t the Bruins coach send one of his “enforcers” to avenge the hit on one of their team leaders?

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Bruins Prevail In Battle Of Black And Gold 0

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Joe Gill
The scoreboard at the Garden, told the whole story.

The scoreboard at the Garden, told the whole story.

There aren’t too many words that excite Bruins fans like “I got FREE tickets to the game tonight! Want to go?”

Well maybe, “Boston Bruins 2009 Stanley Cup Champs”, would put more chills down your spine.

My friend scored free tickets to the game versus Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. I was pumped. It was my first game of the year.

Granted, I didn’t give the Bruins much of a chance because of their helter skelter play of late. They had a good game against Buffalo but that was with the Sabres star goaltender, Ryan Miller, on the bench.

The defending Stanley Cup Champions were in town or I what like to call them, “The OTHER Black and Gold team.”

I am still not happy that the Penguins stole the Bruins color scheme.

Can’t the Bruins copyright that or something?

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NHL Eastern Preview: Can the Bruins Bring Home The Stanley Cup? 1

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Scott Weldon
Can the Boston Bruins take the next step and win the Stanley Cup in 2010.

Can the Boston Bruins take the next step and win the Stanley Cup in 2010.

The start of the NHL season is a couple of weeks away and this is my attempt to evaluate what’s happened in the off-season and what it means for the new hockey year.

This is my look at the Eastern Conference. I’ve taken a look at each team in the order they finished last year and postulated how they’ll finish this year.

Eastern Conference

1. Boston Bruins (2) – The Bruins finished first over all in the east last year and swept the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. They took too long to get moving against the Hurricanes and didn’t start playing in earnest till they were down 3-1. They eventually lost in seven games as Eric Staal and Cam Ward willed their team past the Bruins.

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