Letter 3

Dear Internet,

I have been posting anonymously to you about Bruins hockey for sometime. However I want you to know, I am a real person and, Internet, I make you this promise: If my Bruins make the playoffs and win one round, I will de-cloak. I will no longer change in a phone booth from my Clark Kent to Nebpusman. I will let all cyberspace into the nebcave and show you around. I will throw away these letters that I hide behind and show you the real Neb behind the keys. My tangled web will be revealed to the intermingled web. So that you live up to your end of the bargain and propel my Bruins into the second round, because as we all know you THE INTERNET are all powerful I will slowly start pulling away the layers behind which I hide. So, Internet here is your first hint to my real identity. I am 37.

Yours forever,

neb

Bergeron and Fernandez Updates

It was just announced by the team that Patrice Bergeron will be out the better part of a month, after sustaining a broken nose and concussion. Randy Jones was suspended two games by the league for applying the careless hit from behind. I expect Brandon Bochenski to fill in on the 3rd line while Bergeron is out.

In other news, Manny Fernandez suffered a slight strain of his left knee in practice yesterday. With Fernandez injured the Bruins have recalled Providence goaltender Jordan Sigalet. While highly unlikely he will see any action, it's great for Jordan to get a bigger pay cheque, even if it's only a couple games. I think it is in the teams best interest to play Thomas for the next three games to give Fernandez time to heal. That and the Bruins will be taking on the Ottawa Senators for a home at home series and Thomas has played rather well against them in the last two seasons.

allen signs

today the bruins announced that bobby allen has resigned.  he showed himself to be a competant 5-7 d-man last season and i am for one happy for him.  i did like his game, i put him in the same sort of slot that don sweeney held in my mind, undersized, good smarts, doesnt stick out- but in that way that is good for a d-man.  welcome back bobby.

Unnecessary Move

It looks as though the Boston Bruins have acquired a new goaltender.

According to the Pioneer Press, the Minnesota Wild have traded Manny Fernandez to the Bruins for forward Petr Kalus and a future fourth-round draft pick.

Not that I think Manny is a bad goalie but Boston's problems last season were not the fault of goaltending. This is a panic move by desperate a GM who really doesn't seem to understand the BIG picture. P.C. looks like he is trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist instead of fixing problems that do.

Lets see what happens over the next few days (free agent market opens up today) to see what (if any) vision P.C. has for this team.

Making Mountains Out Of Mole Hills!!!

Thanks to Zanstorm an issue has been brought to my attention. There is still a backlash going around about The Bruins trading Boyes and Jurcina. This time, however, it is not coming from an individual's blog but rather from a supposed knowledgeable reporter. Stephen Harris from "The Boston Herald" is now reporting on Boston's mistake in trading these players and that they were to be a big part of our future.
I would like to, because of this article, finally offer my opinion on this issue.
First off let me remind people that these were not blockbuster trades involving players like Crosby and Lidstrom. The players traded were Boyes and Jurcina - no big deal (not superstars now nor will they be).
First off lets look at Jurcina. In 112 NHL games he has recorded 21 points and was a BIG liability on defense. I know we never got anything for him but when you give up nothing you get nothing in return.
Next we have Boyes. I personally do not see what all the commotion was about when he got traded. At the time of the trade he had 34 points in 62 games and he was billed as an offensive weapon. He played most of the season with either Savard or Bergeron on his line and he still only had (I repeat) 34 points in 62 games. His offense was sucking and no one would ever accuse Boyes of being a defensive player as he wasn't even sure where his own end was located (an impressive -17 at the time of the trade)!
People were outraged at him being traded as he was just having an off year. Truth be told when last year, as a rookie, he recorded 69 points he was actually having a career year as even in the AHL he not once averaged a point a game for a season. Why do people think his average would be that or better in the bigs?
I would like to ask Mr. Harris why he thought these two players were a big part of our future? Does he want to see the Bruins' future as dismal or does he not really watch hockey and just report opinion instead of looking at the facts. I only brought this up because of the source it came from. I never attacked any blogs that said the same thing but they are just blogs. Mr. Harris writes for "The Boson Herald" and should have better sense than to print such garbage!
I would like to thank Zanstorm for bringing this to my attention and would recommend his site for reading to any true hockey fan.
Also as I am pimping sites I would like to inform everyone that #4 Bobby Orr now has his own Bruins' blog (he has been a long time commentator on this site and writes on facts and knowledge rather than emotion and falsities). I highly recommend his site!

Avery may be gone, but a tough guy is on the way

Today, the Bruins recalled Jeremy Reich from Providence. Again. All 340 career PIM of him.