Slack And Fold: Bruins Win Fights, Lose Battle Vs. Pens 1
I had to sleep on this putrid effort displayed by the Bruins against the Penguins. I went to bed mad, frustrated, and just disappointed being a life long fan of the Black and Gold.
Or should the Bruins be called the Slack And Fold?
The bout with Pittsburgh had been one of the most anticipated regular season games in recent memory.
It was time for payback.
Old West Justice.
It was time to make Matt Cooke “sleep with the fishes”.
This was the opportunity to avenge their fallen teammate and brother, Marc Savard. The Bruins star offensive player who still hasn’t shown much improvment since the concussion he sustained on March 7th.
Cooke’s crime went unpunished by the Bruins during that game. Then to add insult to injury, NHL Director of Operations, Colin Campbell did not suspend Matt Cooke. His ruling was that the hit was legal this year but will be illegal next year(the rule had since been changed at the NHL GM meetings).
So now it was up to the Bruins to make things right!
Bruins talk was dominating the radio for almost two weeks.
The fans of the Black and Gold were in a feeding frenzy.
The NHL Brass was in town.
Security was increased at the TD Garden.
And for even more motivation, the 1970 Stanley Cup winning Bruins team was in town for their 40th reunion.
The Bruins were poised to seize the moment!




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