Tag: Boston Bruins

Sometimes Sports Make Me Sad

Last night was a crappy night for me being a sports fan.

The Bruins played their first ever game against the Utah Hockey Club. The team formerly known as the Phoenix Coyotes. They lost 2-1 in overtime. That made me sad.

Worse, the fucking Yankees won the American League pennant last night. Thanks for nothing, Cleveland. Now, with the National League pennant still undecided, we are left with a choice for the World Series. Yankees vs Mets or Yankees vs Dodgers… again. Could there be a worse scenario?

Yippee.

Wins

The Bruins beat the Avalanche last night. The effin’ Mets lost to the Dodgers last night. Both good things.

This is one of my two favorite times of year as far as sports go. Hockey is starting and baseball is in the playoffs. The other favorite time of year is the opposite. Hockey in the playoffs and baseball getting up to speed. Good times.

I should also mention, while I am on the topic of good things, I got an email around 2am this morning. My film has arrived at the lab. Sweet.

Stressing Out

Work is stressing me out like mad today. I don’t know why. I have half a mind to crawl under my desk and hide until 5:30. I won’t, obviously, but… damn.

The upside is that the Bruins have a 1:00pm game which is about to start. Good! Unfortunately they are playing Florida… again… ugh. I hate the Florida Panthers. I hate that we can’t seem to beat them anymore. I am also just really tired of playing them all the time. Can we get someone else in here for a game instead?

Hopefully the Bruins will win big and it will calm my stressed out brain a little bit. We’ll see.

Bruins Beat the Kings in OT

I promise I won’t post highlights from every Bruins game. It’s just that the season is brand new and I am kinda psyched to have hockey back.

I watched a chunk of the second period yesterday, but somehow missed both goals. I didn’t see the third or the overtime at all.

Could Be Worse

So the Bruins season has begun. How’s game one going?

The first period could have been worse, I guess. I mean, no one in the building was struck by lightning or spontaneously combusted or anything.

We’re down 4-1 in the second period.

Oh, pardon me. After I typed the previous sentence I double checked the score and now we’re down 5-1 in the second.

Crud.

Oh, and to make matters worse… as expected, Jeremy Swayman did not start in goal for the Bruins. Joonas Korpisalo did. Prior to the game I picked him up for my free yahoo fantasy hockey team. I didn’t have any Bruins on my (auto-drafted) team and I wanted one, and I knew he was starting tonight, and I didn’t have any other goalies playing, so I picked him up… and he’s let in five goals in 1.5 periods.

Double crud.

Game Day

Today is a big day.

The Royals beat the Yankees last night. How cool is that? The Padres beat the Dodgers the night before last. Also cool. All four MLB Division round series are tied at one game apiece. That is excellent. More games for everyone! Fantastic!

All of those things are good, but none of them are the reason for his little post. Nope.

This post is about hockey, my friends. The NHL season kicks off tonight! Huzzah! It’s opening night for the Boston Bruins! The Bruins are saying that Jeremy Swayman might actually start tonight. That seems unlikely to me given that he’s missed all of training camp and has had all of one practice with the team. The article mentions that he’s been training with Boston University… which is nice… but that hardly equates to an NHL camp. I think maybe we should give him a few days, don’t you?

Now there is also the possibility that the game won’t be played. Big chunks of Florida are still digging out from Hurricane Helene, and they are about to receive the second half of what could be a catastrophic one-two-punch when Hurricane Milton (category 5) hits. Last I heard the expected landfall was tomorrow and that the Miami area would be mostly missed. Is that true? I know the Tampa Bay Lightning canceled a pre-season game last night due to the impending storm, but that was pre-season on the other end of the state. We’ll have to see how things unfold today. I would be surprised if they play the game tonight, but Florida is kind of a fascist nightmare so they (meaning the government and the people who voted for the government) really don’t seem to give a shit about things like human life and public safety so maybe they will play. I don’t know. I love going to Disney World in Florida, but outside of that little chunk of the state I am pretty much grossed out by the place.

Whatever happens down in the Miami area (stay safe, everyone. Hang in there), today is NHL opening day. Let’s celebrate! Happy Game Day! Bring on the 2024/25 season!

Go Bruins!

Finally

At long last, some good news for Boston Bruins fans. The team has finally signed their starting goalie, Jeremy Swayman. After a nasty arbitration experience last season, Swayman held out through training camp, missing the entire thing, before signing a new deal.

I am not sure how the team is going to handle the roster to start the season. The opening game is two nights from now. Has Swayman being training on his own? Will they send him to Providence to get himself up to speed, or will they just throw him into the fire on Tuesday and hope for the best? Who knows.

Here’s an article from NHL.com that might answer those questions but I am too lazy to read through it right now. All I know is that the deal is for eight years and 66 million dollars. Yikes!

Bring on the season, folks. It’s hockey time once again.

Free Agents

Happy NHL Free Agency Day. The free agent signing window opened earlier today and the Bruins have landed a couple of pretty decent names. Elias Lindholm might be our new top line center. We’ll have to see how things shake out at training camp, but it’s possible. He has a 40 goal season in his past, though not last season. Nikita Zadorov is a defenseman who seems to have a bit of a reputation for punishing hits. If that’s how he plays he’s going to be a fan favorite around here. Bruins fans love big hitters.

They are both western conference guys so I don’t really know much about them. They both look good on paper, and they both also cost quite a bit of money. We just have to make sure there is enough salary cap space left to sign Jeremey Swayman to what we all have to assume is going to be a huge pay raise.

On the flip side of the free agency coin, we’ve lost Jake DeBrusk to Vancouver, and Pat (we hardly knew ye) Maroon to the Blackhawks. Those are the only departures I’ve found in the various live blogs I’ve been constantly refreshing throughout my lunch break.

Come on, General Manager Don Sweeny, we need more signings… especially Swayman. Let’s go.

It (Probably) Ends Tonight

Game four of the Stanley Cup final. Tonight. Game time is 8:00… which was 18 minutes ago… and the game hasn’t started yet… Screw you, TV coverage. Just drop the damned puck.

Well… it’s going to end tonight, I think. Probably. The Panthers are probably going to complete the sweep over the Oilers tonight. You know the Oilers, right? The team I picked to win it?

I really don’t want the NHL season to end. I loves me some ice hockey and once Florida finishes destroying my dreams it comes to an end. At least the next regular season game I see will be the Bruins so that’s nice.

The Panthers have bounced my Bruins out of the postseason for two years in a row now. I hate them dearly. I don’t New York Yankees* hate them, but I really hate them. It is going to royally suck to have to refer to them as Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers.

Put my hockey season out of it’s misery.

Stupid friggin’ Oilers and Panthers.

*The Red Sox and Yankees are playing each other this weekend. Tonight is the second game of the series and the Red Sox are up 5-2 in the bottom of the third inning. That’s a good thing, but given the state of the two teams it’s probably going to end in tears for my Red Sox.

Shit.