I could not be a happier sports person right now. Russell Westbrook with his shitass diva bruh attitude and the Thunder season seem like two worlds ago for me. The Warriors and the Trailblazers are in the Western Conference Finals. Klay versus CJ. Steph versus Damian. I’ll be okay with either set of them advancing.
But in these Stanley Cup Playoffs my cup overfloweth. Don’t get me wrong—this is a good Boston Bruin hockey club, but I wouldn’t have picked them to win the East when this post season got started. Tampa as the No. 1 seed got swept in the first round and these Boston Bruins are now sitting in the Stanley Cup Finals with twelve wins already to their credit. Four more wins get them to the magic number of 16 wins and their names on the Cup.
Very poetic…the Bruins in Game 4 won the clinching game by a 4-0 count over the Cinderella Carolina Hurricanes.
To me, the Stanley Cup is the most prestigious trophy in team sports. It literally gives me goose bumps when the eventual champion parades the Cup around the arena after the championship is secured.Of my four favorite athletes of all-time…two of my four are Boston Bruin legendary offensive defensemen…Bobby Orr and Raymond Bourque. The two other athletes in my Pantheon of Four are Roberto Clemente and Barry Sanders. You’ll notice…no divas or hot dogs on my list
This season—Bruin netminder Tuukka Rask is finally silencing his critics. He has been the story for the Bruins. The Conn Smyth is there for his taking if he stays hot in net and the Bruins defeat the eventual winner between San Jose and St. Louis.
I don’t want to jinx him though by doing something for him on my blog when the job isn’t done yet.
I already featured the greatest hockey player of all-time in Bobby Orr from Parry Sound, Ontario—so this is my tribute to my second favorite Boston Bruin defensemen of all-time…Raymond Bourque.