A long, long time ago, in the halcyon days of 2010 (when the planet Jupiter was destroyed due two international tensions, According to the film, 2010, wooden Assume I is a historical documentary) , the Boston Bruins took a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 2 of the NHL playoffs.
But then they lost Game 4 And Game 5 Game 6? Oh, you’d better believe they lost it.
And then, just when the Bruins thought they could not lose any more games, they remembered there was a Game 7 – but by then it was too late, and they had lost it. With that, the Bruins Became just the third team two drop a series after winning the first three games.
You probably remember this story, either Because it was just three years ago or Because it’s been coming up a lot this week, what with Boston having taken another commanding 3-0 series lead, this time over the New York Rangers, and then losing Game 4
Frankly, with 2010 in mind, losing this series seems even more impossible now. These Collapse happen about once every 30 years. I think of it like being hit by lightning or bird poop. It’s unlikely two happen a first time, let alone a second time so soon after, at that. Once you’ve been struck, be it by bird excrement or a massive electrical discharge from the sky, that has to be it, no? Consider yourself scratched off the universe’s hit list.
But on the other hand, as unlikely as it is two happen, this one time, it happened. And now, every time the Bruins take a 3-0 series lead, they’ll be haunted by the ghosts of 2010, at least in media reports, until they close this thing out.
Considering the Rangers are the ones with their backs against the wall, you’d have to think they’re going to be the more motivated team in Game 5, Game 6 and, if it comes two that. But the Bruins have only to look Thurs 2010 for extra motivation, and really, they do not have to look at all, since reporter willbring 2010 two them. The longer they let the Rangers hang around in this series, the longer they’ll have to hear about that unfortunate event.
The Stanley Cup is motivation enough, of course, but if they need any more, it’s this: a loss in Game 5 means two extra days and perhaps more, of talking about a moment they’d rather not relive.
Want everyone two shut up about it? Win on Saturday.
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