Catch-Up : 8 Golden Points

Although late, I will do 8 Golden Points for the past three games in this post.

Bruins 6 - Islanders 2
Bruins 6 - Oilers 3
Bruins 6 - Sabres 2


8 Golden Points:

1.  No, I am not channelling my inner devil, though you would think hell was freezing over.  The Bruins did indeed score 6 goals in each of the last three games (and an outrageous 30 in the last 5).  Julien is probably pissed.  He finds this type of hockey boring.  1-0 games are his specialty.  Anyways, the often snake biten Bruins have found their scoring touch.  I honestly can't remember the last time the B's offense looked THIS good.  They need to ride this as long as they can.

2.  Seguin... my golly gosh.  I thought he would have a better season this year, but my god. 7 goals in the last 4 games and that total should be 9.  He nearly had another hat trick against the Islanders.  He's had a point in all but three games this season.  He's 5th in the league in points, 3rd in goals, but what get's Julien's juices flowing is he's 1st in the league in plus/minus.  Dynamite in the offensive zone, but playing responsibly in the defensive zone.  Claude looks smarter and smarter every day.

3. Seguin's not the only player on fire right now, but the top line is starting to play like a top line.  Krejci and Horton have begun to find there game and Lucic remains red hot.  This line was 6-7-13 these three games. When your top two lines are rolling like they're rolling right now, it's a lot of fun to watch.

4. The main reason the Bruins have been a good team the past few seasons is not because of their offense.  They've had a sound defensive scheme, but most importantly their goaltending has been a brick wall.  Thomas (2008,2010) and Rask (2009) have held down the fort.  Rask got back to back starts against the Islanders and Oilers and the team FINALLY played well in front of him.  He looked really impressive against the Islanders, as the score was actually close until the third.  He wasn't as impressive against the Oilers, but luckily the rest of the team was.  Timmy was back in net against the Sabres and just like Rask, did not need to stand on his head for a B's victory.  If both Rask and Thomas play up to their abilities and the offense continues at a fraction of the rate it's currently going at, the B's are going to have a good season!

5. I went to my first game of the season last week to see the Oilers play.  People who aren't hockey fans probably wouldn't initially want to go see this team play, but I highly recommend it.  Besides the obvious "Taylor vs Tyler" storyline (which Tyler won by the way), the Oilers also have the number one pick of last years draft, Ryan Nugent Hopkins, and another good young player in Jordan Eberle.  If managed right, this is going to be a very good team for a long time.

6.  Marchand has finally started to find his scoring touch again. Scoring 3 goals and picking up 3 helpers for 6 points these three games.  It helps that he's playing with the best offensive player on the team, Seguin, and the best all around player on the team, Bergie.  He's keeping a diary for ESPN Boston and his latest one is pretty interesting: talking about how refs are giving him a warning before games even begin!  Are you telling me they aren't going to allow him to do this again?

7. We have our first Hamill sighting of the season!  This really screws up my analysis from right before the season.  He was drafted as a center, but apparently has been playing wing this year down in Providence and has been having some success.  Maybe he won't be a complete waste...

8. Pepe Le Pouliot finally got his first goal as a Bruin!!  Too bad Caron did all of the work for him!  I'm still not sold on Pouliot as you all can tell.  It's pretty telling that the "emergency call-up", Zach Hamill, played over Pouliot when Peverley was back in the line-up.  Someone needs to sharpen his skates, I know it's slippery out there but the guy falls down ALL THE TIME. 

Next up: Tuesday vs Devils... a win and we hop them in the standings.