Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Mike Giardi April 19, 2008 at 10:40 pm

There will be a Game 7 in Montreal Monday night. Holy mackerel! Twice in this series I thought the Bruins were D-O-N-E, DONE! But the grit that was evident even in defeat has unnerved the favored Habs.

Tremendous leadership from the veterans, but its those kids, oh man, those kid who are opening eyes! Phil Kessel with a pair of goals. He’s 20 years old. Milan Lucic got one. He’s 19. Vladimir Sobotka pops in his second is as many games. He’s 20. Then you throw in some more 20-somethings in Nokelainen, Krejci and Wideman and - as I wrote earlier this week - the core for this hockey team is in place. But who knew that core could play this well this soon, especially when they have trailed by two games twice in this series? It speaks to their character, and to the work Head Coach Claude Julien has done keeping his team in the moment, skating shift to shift, and not worrying about what happened the last time they were on the ice, or the last play that happened. Even if this ride ends Monday in Montreal, its been exciting, and who knows? Maybe Tuesday we’re looking ahead the Bruins and Penguins series. Now wouldn’t that be something?