Over the past 12 hours, there's been a sour uneasiness in the air - the same you feel spotting someone from high school you don't want to talk to. Eyes shift downwards. Nervous tics surface. Buttholes clench. Canoes drift downstream.
Nancydom is on the rise.
The Bruins have been here before. 3 years ago, they vanquished their personal game 7 demon and won against another band of pissants wearing the same sweaters. McQuaid's pinch to Horton's shot off Halpern's skate. Though none of these guys will be in tomorrow's game, the story will be the same. The Bruins are the best team in hockey right now - it's time to step up and prove it against an inferior opponent.
Carey Price, behind his mediocre blue-line of visored tough guys, has been protected by nearly a dozen posts and crossbars, two instances of spinning pucks not crossing the goal line, and a series full of slow releases by Bruins forwards. That changes tomorrow.
The Bruins will come out with anger and tempo, score two in the first, and win 4-1. Above all, though:
Protect the Civic.
Nancydom is on the rise.
The Bruins have been here before. 3 years ago, they vanquished their personal game 7 demon and won against another band of pissants wearing the same sweaters. McQuaid's pinch to Horton's shot off Halpern's skate. Though none of these guys will be in tomorrow's game, the story will be the same. The Bruins are the best team in hockey right now - it's time to step up and prove it against an inferior opponent.
Carey Price, behind his mediocre blue-line of visored tough guys, has been protected by nearly a dozen posts and crossbars, two instances of spinning pucks not crossing the goal line, and a series full of slow releases by Bruins forwards. That changes tomorrow.
The Bruins will come out with anger and tempo, score two in the first, and win 4-1. Above all, though:
Protect the Civic.