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you know because tea party or something but really because I'm on a Zappa kick today.
B's won twelve in a row before they dropped a shootout to the Habs. They do everything well and nothing poorly. Be afraid, be very afraid. That's about all I got; I don't really scout Boston like I should. 149 goals against in 72 games is insane, though, and they're no slouches on offense, either, 3rd in the league as of today. They're the only team averaging at least a 2:1 scored/allowed ratio, the mark of a truly elite team. Boston's record is vastly superior to Chicago's, but note that they play in a vastly inferior conference. The Hawks would have 47 ROWs instead of 37 if they got to beat up on Buffalo and Florida.
I also know Boston might have an even better fourth line than we do. Julien entrusts Paille, Thornton, and Campbell with a lot of minutes, and hard ones, at that, which keeps Bergeron, Krejci, and Lucic nice and fresh. Oh, and Jarome Iginla is always lurking and is actually second in scoring with 28+30, behind only Krejci's 60. That's remarkable. I loved Iginla with Calgary; he was one of my favorite players to watch in the otherwise depressing Dead Puck Era. Can't root for him tonight. Bruins are about equal with the Hawks on both sides of uneven-strength play. It'll be a hell of a game.
Hawks can clinch a playoff berth if they win tonight, though that might be contingent on a few other outcomes. But who cares? We know this is a playoff team. The players have known this is a playoff team since January; maybe that's why they've sucked so much ass since January. They're in the playoffs, they're playing the Avs, it's just a matter of whether they get 1,2, and 7 at home when they do it. And I can't tell if they will. It's about 51/49 they finish second, best I can tell.
Let's hope Teuvo doesn't get abused tonight. I might be inclined to hold him out of the lineup altogether and save him for Ottawa tomorrow night. Morin is on the roster and I wouldn't mind seeing him again.
This David Rundblad situation, though, yikes. I don't know what the problem is there, but Stan might have gotten burned pretty bad on this one. I hope not, though, because there aren't many GMs I hate more than Don Maloney, that smug prick who has never won anything and gets shit-tons of credit for finding undrafted schmucks on the waiver wire and having them block shots. His line about how we reacted to the Torres on Hossa hit like Torres "killed a busload of children" ascertained once and for all what a shitsmear he is.
Hawks: 42-16-15 (99), 37-23-13 adjusted (87), 94.903 expected
Bruins: 49-17-6 (104), 47-19-6 (100), 103.229 expected
Hawks: 3.274 scored (1st), 2.466 allowed (9th), 0.808 differential (3rd)
Bruins: 3.167 scored (3rd), 2.069 allowed (2nd), 1.097 differential (1st)
Hawks: 48/234 20.5% on the power play (6th), 188/230 81.7% on the kill (16th)
Bruins: 41/202 20.3% on the power play (7th), 200/239 83.7% on the kill (9th)
Prepare for lots of Game 6 footage! 17 seconds 17 seconds 17 seconds 17 seconds 17 seconds 17 seconds 31 losses out of 73 this year but also 17 seconds!
_________________ Molly Lambert wrote: The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.
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