No matter who wins tomorrow, we have to be better. It’s on us. Stop using politics and party as an excuse to act like an asshole. Respect one another. Be better.
The NBC crew defending Paquette (a player with a rapsheet and one game removed from boarding Karson Kuhlman) after holding a candlelit vigil for Nikita Kucherov getting clipped with a high-stick is legitimately embarrassing.
And on that topic:
The biggest advantage the Bruins lost in the stoppage wasn't seeding, home ice or their post season bracket path.
It was the state of their team & their momentum going into the playoffs vs. everyone else.
It erased an advantage they worked 70 games to earn.
Every law abiding citizen in Boston should be praying for the safety and well-being of our officers. To be clear, our officers are fighting to protect our city from those who came to Boston looking to disrupt a peaceful protest and hurt and harm police officers.
The end of an institution: The New England Senior Hockey League is shutting down after 40 years. Shoutout The Scapegoats-the best D-league squad ever. The NESHL gave us this gem from vintage Deadspin as well.
https://t.co/zU2SVIABKF
Rewatching 2011 Cup run on NESN makes me miss when divisions actually mattered. These teams wanted to absolutely kill each other by the end of it. Six-game regular-season series and then a playoff series. That's the good stuff. But hey, you get to see Minnesota twice a year now.
The Bruins have two regulation losses in 2019-20. The first one saw them have two goals wiped off the board in a two-goal loss to the Avalanche. The other saw the go-ahead goal wiped away by an offside challenge in a one-goal defeat.