The Bruins lead the Wild 2-1 half way through the third period.
I want to listen to the end of the game on the radio but I’m afraid the Wild will score twice within seconds of me tuning in.
It’s happened before. I’ve been the Bruins’ bad luck charm. If I don’t listen and they hold on to win then they should thank me for staying way.
Or something like that.
I checked the score of the Bruins game. 1-1 in overtime.
I put on the radio feed via the NHL app. As soon as it connected New Jersey scored the game winner and the Bruins lost.
Son of a b…….
The Bruins beat the Sharks tonight, 3-0.
Our long national nightmare (aka the Bruins three game losing streak) is over.
What a relief!
I can’t believe it’s here, but we’re just over three hours away from December. Another year, another winter, another season of me wishing it were summer again. Ugh. It was cold enough in the cellar today during the work day that I turned on the little space heater for the first time. Again… ugh.
My Star Trek Deep Space 9 rewatch has reached the first mirror universe episode. The first one is a classic. All of the 10000 that followed, including the ones in Discovery demonstrate the law of diminishing returns. They just get dumber and more boring as they go. Again, again… ugh.
Side note, I am watching DS9 on the Paramount app on my AppleTV. It’s an ad-supported plan. It’s been so long since I’ve watched commercial television that I forgot the wonder of the mute button. Thankfully the AppleTV remote has one. Every time a commercial starts, I hit mute and… sigh of relief.
Change of subject, the Bruins have lost three straight games. Tonight they look to end the losing streak in a match up with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks are pitiful this season. This is just what we need. We are up 2-0 after two periods. Again, just what we needed.
I have had two crappy nights sleep in a row. Here’s hoping that a good DS9 episode and a Bruins win will be followed by a rare good nights sleep. Fingers crossed.
The Bruins lost two games over the weekend, including getting trounced by the Rangers on Saturday. Right now they are losing 3-0 to Columbus. I mean… Columbus.
Sure, they have the second best record in the NHL, but to lose the way they did and then to be down three to a meh team like Columbus?
Is it time for the epically pessimistic Boston sports fan in me to start panicking?
I think it might be!
Oh no!
The Bruins beat the Ducks 3-1 last night to extend their season opening winning streak to five games. Sweet.
I am sharing this video for three reasons. First, I didn’t watch any of the game. Second Matt Poitras scores his first and second career goals. Excellent. The second goal was both a sick snipe and the game winner. He’s sure making it hard to send him back to Juniors. Only four games left before they have to decide on that. I’m hoping he stays in Boston.
The third reason is who the hell is this Mason McTavish guy and why isn’t he a Bruin? Don Sweeny, I think you need to get on this. Just his name alone screams Bruins, never mind that he’s all over the highlights. Granted, he could be crap the other 81 games this year. I haven’t a clue who he is, but he’s on my meager little NHL radar now.
Okay… McTavish was the third pick overall in the 2021 draft. So maybe Don Sweeny snagging him away from the Duckies might be a tall order. Hey, a fan can dream, right?
Good time for hockey
The undefeated Bruins
Nothing but winning
The cats are super excited that tonight is opening night for the Boston Bruins. They are losing 1-0 to the Blackhawks in the first period. Connor Bedard just scored his first NHL goal.
The Vegas Golden Knights have won the Stanley Cup! Rejoice, as that means the friggin Florida Panthers lost. Does Florida losing make me feel better about the epic, colossal choke the Bruins gave us in the first round? No. No it doesn’t. Not even a little bit. It does feel good though. Spiteful and vindictive and just good.
So it’s time to wrap up my predictions posts for the year. One more series to add to the total. Where did I stand before the final? Where did the accompanying coin flips stand before the final?
Before the final I had picked the winner correctly in seven out of 14 series (7/14). The coin flip picked the winner correctly in five out of 14 series (5/14). In the final, the coin and I both picked Vegas so we were both correct. That means I finished with more wins than losses, babie! Eight out of 15 (8/15)! That gives me a winning percentage of 53.3%. Not terribly good, but not terribly bad either. You might say my predictions were mediocre and I would be okay with that. As long as I’m over 50% I feel okay. As for the coin flip, six out of 15 (6/15) is pretty freakin’ terrible. Statistically speaking a coin flip should average out at about 50%, right? I guess the sample size of 15 is just too small to meet that expectation. The result of 40% is pretty awful, but not too awful. I guess. As long as I did better, that’s all I need from this experiment.
So now we wait until next year. We go through the draft and the free agency period and see what trades happen and rookie camp and training camp and finally back to opening day in October. Here’s hoping the Bruins redeem themselves next season. They have a lot to answer for after that horrible, nightmare of a choke. I’m still pretty pissed off.
You know something? This NHL playoff season has sucked. Suck Suck Sucked. My predictions have sucked, but they always suck. This year the teams and the matchups suck. It’s like the universe has been letting teams advanced based mostly on how little I care about them.
How did my third round predictions work out? Badly. As usual.
Eastern Conference, Whalers vs Panthers: I fucking hate the Florida Panthers. I hate the Whaler-canes too, but I hate Florida even more. As if that nazi prick Desantis weren’t disgusting enough, now the Panthers advance to the Cup Final? Fuck them. I picked the Whale, of course, and I guaranteed they would lose. Pricks. That makes me six out of 13 for the post season, which drops me below 50%. Asshats. The coin flip picked the Whale too so it is now five out of 13. Suck.
Western Conference, Golden Knights vs Stars: I feel almost redeemed here. I picked Vegas. I thought they were going to sweep but they blew two games and made it look like a series before winning in six. They bring me back to 50% at seven out of 14. Thankfully. The coin flip picked Dallas and lost yet again. That’s five out of 14 for a pathetic 35.7%.
So that leaves the final, and I am guessing based on my statement in the Eastern Conference Final recap you can guess who I am going to pick.
Stanley Cup Final Round, Vegas Golden Knights vs the Fucking Florida Panthers: Can you guess who I am picking? Go on, guess. Vegas. Hockey Gods willing, they’ll win it in four, but I can’t be that lucky. The coin flip was heads, so it picks the higher seed, and that is Vegas. We’re both picking the Western Conference champs because Florida sucks. Fuck Florida. Fuck them right in their fucking ears.
If Vegas wins, I will have picked more than half of the matchups correctly. If Vegas loses I will have picked more than half of the matchups incorrectly. Given the results of the first three rounds, I can pretty much bank on Vegas losing because hockey as a living entity hates me almost as much as I hate Florida. Fucking Panther pricks.
Inside the Red Head's Head 