Well, after a night like last night in Buffalo, let’s keep it simple. The Boston Bruins can now be described in three words, all of which begin with S: slow, stupid, and soft.
As you know, Ty Anderson generally handles the Bruins coverage for the other experts (ahem) here at 98.5 The Sports Hub, and you can find his latest review of the Bruins’ performance here. And on a night like last night, all you really need to do is look at the final score – Buffalo 7, Boston 2 – to get an idea of how badly the Bruins were blasted by one of the worst teams (this year) and franchises (ever) in the NHL.
So why did this one warrant an additional response from someone who generally (and thankfully) leaves the hockey to Ty Anderson?
Because it was that bad.
Look, I’ll also admit: I was in my car last night when the Bruins closed to 4-2 in the third period. When the Sabres scored their fifth and sixth goals of the game, our color analyst, Bob Beers, sounded downright disgusted with the team when describing their play. Beers has obviously been announcing games for years and, like all broadcasters, has to walk a line so that he isn’t viewed as either a cheerleader or a hatchet man. But when the Bruins look like traffic cones frozen to the ice, well, there really is only one way to go.
Which is why some of these goals from last night are worth revisiting.
For starters, let’s point out that the Bruins actually scored first in this game. From that points forward, the Sabres scored seven of the game’s nine goals and posted hat tricks from two different players. After the game, Jeremy Swayman said he’d wished that he could have made another key save or two, but he was hardly the biggest problem. At times, it looked like Swayman was out there by himself trying to defend against five skaters.
Here’s a snapshot of the humiliation: