It started with a loss in game 7 to Philadelphia. A collapse of EPIC proportions. up 3 games to 0 and tie game 4 late. a Soft goal from Simone Gagne started it, and a Goal from Gagne late in game 7 ended it all and crushed the bruins. After an offseason which saw the Bruins aquire Nathan Horton And Gregory Campbell from The Florida Panthers in exchange for Dennis Wideman and their own first round pick. With the First round pick they had aquired in the Phil Kessel deal the year before, The Bruins selected 2nd and Chose Tyler Seguin. Fresh off of hip surgery, Tim Thomas looked to rebound from a discouraging 2009-2010 Campaign that saw his play take a drastic hit, due to his injury that wasn't disclosed until the conclusion of their playoff run.
Tuukka Rask Started the season as the #1 for the Bruins, Starting the Season opener in Prague against the Phoenix Coyotes. Boston was lit up and lost the opener 5-2. Newcomer Nathan Horton scored both goals.
In the Second game in Prague, the Bruins opted to go with Tim Thomas. he played fantastic in that game and never looked back. Fast Forward now to February. The Bruins were "Wheelin" and Dealin' (no pun intended) Sending Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart to Atlanta for Rich Peverley and Boris Valabik. They Also Sent a draft pick to the Senators to aquire Chris Kelly, and Sent Joe Colbourne and a draft pick to Toronto for Tomas Kaberle.With these moves the Bruins set up with the 3rd Seed in the East and a first round matchup with Montreal.
Losing the first two games in a series is never good, evidence as the bruins have never won a series when facing such a deficit. But as we found out, these Bruins had A lot of fight. Battling back to tie the series in Montreal and winning game 5 back at the Garden, Losing game 6 in Montreal and setting up an epic Game 7.
The Bruins Jumped out to a quick 2-0 Lead on Goals from Boychuk and Recchi, but the Habs tied it up and it looked like the same old song and dance for the Bruins in game 7's. Chris Kelly gave them a lead for a few moments before a phantom high stick on Patrice Bergeron sent the Habs on the PP. And OF COURSE the Habs score, on a PK subban Rocket. 3-3 the score and OT produced our first Hero the Stanley Cup Run. Nathan Horton scored a little less than 6 minutes into Overtime to send the Bruins to second round for a rematch against the Flyers. who embarrassed the Bruins one year earlier as we all know
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