why aren't u on aim?

Blocked you.

A nice little blurb on what P.J. Axelsson means to the Bruins:



Early Morning Update...
Big Day for the Bruins
After beginning the season in Colorado on October 9th, today -- October 20th -- the Black & Gold will finally return to Boston and the TD Banknorth Garden.

Pregame skate is at 10:30 a.m. Keep it here for all the updates leading up to game time.

Missing the Swede

P.J. Axelsson will miss Monday's home opener.

Having gathered all kinds of good quotes about the veteran forward on Friday, this morning I was hoping to write a feel good story about P.J. Axelsson.

You see, with all the attention paid to his sniper of a center (Marc Savard) and his playmaking linemate (Michael Ryder), Axelsson’s contributions have been overshadowed. And even though both Ryder and Savard have both noted his importance to their early success, not much is said about Axelsson.

And by the way, that’s exactly the way Axelsson would want it.

However, it’s very noticeable when P.J. is not in the lineup and the affable winger was conspicuously absent from Saturday night’s game, scratched because of an undisclosed injury.

Thankfully, the issue is said not to be serious and most writers covering tonight’s game expect “Axie” to be back at his post.

There’s no doubt that “The Swede” returning to the ice will bring smiles to the faces of his teammates – and not just because of the notoriously colorful clothing employed by Axelsson off the ice.

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“I’ve been watching Axie quite a bit, especially on the (penalty kill),” said B’s forward Petteri Nokelainen. “He’s one of the best in the league…reading those passes.

“It’s his positioning – how he makes those (stops).

“His hockey sense is unbelievable, in that way, how he can see those plays and he can be at the right place at the right time,” he said.

Bruins blueliner Dennis Wideman marvels at Axelsson’s prowess on the defensive side of the puck.

“He is so smart,” said Wideman. “He’s probably as smart as our defensemen.

“He’s not a typical forward.”

Wideman explained why Axelsson stands out.

“Anytime he is out on the ice, you know (as a defenseman) that if you are coming back on a three-on-two or something like that, and you see Axie coming back on a guy, you know that player is going to be picked off,” he said.

“On top of it, he pitched in some huge goals for us last year. He’s not just a defensive player, although I guess that’s what he is most comfortable with. But if you don’t have guys like that on your team, you are not going to win anything,” continued Wideman. “It’s the little things that a lot of people won’t see.

“Axie has been around for a long time and he reads plays really well, he knows how plays develop and at times he can be our best forechecker.

“He knows what a guy is going to do, and he can jump that guy a lot faster. He gets there a lot quicker...his mind makes him faster,” he said.

Whether it’s his mind, his skates or his stick that makes him faster on the puck, Bruins head coach Claude Julien is happy every time the Swedish winger hits the ice and surely hopes that Axelsson's body allows him to play on Monday night.

“You can never say enough about P.J.,” said Julien. “Talk about a player who is underrated and under appreciated.

“When you have a player like that and you see what he does, you just see that he is extremely smart.

“Defensively, he’s as reliable as you can get and offensively, he does things that you don’t always notice, but gives freedom to his linemates and makes the big play,” he said.

Julien said that oftentimes Axelsson will start a play or make a stop in the defensive or neutral zone and when the Bruins bring the puck into the offensive zone, a goal develops.

“When you see that everyday, you realize that he is very underrated,” he said.



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UR GOING DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

i will do everything in my power to have the Bruins win this game...I WANT the Bruins to win..I NEED the bruins to win

I love the Serge curse.

Pffft

I got a great feeling about tonight. Coming off a 2-1-1 road trip, and now the home opener. We've won our last 2 home openers. Pittsburgh barely got by Toronto. Serge is on my side. Everything just feels right about tonight.

for some its a curse, for other its a blessing.

When the Leafs dont play I pick one game to focus on ..This is the one tonight.

While the Penguinos think they smashed us, the game was close till the middle of the third..We actually were leading and outplaying them most of the game...The Penguins are an average team..

For people that dont realize go to the zoo...Take a Bear and take a penguin...Put them in a cage..Who wins...

OF COURSE THE BEAR

I think this is in Madagascar 2.

Looks like I have to listen to the game tonight

you mean this game: http://www.justin.tv/jtv_sports4

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I ****ING LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

your welcome.

you can check this forum for daily updates on hockey streams
http://www.myp2pforum.eu/nhl-icehockey/

Nice, I'll keep it in mind if the Bruins are on TSN 2 again. So far B's looking pretty damn good considering they played and travelled last night.

Wideman goal with a giant mass of bodies in front of Miller. Bruins really looking sharp.

W00t!

The game is on TSN2? My Rogers Centre Ice stats page says there's No TV tonight, LOL. Atl/TB game as well, but that one actually makes sense.

Take that Atlanta and Tampa Bay fans!

KESSEL!

This is the year of the Kessel me thinks, the playoffs really did a job on his confidence. I think Claude really lit a fire under him.

I'd like to point out that serge bumped the thread where I called kessel the american Sid Crosby to mock that statement. On pace for 82 goals imo ftw.

