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5:17 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 |
Mark Divver    Email

By Mark Divver

I caught only the final 10 minutes of last night's Bruins debacle.

I don't want to hear about how well they played for the first 50 minutes.
It's time to face facts: The Bruins stink right now.

They have two No. 2 goalies, but no No. 1; a popgun power play; and a pair of defensemen (York and Dempsey) who don't belong in the league.

Realistically, management has been digging this hole for years. The most cynical fans (click here) might say the first shovel of dirt was turned the day Jeremy Jacobs bought the team. It's going to take time -- years, not months -- to climb out.

Is there anything to look forward to? Any reason for hope? There's always next year's draft.

A young center named Angelo Esposito from the Quebec Remparts is currently ranked in the top five prospects. Based on what I've seen so far, it's not out of the realm of possibility to think the Bruins might finish low enough to pick him.
Would it be worth suffering through another bad season just so that a high-scoring center named Esposito could once again wear the black and gold? Just asking...

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I envy Pittsburgh Penguins fans. They've suffered for years, but now something special is happening there. The Pens' corps of great young players is inviting comparisons to the Wayne Gretzky-led group that the Edmonton Oilers assembled in the early 1980s. Realistically, the Pens are at least a couple of years away from being legitimate contenders, but watching them try to get there is sure going to be fun. I read one hockey writer recently who said that watching Sidney Crosby and Evgeny Malkin this year is like watching John Lennon and Paul McCartney just before the Beatles hit it big. That's an apt description.

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