Bruins vs. Sabres Preview
Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres
Friday, 7:30pm – TD Garden
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The men who wear the Spoked B sweaters have had a few days, for the awful play of late, to sit and let it fester in their minds. Friday night is when the Bruins travel to Buffalo to meet the Buffalo Sabres who hold the Northeast Division’s number one spot.
This game is HUGE for the Black and Gold. But we as fans, do not pay hard earned money to go to a game and set aside three hours of our night to watch a team do well for just one night. We are looking for a 60 minute, rough, tough, gritty, physical, intense, energetic, 400 percent effort from the entire team, every game night. Lately, Bruins analysts have been bouncing with the question, “Is this game a must win, is that game a must win?”. Well, this absolutely is a must win, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
The Sabres come into this game sporting a 4-3-3 in their last 10 and are coming off of an SO win against the New Jersey Devils. Clearly not the hottest team in the division, but a far cry better than the Bruins have been. Gleaming number one with 69 points (15 more than Boston), Buffalo looks to add more weight to an already sinking Bruins season.
Someone pointed out to me that maybe this season is a tactic by upper management to solidify the chances for a franchise player to wear a Bruins sweater next year as result of a high draft pick. Frankly, to me, that is not the task at hand, the task is to win, win a lot, win big, and climb back into the top eight.
The Bruins need to, and I stress, NEED TO, watch tape from last season, and bring that kind of game-play back or they will be battling Toronto for those picks after all. This kind of season also tends to filter out the bandwagon fans from the diehards. True Bruin fans feel as I do about the effort as of late, but remain hopeful that this team can straighten out and be a playoff menace.
Son of a Bitz and Savvy (Marc Savard) should dress for Friday’s game. This is the best news for this team in a long time. Marco Sturm and Steve Begin look likely to return some point next week or sooner depending on how their practices go.
Lets keep these returning players healthy, if we lose another key player, that may start putting nails in the coffin for this season.
Believe in Boston!
- Be sure to check out the first hour of last night’s 4SB Podcast for seriously GREAT Bruins talk from some of the best Bruins blogs in Boston as headed by our own B’s guru, Chas.
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