Okay, with the Bruins regular season 2.44% over, it’s time for Power Play to make some knee-jerk observations as what’s happened so far and take a quick peek at the week ahead.
The Good
Steve Begin: Nasty, in-your-face player. Appears to be an upgrade over Stehane Yelle on the fourth line and is a +3 on the season. Some teams in the league won’t be thrilled about facing the physical presence of Begin, Thornton & Bitz for 11 or so minutes a night.
Marc Savard: Never any questions as to his offense. His pass to Marco Sturm for a goal on Saturday was the epitome of threading a needle. Dropping the gloves and defending Sturm was even more impressive.
Marco Sturm: Rusty in the opener but was superb against Carolina. His pass to Hunwick for a goal was Savard-esque. Kessel’s goal will be replaced, folks.
The Bad
Mark Recchi: Admittedly, probably nit-picking here but he only has two shots on goal and is -2 on the season.
The Fans: Okay, just the ones booing Aaron Ward on Saturday night. He brought nothing but honor to the Bruins uniform. Sober up, or at least grow up.
The Ugly
Jay Harrison’s Face: “We’ve got a bleeder.”
Head-manning The Week:
The team catches a few days off before meeting up with Anaheim on Thursday night. The Ducks are an extremely physical squad and the Bull Gang better give an extra turn to the nuts, bolts and screw holding the boards together.
Saturday night brings the Islanders and highly touted prospect John Tavares into the Garden. He’s said to be a “can’t miss” player and, based on limited observations here, that would be tough to argue. Then again, the same was said about Bobby Carpenter on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the early 80’s.
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Ben 10.05.09 at 9:00 pm
Carpenter had an honorable career, no?
Brown 10.19.09 at 2:36 am
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