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1st Period of the season!
1. LOL @ that Rask goal. Listen the guy isn't going to save every single shot but I mean come on.
2. The D doesn't get the pass there either. "Oh let's let this fool rip a shot from the center of the high slot". Yikes.
3. I can't tell who half these Bruins are. Honestly I don't hate the way they have been playing. Colin Miller wears No. 6 now and that's cool because he's decent.
Okay so we got some things out of the way there. But can we just take a second to appreciate some actual speed in this lineup? With about 5 and half to go in the first I'm LOVING the hustle. Great to see. Marchand is skating well and we have had a few fairly promising scoring opportunities.
I'm also noticing some serious pressure on the puck carrier by our boys here. I'm sure Julien.... okay mid sentence this Czarnik character just took a penalty and Heyo it's 2-0. *looooonnnnggggg sigh* What happened to that awesome PK we used to have? Man oh man. At least I have a nice bacon cheeseburger w/ BBQ sauce. Okay okay okay let's look at this PP. Ours was 21% last year and that's pretty okay.
2-0 after 20 Min
2nd Period!
HEYO! So nothing really happened at all until that Pasta goal!! Okay it's a start. It's good to see the young gun get one early on. Rask with some nice saves in a row here but I don't love the volume of shots we are giving them. I'm convinced Marchand is an actual wizard. Wow. lol Bruins key to success is team defense and we let up that goal. Make mistakes and get burned. Gosh we don't take care of the puck. We are shook. I'm shook. This is Columbus. Ewwww. Board play is rough right not man. It seems like we can't get a word in edge wise when the puck hits the half boards or corners. We have young kids who aren't really tough and gritty enough to bang down there yet. Yikes on that call and yikes @ our PP. Jk puck movement isn't bad and chances are flowing. Okay so no PP goal again. 0/2.
HEY BACKES! Marchand keeps it in the zone and Chara gives us a clap on net. Rebound? Yes sir. Backes in the right spot? Yes sir. Okay okay okay 3-2. Momentum is ours now. I love it.
BACKES AGAIN?! MARCHAND?! Oh my goodness we are the best in the league! My app credits the goal to Backes. Love it. Live blogging is cool. Bruins are cool too I guess. Marchand oh man. How do you miss there. NEED A GOAL THERE.
3-3 after 40 min (Marchand on track for 246 assists just saying)
3rd Period! WOO!
Slow period after 2 minutes. Nothing really going on. Jack Edwards has informed me we are outshooting the Blue Jackets. Bad penalty by Accari. Young guys catching penalties left and right and our PK is bad. That is a big save by Rask on the PK. Rask is hurt now. At least he's slow. Looks like he just tightened up in his leg. Ugh. Big hip check by Krug there. Loved it not gunna lie. Decent play by both teams here after about half the period. Neither team has had any very real chance at a goal. I love the choppiness and how we aren't backing down to their shoves or punches.
AWESOME 2 on 1 stop there. Lucky but awesome. Love how fans complain about offside calls. Every city does it. I do it. But I mean sometimes is painfully obvious. Love hockey fans! Getting kicked out of the face off circle.... the Bruins franchise has to hold the record for that. I feel like it happens a zillion times every game.
YASSSSSS BREAK AWAY PASTA! REBOUND! DOWN 2 AND I NEVER HAD A DOUBT!!!!! MARCHAND ON TRACK FOR LIKE 328 POINTS!!!!!
Okay breath. This is huge. Let's see how we can play with the lead. A lot of character is about to be on display for this Bruins team and the heart was something that was lacking greatly last year. Columbus looks rattled right now. Love it.
Oh my goodness. Marchand is only on pace for a 410 point season. Game 1 projections are always accurate. I'm so pumped right now. Crazy effort to fight back and come back. Julien was coming into this season coaching for his job and he got his guys motivated enough to play this well tonight. And all without Bergeron! AH!
Goalie pulled. 2 to go.
The inability to score on the empty net hurts my chest right now.
Breath. Pasta scores. 6-3. That's probably it.
Final: Bruins 6 to Columbus 3.
Final thoughts: We were slow to wake up but hit where it counted for sure. We played tough and hard and I couldn't have asked for more from Marchand and Backes. The D was shaky and Rask could have played better but that is nitpicking. I love the Bruins.
Good night!