Krejci shootout was sick, and ELL OH ELL on Chara's whiff.

So disappointing. 0-3 in shootouts this year...last year we were a decent shootout team.

I guess a point in Buffalo isn't a bad thing after a hard day in Pittsburgh yesterday.

I still think we are a great team and going to do good things this year... no shootouts in the playoffs will help

where is Ray...Weeeeeeeeeee

Probably out winning some monies in poker. I guess he tends to do that.

Disappointing result, I hate to say it but the Leafs played pretty well.

Watching the game was incredible. You miss some of the action being in the front row, but it's not much, and the action you see is incredible. Less than 2 minutes from the start a rocking hit right in front of us knocked me and my buddy's beers on our laps. All the fans started laughing at us...they've seen that quite often apparently, lol. Highlight of the night was definately Lucic knocking a Leaf right through the glass FOUR windows away from me!!! It was definately an awesome time. I haven't slept much down here even after the 11 hour drive...just down in the lobby because I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep, I'm gonna go back and try.

I think we are going to watch the Atlanta game on Saturday but from cheaper seats. AWESOME NIGHT though!

wicked story.

I'd love to that close to the action one day.

Hey Ray,

If you were that close to the glass breaking, did you get a chance to grab a piece..it would be a cool souvenir to have..

I hope the Bruins win Saturday so at least you get to see a Bruins win..You just lost to the better team last night.

what a game last night, the leafs played well. and that hit that broke the glass wow.

they were connecting shots, and I kinda like the young prospects they have. I wish they would

play like that all the time. Too bad Tampa Bay got in instead of the Sox you might of caught a WS game as well

Have fun, hope your Bruins win against alanlta. But As you are aware the Better team did win this game.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

what is going on in this therad. thread.
i'm a bitblizitced.



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Watching the Bruins game and hoping for another monster Lucic hit.

LOOOOOOOOOOCH!

Back home now...

No I wasn't about to walk around with a piece of glass in my pocket. I would have definately cut myself.

I'm still in awe at the Lucic hit, being that close to it and at my first time at the Bruins home rink with a couple of friends is definately one of the highlights of my life.

The Atlanta game was great too, we got 15th row seats, and there were plenty of goals which was exciting. Then Lucic got the hattrick and the place went nuts. I didn't throw my had because I paid $30 for it the night before.. I told my buddy he could wear the old one and throw it if someone got the trick, but he didn't want to wear it.

I'll try to get some pics from the game on here soon.

Goooo Bruins tonight.


EDIT:
Really not sure if it's the NESN feed but the ice in Edmonton looks extremely choppy. Bruins look good in the first 8 mins. In a fairly unrelated note, I like the music they play at Rexall place between plays, my kinda stuff.

Haven't looked so great for the 2nd half of the first.

A Lucic goal right now would be massive.

oh man ray, i didn't know you were at that game. sick man.

Last nights game was sick. Everyone couldn't find their finishing touches, it was hardly a lack of chances. For a while the game was just going up and down the ice with goalies kicking away everything thrown at them. Lot of good play by Wheeler and Kessel, those guys are fun to watch.

A power play in overtime for the Bruins was the killer for EDM. Dennis Wideman missed the net badly on probably 3-4 straight shots on that PP then finally wises up and just creeps in and wrists it off the shoulder of Roloson into the net.

TIMMY!

Bruins played decent, but the Canucks did have a lot of chances. Thomas was huge, and earned his 2nd shutout in 2 nights. I was very impressed by the play of Krejci, Nokaleinen, Savard, Lucic, Thornton, Yelle... man I love this team. They work so hard to do as well as they do, we all know they aren't the most talented bunch in the NHL.

Eff me. I sat Thomas last night and tonight in several pools. I'd consider him my 3rd best goalie and there is max games played so I have him sitting right now. Also, score a damn goal next time Vancouver. Luongo plays one of his better games this year and we do this for him?

I thought last nights game was much more interesting to watch than this one, but than again I wasn't really intently watching this one. Caught up in some other activities. A win is a win, and from what I did see Lucic was really throwing it around for his home crowd.

Finally found the thing to plug my camera into the computer. I took some pictures from the game but they are pretty crappy so I'm not putting any of those up. Here are a few fun ones though.

How close I was to the hit on Van Ryn:




How close I was to the ice girls:




How close I was to getting in a fight:

Those are some sweet pics, LOL at all that glass.

Last time the Bruins had back to back shutouts...they shutout their opponent in the next game for 3 in a row. So here's to another 1-0 game.

Watching this game makes me think Calgary actually practices batting pucks out of the air. There's been at least 4 or 5 times where they bat it down to keep the puck in the zone.

And the SO streak is over. Nice run TT.

I like the makeup of the Bruins. I thought the game against the Canucks was one of the more entertaining 1-0 games I can remember.

Calgary seems to be a way better team than I thought they'd be.

plus I think the legs of Boston guys are getting a bit weary.

Well we battled back and put a good effort in in the 3rd period. Nice effort on the road trip.