Olympic Dreams

Best of luck to all the Boston Bruins 

representing their country 

at the Sochi Winter Olympics 

May they all achieve to their hearts' content 

(although it is impossible that they all come back 

with medals around their necks...!

And they know it!)

The Boston Bruins' organization already proved to be the classiest one of all, allowing their star defenseman Zdeno Chara to split with the club almost a whole week in advance so that he could have the honor of being the flag-carrier for the Czech Republic (as he is, also, their most high-profile athlete) during the opening ceremonies of these winter Olympics.  It can assuredly be said that no other NHL team would have agreed to this as fast as the Bruins did.  As it turned out, the Bruins did not need him in order to win those last two games remaining before the Olympic break: they won them handily,  3-1 over the Canucks and 7-2 over the Senators (the game against the Blues, in-between, was a fluke!)

Bergeron, with coach Julien and G.M. Chiarelli are on Team Canada; Eriksson, with Team Sweden of course; Chara with the Czechs as we said earlier; Tuukka Rask will play goal for his native Finland for the next seven days; and David Krejci is on Team Czech Republic, too, of course! (Not a single one on Team USA, for instance? Ah, but yes: former Bruin Phil Kessel is there; will likely choke, again, too.)

The Olympic Games - where hockey is played as if it was a true gentleman's game...! 

(Nothing like the barbaric, modern-day gladiator-in-an-ice-rink atmosphere in the NHL! But that's another story... for another blog... Maybe...)

Go, Bruins, Go - whatever colors you wear now!