The Bruins post-Cup party has gone fully viral thanks to a $100,000 bottle of champagne. For those of you who still haven’t had a peak at it, voila.
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Word is it is 30 liters large. That is the biggest bottle that I have seen since the round, bowling ball, Carlo Rossi bottles I used to drink back in high school.
Somebody put together a handsome info-graphic of the evening. Somebody please start a site where one can submit their drink roster from the night before and it turns it in to an info-graphic.
For those who aren’t fully familiar with the Boston Bruins, Patrice Bergeron was their equivalent of Ryan Kesler. He is their best defensive forward, their key faceoff guy, he kills penalties, he generates the majority of the offense, and most importantly, he was the guy who would change the momentum of a game that was going against them.
Sustained mild concussion in Game 4 vs. the Flyers
To say that Bergeron is a big loss for Boston is a touch of an understatement.
Although he is not the biggest loss that the Bruins could have suffered – that honor would go to Zdeno Chara and then to Tim Thomas – he is definitely the biggest loss up front.
Last year that label would have went to David Krejci, who ironically was lost in Game 3 of the 2nd Round against the Flyers. He was their best forward at the time and was responsible for generating the majority of the teams’ offense. The only difference this year is that Boston didn’t lose their best forward until Game 4, which allowed them to complete that sweep and make it through to the next round.
It has been some tough luck for Boston having lost both their #1 and #2 centermen to serious concussions. It’s hard to believe that this team is having issues filling the center position after being considered to be one of the deepest teams in the league up the middle before the season started.
A quick look at the evolution of the Bruins’ line combo’s:
It was a big build up in Boston on Thursday night for the first show down between Tyler Seguin and Phil Kessel; probably more so for Boston fans than it was for Toronto fans.
This is a clip from a fan inside the arena after Seguin scored.
For the history on this – things didn’t work out between Boston and Phil Kessel, and so he was traded to Toronto for two first round and a second pick.
As Toronto tanked last year and finally finished near the bottom of the league. Boston was able to draft highly touted Tyler Seguin with the first of the three picks.
Bruins fans were sure to let Kessel and the Leafs know.
Finishing last place in the league doesn’t guarantee you first pick, but it’s pretty damn close.
Despite seedings being represented by percentages in the lottery ie. the lower your seed, the more balls you have (something about that sounds backwards….damn you Bettman), the NHL draft today went in the EXACT order of seeding.
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