Boston Sports Then and Now

Tim Thomas has been stealing games for the Bruins.

Give Tuukka Time a rest (especially you Michael Felger)!

Tim Thomas is still an ELITE goaltender folks. The game last night versus San Jose illustrates just that.

He single handedly won that game for the Bruins last night. They had no right winning that game with their depleted roster.

Thomas should have been charged with THEFT against San Jose.

Boston is missing their top THREE centers. Savard, Bergeron, and Krejci were all out of the lineup.

The team resembled the Providence Bruins more than the Boston Bruins.

San Jose is stacked with former Bruins franchise player, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and Danny Heatley. Even with a healthy team, the Bruins would be hard pressed to beat the West Coast juggernaut.

The Bruins need to play flawless defense and have all world goaltending to weather this injury storm.

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Talking Bruins-Leafs with Jason from Pension Plan Puppets.

I thought it would be cool to get a Toronto Maple Leafs fan’s perspective about the Bruins-Leafs rivalry amongst other hockey topics.

“Chemmy” from Pension Plan Puppets was nice enough to take a few minutes to talk some hockey.

BST&N: Do you live in Toronto? How did you become a Leafs fan?

“Chemmy”: To start off I don’t live in Toronto. I’m actually from New England but after the Whale left I began following the Leafs as my goalie coach at the time was from Toronto.

BST&N: What do you think about the Bruins-Leafs rivalry?

“Chemmy”: To me this “rivalry” feels very one sided. Boston has a player that wasn’t fitting well into its system and got two first round draft picks in exchange. Toronto didn’t send Kessel an outrageous offer sheet and Kessel was a young player who didn’t like playing for Claude Julien. I’m not sure why Boston fans are so mad about losing a player they claim not to have liked for two good picks that Toronto fans are happy to have given up.
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The Bruins-Leafs rivalry is in full swing.

The rivalry between the Bruins and Leafs is not even in the same stratosphere as the one with the Habs, not yet anyways.

But it definitely is picking up steam.

The Bruins and Maple Leafs haven’t had any reason to really hate each other since Toronto’s return to the Eastern Conference (why were they ever in the West is beyond me).

They are division rivals.

They are an “Original Six” franchise.

But when you think Bruins rivals, you think the red, blue, and white of Les Canadiens.

Sure Montreal and Boston has some ties, Claude Julien, Michael Ryder, and Glen Metropolit.

However, Toronto and Boston will be connected for the foreseeable future.

It reminds me of the Jets-Patriots rivalry.

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Patrice Bergeron stepped up big on the team's 4-0 road trip.

Being Thanksgiving, we all have a lot to be thankful for.

Friends.

Family.

Health.

And the revival of our beloved Black and Gold.

Before this four game road trip, the Bruins were meandering in mediocrity.

They left the Hub of Hockey with a bad taste in their mouth after suffering a lackluster loss to the New York Isles.

The Bruins embarked on a 4 game road trip to Atlanta, Buffalo, Saint Louis, and Minnesota which could make or break their season.

As we all know, points left on the ice in November could come back and bite you in April and May

First on tap for the B’s, the Atlanta Thrashers, a team that was playing above expectations. The Thrashers, led by returning sniper Ilya Kovalchuk, were going to give the Bruins a battle

The Michael Ryder revival started with two goals which gave Boston a 3-2 lead with less than minute left in the game, but yet again they couldn’t close the deal.

Maxim Afinogenov scored with 41.4 seconds to knot the game up at 3-3.

Could this be another Pittsburgh debacle?

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Marc Savard began and finished the Bruins comeback win versus the Isles.

The Bruins were dead in the water!

Lifeless!

The Garden natives were growing restless!

I was spewing venom!

The young Islanders and UMass-Lowell alum, Dwayne Roloson, were putting a severed Bear’s head in Boston’s bed. They were dominating the Bruins in every phase of the game.

Boston was a headed to another embarrassing blowout loss at home.

My remote control trigger finger was itchy. Flipping back and forth to the Gators-LSU game.

The clock read 11:59 of the third period. The Bruins were down 3-0.

Would they roll over and die or go out with a little bite?

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