TIRED BOSTON WITH ROOKIE GOALIE

Les Glorieux rolls in to Boston today a stronger team based on the analogy of "a team is as strong as its weakest link. Garth Murray has been left behind in Montreal and placed on waivers, and now we can begin placing bets on who will be brought up from Hamilton (Lapierre anyone?).

On the other side of the rink, the Bruins will have a young goalie coming in to play his first game in the NHL. At first glance things look good, but then one reads on and learns that Tuukka Rask's story is all too similar to Halak's when he came in last year. He's coming up from the AHL where he has an impeccable 6-1 record, to fill in for an injured "Number 1" goalie. On one hand he'll be nervous about and throughout his NHL debut, and on the other hand this is the chance he's been waiting for his whole life. He will be more eager to showcase his talent behind that 6 foot + wall with pads, than Tom Cruise was to eat his baby's placenta (oh yeah...it's true...gross but true).

So if we are to knock two more points in the right direction tonight, we have to strike fast, strike hard, and keep striking until we score. Last thing we need is to give the kid some early shots and pressure only for a few minutes…just enough action to help him keep his lunch down and settle down his game. With the talent he has we must not let him get in the game or we risk facing a brick wall.

On a final note I just turned to look out the window on my way into work, and saw SNOW! Booooooooooo! On the upside however it's time to set up my mini hockey rink in the back, which we have affectionately come to call "The Jerry Center".