I’m not quite sure that I’m gonna go ‘Full Sports Hub DraftKings ad’ and call what we just watched for over six months an 82-game preseason, but the good stuff is indeed here, as Saturday will come with Game 1 of the first-round series between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs at a sure-to-be rowdy TD Garden.
For the Bruins, it’s perhaps the best matchup possible from both a head-to-head standpoint (the B’s swept the season series) and a rivalry standpoint, as this will be the fourth playoff showdown between this sides since 2013, but just the first in five years.
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“Well, offensively, they’re a gifted hockey club,” Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said of the Maple Leafs in his pre-series meeting with the media. “They present a lot of challenges down around the net front area, and we’re going to have to be really sharp there. We’re a pretty good team defensively when we stick to what our principles are, so I expect it to be a tight series overall.
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Ty Anderson is a writer and columnist for 985TheSportsHub.com. He has been covering the Bruins since 2010, and has been a member of the Boston chapter of the PHWA since 2013. Yell at him on Twitter/X: @_TyAnderson.