Posted by Gayle Simone, Sun Staff
I wasn't planning on blogging again before the New Year, expecially after the horrible 5-0 loss the Black and Gold were handed by the Predators, but I was thinking about all the moves, signings, firings and hirings the Bs have made so I thought, why not.
After trading away Joe Thornton on Nov. 30, 2005; Mike O'Connell was fired March 25 and to many Bs fans this was music to their ears.
There was two months of specualtion, but Peter Chiarelli was finally named as the new GM on May 26.
Again, the specualtion would begin---Would Mike Sullivan stay on as the club's head coach or would he, like MOC be fired?
A month later, on June 27, Sullivan was indeed relieved of his duties. Two days later, Dave "Charlie Chaplin" Lewis was named as his replacement.
Prior to the Sullivan firing, Interim GM Jeff Gorton makes his presence known by trading away "Thornton" guys Andrew Raycroft and Nick Boynton for for prospect Tuukka Rask and defenseman Paul Mara, respectively. The Black and Gold also selected Phil Kessel as their first pick, 5th Overall, in the NHL Entry Draft.
And then the day the free agency market opened up - needless to say the Bruins made a huge splash with their first signing ....
Within minutes of the market opening up, Gorton announced the signing of mammoth defenseman Zdeno Chara for 5-years and he wasn't done....
Marc Savard was the next to sign - for 4-years. The Bruins had locked up two of the more sought after free agents - GO BS!
Then within a week the boys at the Garden would add Shean Donovan and Mark Mowers to help bulk up the checking and fourth lines.
Another Bruins miracle was in the works, on Aug. 10 Harry Sinden stepped down as the club's president and all down Causeway, up and down 93 and then some Bruins fans could be seen dancing a jig.
Fans waited to see what Chiarelli would do about Patrice Bergeron and again they would not be disappointed - not only did the Chiarelli sign Bergy, but it wasn't the staple year contract the Bs were notorious for, it was a 5-years - proving the club is trying to build around Chara, Bergy and Savard.
Chara was named captain on Oct. 6 and I don't think many were shocked with that one...
Then it was finally time for the puck to drop on the '06-'07 season and the Bruins pretty much stumbled out of the gate... dropping a 8-3 decision in Florida and going 3-5-1 in the first month of the season.
Savvy would be the first one to earn NHL honors.
He was named the NHL's First Star of the Week for week ending Nov. 5 when he led all scoreres with 8-points (3 goals, 5 assists) in TWO games. By the way, in case you missed it Savvy leads the Bs with 47 points - which is also good for 9th in the league....
As well as the Bruins were playing, a medical scare was coming for one of the newer members of the Black and Gold...Kessel.
Kessel underwent surgery for testicular cancer on Dec. 11 and on Dec. 16 Dr. Judge announced "I consider Phil cured." Great news for the rookie! Kessel would hit the ice on 29th and is presumed to return within a couple of weeks, rumor has it he may even be on the ice for the Flyers game on Jan. 6.
Tim Thomas, who right now deserves to be the Bs 7th Player Award Winner, was the second Bruin to earn NHL honors. He was named the NHL's First Star of the Week for the week leading up to Christmas. During that stretch, Thomas posted a 1.33 GAA and .959 SV% - NOT TOO SHABBY. That brings us to now - the Bs currently sit in the 8th and final playoff spot heading into the New Year and will take on the Maple Leafs tomorrow night.
OH, that's right - ROCKY STYLE.....

Sylvester Stallone must have been a Bruins fan in the 80's - how else would one explain the amount of Black and Gold he wears in Rocky III. Though the Rock is from Philadelphia he wears gold trunks with black trim, a gold robe with black trim, gold boots with black laces, gold gloves, gold tank top and black shorts, black trunks with gold trim and, and... during one point in the movie the TV announcer gives the score of the Bruins' game... coincedence? I think not. Mind you, this was all brought to me by a very AVID Rocky fan....
The only two disappointments thus far on the Bruins are Hannu aka "Finnish Failure" Toivonen and Brad Boyes who seems to not be able to get out of his sophomore slump...
What do you think? Anyway, Happy New Year all!!!!! Enjoy and be safe... see you in 2007.





Along with the empty netter, Savvy added an assist for his fourth multipoint game in the last five. BTW, anyone ever notice how short Savvy is compared to his teammates? I mean granted they all look short standing next to Zdeno Chara, but look at the pic of Savard with Glen Murray and PJ Axelsson - he's looks so small LOL. Sorry, I just had a RUDY moment pop into my head, when he runs out on the field for the final game and his friend yells out "he looks so little." 















Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff



Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff













The following is a an article that appeared in the Sun today....




