Bruins Honey Do List
One thing I failed to mention in the last post was that although I haven’t been lucky, I’ve had more than my share of bad luck. Someone shortened their life expectancy significantly by stealing my new surfboard Friday. The Faithful may recall from a previous post what a surfboard means to a surfer. In fact right after an eye for an eye, I’m pretty sure the Good Book says, “A life for a surfboard”. As I sat with the clicker in one hand and a loaded revolver in the other (debating on whether to use it on myself ) Tyler Sequin forced a game 7 Wednesday in Boston. In order for the Bruins to ultimately be successful in a series in which they have struggled mightily I took a page from the LOL (lovely old lady).
Hopefully this list will be posted on the Sub Zero in the Bruins’ locker room.
1. Fire Claude Julien. Bruins management missed a golden opportunity down 0-2 to Montreal to rid themselves of a leader whose incompetency rivals that of President Obama. Julien’s defenders repeatedly tell me, “He doesn’t play the game.” (As an aside few mention that he won the Cup showing most agree his impact on the team has not been positive.) Agreed he doesn’t play the game but he is responsible for game planning and personnel. The Bruins’ power play hasn’t scored a playoff goal in two years. The Philadelphia Flyers scored 12 power play goals in one series, eliminating the odds on cup favorite Penguins. Had the Bruins scored a single power play goal in Games 1 through 5 of the series they would be moving on. He has stayed with David Krejci as his first line center despite his detrimental play. In a move that defies any explanation (in fact “Clode” didn’t even offer one) he benched Shawn Thornton for Game 6. Thornton is the heart, sole and most importantly muscle of the Bruins. So when Marchand was cheap shotted resulting in a Capital goal, the Bruins had no answer. The answer wasn’t even in the building. The talent on this team is a credit to the front office. They find a way to win despite Clode’s repeated attempts to lose.
2. Get a Meeting With the League Office – Officiating doesn’t decide games, but in this series the zebra’s have come close. In a fairly physical series the officials’ have called two ticky-tack penalties on the Bruins that decided two games. The slashing and hooking calls were deemed legal in the prior 57 minutes. In a sequence in Game 6 an intentional offsides was called when the play was in a fact not even offside. The Caps were allowed 7 men on the ice when the Bruins were on a delayed penalty. Finally, Marchand was injured on a cheap shot, elbow to his head. Every time the Caps feign an injury regardless of who has puck possession the whistle has been blown. In Game 5, Corvo was felled with a shot. No whistle until Washington scored. Likewise on the Marchand hit the fact no penalty was called was compounded by the play being allowed to continue until Washington again scored. The Capitals, Bruins and fans deserve a better job by the officials.
3. Sleep all day Monday. In a quirky schedule the teams played two games in 24 hours and then have 72 hours off. Not so glad that NBC agreed to a national television contract now.
4. New head coach Doug Jarvis works on power play all day Tuesday. Bruins PP has to be more effective to come out on top Wednesday.
5. Take Krejci’s nameplate out of locker room. If Krejci were a non-factor that would be a huge improvement. Meanwhile his stock has dropped lower than Lehman Brothers, he’s useless and now worthless.
6. After the drop of the puck Thornton pounds Jason Chimera. Bruins need to retaliate for blatant cheap shot on Marchand and set tone.
7. In the immortal words of the late Al Davis, “Just Win Baby”.
KOKO
