I knew it would happen. I just knew it. I’d somehow get sucked back into watching hockey only to see my beloved home franchise implode. I thought this winter will be the one that I start to follow hockey and the Bruins all over again. I’d start to know the roster, the lines, defensive pairings, everything. Then they play a stretch of games like they did the last month or so and I don’t want to watch hockey again.
Friday night I started by watching the Sabres game. I figured Savard was back and that should help get this pitiful offense clicking. Sure he had an assist but the Buffalo goalie proved to be too much. After giving up a goal late in the first period the Bruins went into the intermission down two. They managed to get that goal that Savard assisted on but that was it. Bruins lose 2-1.
So Saturday night I’m over a different friend’s house and we remember that the Bruins are on. For whatever reason we thought it was against Toronto, but it was the Kings. We watched as the Bruins were called on a questionable penalty and immediately gave up the power play goal. They went back and forth and actually managed to take the lead at the start of the third. Of course they coughed it right back to Los Angles not even three minutes later.
They managed to get a point but lost it in the shootout when Thomas was beat top shelf. Like right off the cross bar in the middle. From there the camera quickly panned away and you didn’t see whether or not Thomas smashed his stick on the goal. I’m guessing he didn’t. He doesn’t emote at all. After the game they were interviewing him and he said, “We’ve worked our way back to the level of frustration, at least. I think we were beyond frustration before and we’ve had two games where we’ve played really hard and worked really hard. We got one point tonight.”
Great one frickin point. What about the fans that pay one of the highest ticket prices in all of the NHL? Six straight home losses, seven overall. That’s unacceptable. In this economy for people to go to the arena and spend their hard earned dollars to see the team take a dump on the ice night after night is unacceptable.
At this point I don’t think a trade would even spark the team. Boston is the 11 seed in the East right now and they’re just 10 points ahead of last place Toronto. At this point the Bruins pick may be more valuable that the Toronto pick as they continue to slide. Meanwhile Toronto is making deals to improve themselves.
So like the headline says, reverting back to the ruins. For years they were the joke franchise of the city and they’re slowly heading back to it. From Bruins to ‘ruins.
