The New England Patriots’ rushing attack was very impressive against the Buffalo Bills in Week 4. Lead back Stevan Ridley rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries while un-drafted rookie free agent Brandon Bolden went for 137 and a score on just 16 carries. This has created a lot of buzz around [...]
No Apologies
April 6, 2011
Anyone who saw the Zdeno Chara – Max Pacioretty incident agrees that it was an unpleasant sight. While attempting to angle Pacioretty off and prevent him from getting to a lose puck Chara checked Pacioretty into the glass between the benches also known as the turnbuckle. This resulted in Pacioretty flying head long into the [...]
You Can’t Win Unless You Score
March 8, 2011
“Defense is important, but you can’t win unless you score” -Red Auerbach The Boston Bruins have always demanded that their players be solid in all three zones. This is likely a prime factor in them always being good – they made the playoffs a record 29 straight times from 1967 to 1996. However I believe [...]
Fixing What Isn’t Broken
February 26, 2011
Everyone who hears that the Celtics traded Kendick Perkins and Nate Robinson to Oklahoma City in exchange for Jeff Green, Nenad Kristic, and a 2011 first round draft pick reacts in the same way – “What?” The Boston Celtics have lost in the playoffs the last two years primarily because they ran out of big [...]
Stay Away from 17
February 11, 2011
Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight. After what the Boston Bruins did to the Montreal Canadiens wednesday night the whole league should get that message. If you are going to stir things up in the TD Garden you had better have the personnel to handle it. If not you end up like Jaroslav [...]
