we live again

a day late on this but i needed to put it out there that the bruins - yes, the bruins - must be commended and applauded for their performance against montreal in the playoffs, which came to a disappointing end on monday night... as anyone who knows me is aware, i hate the bruins, less because of anyone actually on the team or behind the bench and more because of the way the ownership and front office skinflinted the team into mediocrity throughout my formative sports watching years while showing no commitment to anything except selling hot dogs and $8 sodas in plastic yellow souvenir cups... well, i rooted for them and heartily so through the series against the habs mostly because they had no business doing anything but getting swept due to the complete and total mismatch in talent and class, yet they displayed more heart and grit and determination than i thought was possible and it was those three characteristics that allowed them to make it to the verge of a huge upset... although they didn't finish the job, they deserve so much credit for putting themselves in position to do it... i know it's a bit odd to be backslapping anyone after a first-round playoff loss, especially here in championship-ville, but the bruins pulled a lot of people out of the woodwork with their play over the past couple weeks and maybe, just maybe, made pro hockey a relevant activity around here again... we won't know more until the fall when the new season starts - which means that the powers that be have not quite six months to sabotage everything, AGAIN... but for now, it's safe to say congrats, b's - didn't know you had it in you...

oh and by the way, since this wouldn't be a post on this site without at least a little teasing of the spoked B, i give you this photo - thanks to awful announcing for bringing it to my attention... and also - to the imbecile who called sportsradio yesterday and proclaimed he was, "disgusted," with the bruins on monday night because they, "lost their heart," let me remind you, smartguy, that if it weren't for their heart, they never would have been there to disgust you in the first place... their heart is what carried them to the brink of a gigantic series win... good to know that the first time i listen in weeks, i hear the same style brain surgeons still patrolling the airwaves - what a comfort...