Bruins Blog 3

I moved my sumo stuff to another blog for easier reading, and for my own sanity. So now it looks like I haven't posted in 2 months.

What to say about the Bruins? They put together a good streak after my last B's blog, and managed to make it to the #7 spot or so, and were a good 5-6 games over .500. I was hoping it could last, but the wheels have fallen off of the bus now. They've dropped something like 8 of their last 10, and 6 in a row at one point. They're being forgotten by the fans, by the media, by ESPN, and by nearly everyone. No one picked them to do anything in the beginning of the season, but for a major team in a major market, you don't hear boo about them, other than the occasional score, even in Boston. They've been relegated to the "show a score but no highlights" team on ESPN, and the fans are starting to not show up for games. With a record of 24-25-4, and 52 points, they're 10 points out of the playoffs, and only above Florida(51) and the lowly Phlyers(34) in their conference, 25th overall. My prediction of 32-38-12 and 76 points doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility, certainly.

Personnel-wise, there's some talk about moving some of the bigger-name players to get some youngsters and possibly help the team rebuild for next and future years. Brad Stuart, Marco Sturm, and even Glen Murray(I almost said Wesley) are up on the blocks, and have rumors flying about them. I'd normally be all for trades, but with this team, I don't even know if it matters. They need a new goaltender with some modicum of talent to back up Thomas, who's just too old to be going 44 out of 53 games, and Hannu's just not ready for prime time, 3-7 in 15 games, so its more like 3-12, with a 4.5 GAA. Ug-Leee. The other problem I have with trading for youngsters is that the team won't pay for good players over a long period of time. Its happened so many times I can't count. I guarantee that you'll see some Stuart, Sturm, and/or Murray get traded for some has-been who comes to Boston and has a good season or two, and makes a run for the money.


I'll be a Bruins fan until I die, but their current crap has to stop, and soon. (I've been saying that for the last 15 years)

Latest prediction: 36-40-6, for 78 points, slightly better than last prediction. Still out of the points, but 24th overall, 12th in their division.