Posted by Gayle Simone, Sun Staff

WOW - Lynn was right, I have soooooooo muuuuchchchch to say ....(y'all will read what I mean if and when Lynn can figure out how to post correctly LOL)

So, with out any further ado - allow me to endulge myself ;-)

First up ... the debacle of the preseason game - which kicked off the NHL season - at the Tsongas on Sunday.... The New Jersey Devils wiped the ice up with the Bruins defeating them 5-0, I wasn't surprised - Toivonen was in net for his first time in 9 months.

Now, before the Toivonen fans start to say "it's only preseason" - let me explain myself.

What I saw out of Toivonen was he was going down way to early and yes I know the Bruins took way too many penalties and Hannu didn't have much of a "D" infront of him - but to me he still LOOKED AWFUL!

Some Bruins fans seemed a bit upset that Chara and Kessel were not in the line up, but this reporter had the entire Bruins squad not dressed for the game sitting right in front of her - I am embarrassed to admit when I first saw Chara standing next to me - my mouth dropped open wider than Jenna Jamesen's.

I was literally in AWE of the man - he is HUGE!!!!! It was quite funny seeing him try to sit in the stands with his knees up to his chin, he had asked the security guy if he could sit at the table with me and I was not complaining, but the table was for press...so after he introduced himself to me, like I didn't know who he was!, he sat down in section T with the rest of his teammates.

I have to say, the Devils fans - and yes there were some in the stands - got a treat. Scott Gomez, Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski all dressed for the game and saw #2 goalie Scott Clemmensen in net.

Here's what Claude Julien had to say after the game about playing in the Tsongas:

"It was nice for us to be able to come here and represent the organization, especially with the farm team here."

This was his response to Toivonen getting cheered when he would make a save and then the Devils getting some cheers of their own in the 3rd:

"If we came in here and slowly changed people's minds, that's great. It will make it easier for (the Lowell Devils) when they start. We know where we are, we are in Massachusetts and it's kind of normal that there would be that reaction, that they would be cheering for their home team - which will be our organization down the road."

The Bruins took out their revenge - with a much better line-up - out on Montreal last night, beating the Habs 5-2....

Marco Sturm led the scoring with 2 goals and an assist, Chara showed why the Bruins acquired him the first day of free agency with a goal and an assist. Phil Kessel had 2 helpers. Mark Mowers and Paul Mara had the other 2 goals for the Black and Gold. Tim Thomas got the start in net and made 18 saves on 19 shots.

I only wish the game was televised, or that tonight's game would be - but no, the way out of the Pennant Race, no way they're gonna make the playoffs - Red Sox are playing the Twins. All I have to say is thank god for Internet on my phone and NHL.com for having their up to the minute official score sheet up... funny how I had to tell John Bishop of BostonBruins.com about that, considering he was searching for ways to find the score....

I will leave you with this final thought, as I was walking to the game on Sunday - the newsroom isn't far from the Tsongas - I listened to ZOMBIE NATION (the Bruins goal song) about 150 times - obssessed much?

Anyone else out there as excited as I am that OPENING NIGHT is two weeks from tonight???