One could feel that something was finally going to fall into place for this team - that nothing could deter it, rob it of fulfilling its destiny as it had happened countless times in the past.
And that feeling was RIGHT - completely right.
Several players (seen in the video{s} above) would not complete the season with the Boston Bruins - and, thus, would not taste the sweet nectar of victory come round 4 of the NHL playoffs...
Players such as Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and Matt Hunwick vacated their spots in favor of newly-acquired weapons Rich Peverley, Chris Kelly and Nathan Horton who did win the Stanley Cup with the team instead of the previous trio therefore. These moves (and others like them) were regrettable on the spot but, in retrospect, they were obviously the right ones to make as the new chemistry produced by the new pairings of players was a championship-clinching one.
A trip to Europe seems to bring out the best in NHL teams: it ressources the few players that originate from there just as it gives a new perspective to the majority that are Canadian or American born - although many of these have played there before too; just ask netminder and 2011 Connie Smythe Trophy winner Tim Thomas, unquestionably the most valuable player on the champion Boston Bruins team that took to the ice in Prague -most notably- before the regular season -the season of vindication- started in the fall of 2010.
The Boston Bruins also went to Belfast, most notably - facing other local heroes...
May The Bruins make many more trips abroad like this - both they and I made such trips (in the same year too - what a coincidence) and 2010 was the year of our DREAMS COME TRUE...! (Okay - for the Boston Bruins, it was really 2011... Let's settle for the 2010-2011 season, alright?)
Sempre Por O Melhor
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