By Trevor Flaim
1st Period of the season!
1. LOL @ that Rask goal. Listen the guy isn't going to save every single shot but I mean come on.
2. The D doesn't get the pass there either. "Oh let's let this fool rip a shot from the center of the high slot". Yikes.
3. I can't tell who half these Bruins are. Honestly I don't hate the way they have been playing. Colin Miller wears No. 6 now and that's cool because he's decent.
Okay so we got some things out of the way there. But can we just take a second to appreciate some actual speed in this lineup? With about 5 and half to go in the first I'm LOVING the hustle. Great to see. Marchand is skating well and we have had a few fairly promising scoring opportunities.
I'm also noticing some serious pressure on the puck carrier by our boys here. I'm sure Julien.... okay mid sentence this Czarnik character just took a penalty and Heyo it's 2-0. *looooonnnnggggg sigh* What happened to that awesome PK we used to have? Man oh man. At least I have a nice bacon cheeseburger w/ BBQ sauce. Okay okay okay let's look at this PP. Ours was 21% last year and that's pretty okay.
2-0 after 20 Min
2nd Period!
HEYO! So nothing really happened at all until that Pasta goal!! Okay it's a start. It's good to see the young gun get one early on. Rask with some nice saves in a row here but I don't love the volume of shots we are giving them. I'm convinced Marchand is an actual wizard. Wow. lol Bruins key to success is team defense and we let up that goal. Make mistakes and get burned. Gosh we don't take care of the puck. We are shook. I'm shook. This is Columbus. Ewwww. Board play is rough right not man. It seems like we can't get a word in edge wise when the puck hits the half boards or corners. We have young kids who aren't really tough and gritty enough to bang down there yet. Yikes on that call and yikes @ our PP. Jk puck movement isn't bad and chances are flowing. Okay so no PP goal again. 0/2.
HEY BACKES! Marchand keeps it in the zone and Chara gives us a clap on net. Rebound? Yes sir. Backes in the right spot? Yes sir. Okay okay okay 3-2. Momentum is ours now. I love it.
BACKES AGAIN?! MARCHAND?! Oh my goodness we are the best in the league! My app credits the goal to Backes. Love it. Live blogging is cool. Bruins are cool too I guess. Marchand oh man. How do you miss there. NEED A GOAL THERE.
3-3 after 40 min (Marchand on track for 246 assists just saying)
3rd Period! WOO!
Slow period after 2 minutes. Nothing really going on. Jack Edwards has informed me we are outshooting the Blue Jackets. Bad penalty by Accari. Young guys catching penalties left and right and our PK is bad. That is a big save by Rask on the PK. Rask is hurt now. At least he's slow. Looks like he just tightened up in his leg. Ugh. Big hip check by Krug there. Loved it not gunna lie. Decent play by both teams here after about half the period. Neither team has had any very real chance at a goal. I love the choppiness and how we aren't backing down to their shoves or punches.
AWESOME 2 on 1 stop there. Lucky but awesome. Love how fans complain about offside calls. Every city does it. I do it. But I mean sometimes is painfully obvious. Love hockey fans! Getting kicked out of the face off circle.... the Bruins franchise has to hold the record for that. I feel like it happens a zillion times every game.
YASSSSSS BREAK AWAY PASTA! REBOUND! DOWN 2 AND I NEVER HAD A DOUBT!!!!! MARCHAND ON TRACK FOR LIKE 328 POINTS!!!!!
Okay breath. This is huge. Let's see how we can play with the lead. A lot of character is about to be on display for this Bruins team and the heart was something that was lacking greatly last year. Columbus looks rattled right now. Love it.
Oh my goodness. Marchand is only on pace for a 410 point season. Game 1 projections are always accurate. I'm so pumped right now. Crazy effort to fight back and come back. Julien was coming into this season coaching for his job and he got his guys motivated enough to play this well tonight. And all without Bergeron! AH!
Goalie pulled. 2 to go.
The inability to score on the empty net hurts my chest right now.
Breath. Pasta scores. 6-3. That's probably it.
Final: Bruins 6 to Columbus 3.
Final thoughts: We were slow to wake up but hit where it counted for sure. We played tough and hard and I couldn't have asked for more from Marchand and Backes. The D was shaky and Rask could have played better but that is nitpicking. I love the Bruins.
Good night!
By Trevor Flaim