tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156394541175959476.post5772847393095584718..comments2023-06-26T05:38:13.468-07:00Comments on Here Come the Bruins!: Bruins vs. Devils: Stuff To Look Out ForTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560804214509853836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156394541175959476.post-69980029112839378602009-01-11T13:01:00.000-08:002009-01-11T13:01:00.000-08:00A Devils/Bruins playoff series would be INTENSE, a...A Devils/Bruins playoff series would be INTENSE, and there's no way I would not go to every single game, commuting from New York City to Boston and Newark, price and work be damned!Spawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958714018071493514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156394541175959476.post-62196724701679542292008-12-24T10:02:00.000-08:002008-12-24T10:02:00.000-08:00If you wouldn't mind coming back and saying those ...If you wouldn't mind coming back and saying those things about every other team we play this season...<BR/><BR/>But in seriousness, the Devils didn't get shut out because they played badly with the puck. It was just that kind of game, where each team is circling and waiting for the other to let its guard down. The Bruins, top-scoring team in the conference, only did them one better (not counting the ENG) and that was basically a power-play situation. <BR/><BR/>This was the closest thing to a playoff game I've seen this season. A 7-game series between these teams would be intense.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560804214509853836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156394541175959476.post-88269233061395619402008-12-23T18:34:00.000-08:002008-12-23T18:34:00.000-08:00And I worried that posting the above would jinx th...And I worried that posting the above would jinx the Devils into a shutout... Here we are, 2-0 later.Spawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958714018071493514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156394541175959476.post-34312083940032954282008-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:00Just to clarify a bit about the Devils and their b...Just to clarify a bit about the Devils and their boring style of play. Losing Martin Brodeur was the best thing that could've happened to this team (short term, not long term). The line-up relied on him the way a clingy girlfriend does to her man. The second he went down, NJ went into tailspin mode, but pulled out of it because they finally realized they could give up 1 or 2 goals a game and lose every single one. So the alternative is to put the puck in the net.<BR/><BR/>Since then, they are 12-2-1, averaging 3.867 goals per game. They have only scored 1 goal or less in a game once in that span, a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh.<BR/><BR/>Patrik Elias and Zach Parise are in the top 15 in NHL scoring, both of them consistently lighting it up on separate lines, both of which could be a #1 line on any given NHL team not from Detroit or San Jose.<BR/><BR/>I hear announcers calling the Devils' play boring, trapping hocvkey, and guess what? Those idiots haven't done any recent homework, and they are basing their assumptions on reputation, not results. On this recent tear, the Devils pounded Tampa for 7 goals, torched Henrik Lundqvist for 8, 6 against Washington and 5 on three separate occasions. The Devils do not live and die by Martin Brodeur (so far) and they are certainly not boring.Spawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958714018071493514noreply@blogger.com