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Ξ December 23rd, 2008 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Boston Bruins: The Ghosts of Christmas
Ahh, Christmas in Boston! What a glorious time of year. A time to forget Big-Dig budget overruns, indicted city officials, economic meltdowns, and the fact that the city is blanketed in, what is to soon be, a carpet of grey frozen filth.
The Bruins are going into their annual holiday celebration on high and low notes, as per usual.
First the bad news: Five regular players are sidelined with a variety of injuries, some will heal quick, some may very well not.
Now, the good news: The B’s remain smoking hot as they face New Jersey prior to three days of holiday rest.
The three ghosts from A Christmas Carol are making their presence known to any and all fans of the mighty bear.
Ebenezer Scrooge is sadly MIA, as Jeremy Jacobs has taken a very wise vow of silence and stayed the hell out of Peter Chiarelli’s face. Jacob Marley (a.k.a. Harry Sinden) is also absent from the scene, realizing his relevance to the modern game passed him by a couple of decades ago.
The ghosts still have a job to do however, and the lack of a cruel skinflint and his lackey subordinate are no reason to take the holidays off (what else are they going to do?).
The ghost of Christmas past scared the Bruins fans with visions of:
-A maximum of two possible scoring lines, tops
-A goaltending situation less stable than Gary Busey and Paula Abdul combined
-A bottom feeder penalty kill “unit”
-An inability to hold onto a 3rd period lead
-Dave Lewis, Steve Kaspar, Robbie Ftorek, Mike Keenan and other horrifying apparitions
The ghost of Christmas present is far more upbeat, he’s shown:
-Scoring AND defensive depth
-Beating Habs is not only possible, but a boatload of fun
-Beating up everyone else is not only possible, but almost as much fun as beating up the Habs
-Two (count ‘em, TWO!) solid and dependable goalies, and a third coming along nicely
-A remarkably gracious hockey media community; remarkable considering the substantial amount of crow they’re consuming
-A packed house
-Kessel, Lucic, Krecji, Hunwick, Wheeler and all the other gifted and growing elves that have made this team an eastern powerhouse
As you can see, the ghost of Christmas present is a looser, funkier kind of apparition. He’s a top-down, tunes-blaring, spoked-B doo-rag, holding his Ray-Ban Wayfarers in place kinda’ guy. Chicks dig him.
The ghost of Christmas future meanwhile, makes his associate look like someone force-fed eight straight hours of “The Cure” songs. The Future is vibrating so hard with joy, eyes can barely focus on him. He has shown the B’s faithful a vision of:
-A post-season drubbing of the Habs
-A Milan Lucic that has “grown into his frame”
-A David Krecji that has mastered altering time so well that he just materializes at the goal mouth
-A Tuurka Rask ready to make Brian Burke put out a contract on John Ferguson Jr.
-A coach that’s been around the team long enough to learn their first names
-A healthy Patrice Bergeron
The Ghosts have kicked around the Bruins enough over the years. It’s a different age now. A new era.
…And Black and Gold looks SO kickin’ year round.
Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good time.
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