Conference diver1::boston_bruins

    ...Me and a bunch of my Pals are going up fer this one (Games-Away
    Tours).....leaving Saturday, coming home Tuesday night......
    
    Jeez, looks like I'll hafta try to have a good time.....bummer....
    
    ;^)
    
    ...and talk about a GREAT Wifey....just got the Federal Refund back,
    and she tells me to KEEP IT for my trip!  Whatta Woman, eh????
    
    
    :^)
    
    all smiles_mac
       

    >> .and talk about a GREAT Wifey....just got the Federal Refund back,
    >> and she tells me to KEEP IT for my trip!  Whatta Woman, eh????
    
    	...and you just don't see the signs eh? :*)))))
    
    Andy

    I hope the Bruins beat the Habs tonight!
    
    Bernie.

Well Ron, Bernie did it. Put the hex on us. How are we ever gonna 
beat San Jose to the bottom now?    8-)

George

    ...well, whatta bender we were on.....YAAAAAAAA!!! Not going to comment
    on the "game", but we sointenly N-joyed Montreal.......yes sir indeedy!
    
    B's didn't even show up that night...and Harry didn't have da ballz to
    show up either....met Red Fischer during our "behind the scenes" tour
    of the Molson Centre, he was verrrrry surprised that Harry didn't show
    for the game, always makes the B's/Habs games, etc.....
    
    maybe he knew I wanted his head on a silver platter, eh?  eh?? eh???
    
    ..man, I gotta lose this Canadian accent...
    
    
    hangin_big-time_mac

    	Saw an interview with Harry Sinden on channel 4 last night. He was
    sayin' that he's certainly dissappointed with this years team. He
    thought that they had a playoff quality team and he's surprised that
    they aren't going to make it. He alluded to the fact that sometimes
    when a team doesn't do as well as they can that it "can be the coaches
    fault, but that you have to take extenuating circumstances into
    consideration as well". What that means I have no idea. Is he saying
    that Kasper's job is on the line, or is he saying that while people
    think that Kasper's job could be on the line that maybe there are
    circumstances that these people aren't taking into consideration? I
    don't know. He was so vague about it. What got me was when he insisted
    that he thought that this years team shoulda made the playoffs. He's
    got to be the only one that seriously thought that.
    
    Barry
    

yea, he's the victim of flashback syndrome, he's lost in the '70s..

This team didn't have a chance of being a serious playoff
contender the day Neeley announced his retirement, and
Sinden and Oconnel did nothing to replace him.

with all the good players on the trade train this year,
it's a surprise that the only trade train that came
to Beantown, left with Oates, Ranford and Tochette.
The bruins always throw guys away that are starters
on another team..  

he's insane.. simple enough to see that.

      This Bruins' team has a very long way to go to be a contender. I
    watched the game on Monday and from what I saw, this team looks more
    like an AHL/IHL team than NHL caliber. Their best players are Bourque,
    Stumpel, Donato, Heinze and possibly Don Sweeney. Bourque, Donato and   
    Heinze are out and even with them in the lineup, this bunch doesn't    
    throw a whole lot of fear into the opposition. Sure they may sometimes   
    work hard, but the defence is brutal and only Hasek would be good
    enough to help them with the quality shots they give up. It would be   
    nice if they got Thornton but they better find some defencemen real    
    quick with Bourque's retirement imminent. They don't have much trade   
    bait so they either sign some free-agents (ya,right!) or build through 
    the draft. I think we're going to see another 3-4 years of poor play 
    unless somehow they start bringing in some free agents. I would say
    that they'll be in the bottom 8 teams of the league again for some
    time unless some drastic measures are taken.
        
    IMHO
    Dennis

    ...yep, I would agree with your statement, Messieur....look at Harry's
    fishing/drinking pal, Sather....his Oilers went 4 straight years w/out
    making da playoffs B-4 they started to turn it around this
    year....looks like we're in for 3-4 years of the same (since PinHead
    won't do it the quick way.....$$$$$$$)....
    
    I still gotta lose this Montreal accent, eh?  eh????
    
    ;^}
    
    slightly_crunchy_mac

    Michel Bergeron (ex-Nords coach) says the B's remind him of the
    last 2 years he coached the Nords; An AHL calibre team.
    He also said that, like the ex-Nords, you can't even build a team
    around the players they have now.
    
    He said that 2 years after he left the Nords, only 3 player were still
    around (Sakic, Leschychyn, and Finn). Now they only have 1 left.
    In other words, rebuilding is a verrrry long process and the team you
    see now will in no way ressemble the team you'll see in 2 years.
    
    Andy

    
    
    Earlier this year Dennis took offense to me calling the 96-97 edition of
    the Bruins, "riff-raff".  
    
    I guess that you can now see what most outside of Boston could see.
    
    The Bruins have been in decline for a few years.  They just sqeaked
    into the playoffs last year thanks mostly to Bill Ranford.  This year 
    they upgraded their talent with the likes of Roy, Mallette, McCleary, all 
    Ottawa discards.  The tough part is that they don't have much in young
    talent anywhere in the organization.  I watched two or three Providence
    games this year and their best player was Mitch Lamoureux.  Mitch has
    got to be at least 35! 
    
    They have a lot of work ahead of them.  You could be in for a few long
    years.
    
    Bernie.
    

    your right on Bernie,
    
    	During Monday's telecast in MTL, Michel Bergeron said that the
    question Bruins mgmt must ask themselves is not why they didn't make
    the playoffs this year, but whether or not they can make the playoffs
    next year...When you take a deep look within the organization, things
    don't look too bright at all...
    
    Ray.