Bruing Controversial End

And so ended the dream 

of a REPEAT...

Why - it wasn't even The Over-rated Ovechkin...! 

Or that bastard Backstrom...! 

Or... Semin (no, the joke is too easy) 

Or any other ''top Crapitals mainstay'' - no.

In the end, we were undone by a mere ward -

one that was aided in his fiendish deed 

by a former ally - Mike Knuble, 

of all imaginable, possible people... 

Knuble - KNUBLE - is another traitor  

in the same vein as Bill Ranford, 

Sergei Samsonov and, uh, 

Brad Boyes?

   

Knuble had been with the Bruins when they 

boasted talent such as Glen Murray, 

Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov and himself. 

Brian Rolston was part of that group, too - 

the underachievers group 

of the early 2000s. 

Rolston came back to Boston 

and he did his best this year, 

slowed down by age as he is 

in an ever-speedier NHL...  

Knuble? He did too much. 

This team you're with now, M.K. 

it will not make anything out of this. 

You know it. 

You just prevented the Boston team 

from achieving more, 

that's all. 

You prevented the Bruins 

from cementing their claim, 

building a dynasty 

in the midst of the 

Parity Age - 

something even the damn 

Canadiens of the 1950s 

or Oilers of the 1980s 

would have been 

totally hard-pressed to achieve 

in the exact same circumstances. 

Boston would have done even more 

than any of those other dynasties 

if they had not been ripped off 

first by Montreal in 2008, 

Carolina in 2009 

Philadelphia in 2010 

and, now, you in 2012. 

Boston won in 2011 

amongst the stiffest competition 

the likes of which those other 

''dynasties'' had never seen - 

except in the Finals, maybe. 

Boston saw the stiffest competition 

in all four rounds, in 2011!!! 

It cannot be any other way 

in the Age of Parity...

Now, Washington, 

you stole this series 

and are ill-equipped 

to steal any more: 

maybe another, 

but it is most unlikely another after that 

- much less reach the Finals. 

Boston could have -

they had done it before, 

so recently, so they know; 

they know what it takes! 

They should have done it again. 

Maybe they tired of it, 

knowing all that it takes 

to accomplish it. 

Maybe, this year, 

they had less drive

as last year. 

Successful in 2011, 

due to the ultimate 

sustained effort that was given, 

they may have hoped, 

if only unconsciously, 

that it would be easier this time out? 

And the kingdom was lost 

for want of a goal - 

a single goal... 

And to see not one but two 

former Boston Bruins 

among those blowhards 

that stole victory from us 

(Knuble - and Dennis Wideman) 

It just adds disgust 

to the disappointment.

Now no further disgust must be meted out, 

please, as some peabrains have tried 

to confound with inane notions of 

''karma'' (they spelled it ''charma'' - lol) 

on how Tim Thomas brought this 

upon himself by refusing to shake hands 

with a black President, Barack Obama, 

and the Bruins lost their next game then, 

in Washington too...  

And so, karma struck for real 

when it was a black player, 

Jolly Joel Ward, 

who scored the flukey goal 

that made the big difference here... 

Nonsense! 

The Boston Bruins defeated themselves 

more than anything here: 

as they played with less 

desperation 

than their opponents did: 

as Chris Kelly said, 

''we've been through this before, 

there's no reason to panic'' 

Well perhaps there was. 

Their own experience 

from last year's battles 

and since 2005 really 

proved to be a disservice,  

this time out... 

And, perhaps, the darn 

opponent did want it more, 

this time out...

And as far as karma goes -

wasn't losing the game right after 

the White House visit 

-and controversy- 

ENOUGH ALREADY...?

But enough of this nonsense: 

that was not karma! 

But if we speak of an omen, now, 

that is a different story... 

For I knew this was a bad omen:

Zdeno Chara should have skipped 

this rather odd chance to underline 

any vague, passing resemblance 

that Andrew Ference might have 

with Kate Winslet

(it's all in the eyes, methinks) 

and focused rather on the 

stunning similarities 

between usual partner 

Dennis Seidenberg 

and  one 

Jason Statham:

This film opens NOW, ironically -

just a mere few HOURS really 

after the despair of Game 7...! 

Maybe Dennis Seidenberg and Jason Statham 

are indeed one and the same man...? 

Shoot'em up in DC, D.J -S.S.!

Now that would have helped the cause immensely - 

rather than doom or jinx it...! 

The Stanley Cup would have been SAFE...!

2012 didn't have to be like 1912, 

y'know...!

And these faithful fans didn't have to go home 

teary-eyed at all...

One can dream on though - 

what could have been, had 

Nathan Horton, Marc Savard 

and Adam McQuaid 

been in the line-up... 

What could have been 

had the power play produced 

at the most crucial time of all, 

in the last minutes of Game 7... 

Sure, the Boston Bruins did win it all in 2011 

without a productive power play at all 

(thanks, Tomas Kaberle!) 

but such a stunning feat 

could obviously not be repeated  - 

it wasn't fated to be repeated. 

The Boston Bruins remain the 

champions - 

until a new one has been decided, 

at any rate... 

The Boston Bruins remain champions 

no matter what -

in our hearts, 

in our dreams, 

just because 

we know better 

than what our eyes saw 

on that night 

of April 25th 

2012...

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- so now why not just 

GIVE ME ALL A BREAK, WILLYA? MY TEAM JUST LOST... OKAY?

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