It seems like just yesterday. June 15, 2011. Game 7 Stanley Cup. Bruins win. Canucks lose. Justice done. Well, a new season starts in the Hub of Hockey Thursday, October 9th. Guess what? The Bruins have a pretty good chance to repeat as champs. Last year's Cup winners, the Chicago Blackhawks, had trouble fitting player salaries under the Salary Cap and had to trade key players. Not this year. The Bruins lost three players: defenseman Thomas Kaberle (who was a liability both offensively and defensively throughout the playoffs), right wing Michael Ryder (who was the most frustratingly inconsistent player in recent history for the Bruins) and left wing Mark Recchi (who was one of the greatest players of a generation and a class act in his year and half in Boston). Kaberle was grossly overpaid by the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent. Ryder took his talents south (no not Miami) to Dallas for a hefty contract. Recchi retired and is awaiting his all but sure induction into the Hall of Fame. The Bruins picked up Joe Corvo to replace Kaberle. Jordan Caron, a former first-round pick of the club, should be ready to step in for Ryder. Rich Peverley, a mid-season acquisition from the Atlanta Thrashers last year, could bring a new dimension of speed to the second line.
It should be an exciting year on Causeway St. and hopefully we will have another "rolling rally" through the streets of Boston next June.
What do you think about a potential Marchand-Seguin-Bergeron line?
ReplyDeleteIt needs some visual elements or at least the blogs with visual elements make me think that. My own blog is looking pretty bare in that respect.
ReplyDeleteI am not the biggest Hockey fan but I did see that game and it was quite amazing. I like your blog because even if you aren’t a huge sports watcher you gave information to support your point so I didn’t feel lost. Look forward to your input this season. Go Bruins!
ReplyDeleteSo excited! I still wear my Brad Boyes jersey, never letting that thing go
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