Although Montreal has the commanding lead, Boston deserves its due, especially amongst the locals. There is no way in hell that anyone watching at home should hear the Montreal “BOOs” when Zdeno Chara touches the puck in the Garden. And there definitely shouldn’t be any Oh-laay Oh-lay Oh-lay Oh-laay ringing throughout the hub. Kudos to the B’s fans who went out to support the team and did their best to drown out the red shirts.

I understand that Habs fans travel well and hockey is all they got up there but are we that spoiled in Boston where we can’t come out and support hockey’s most surprising team, who happens to be in the playoffs. Yes their run into the playoffs was next to impossible, and beating the Canadiens seemed impossible. Even still, this over achieving bunch of no names deserved our home support and we couldn’t deliver. To have that many Habs fans in our home arena was embarrassing. You wouldn’t have a sea of pinstripes at Fenway or a J-E-T-S chant at Gillette, so why would you let it happen to the B’s.

Regardless what happens up in Montreal, when the Bruins come home they deserve a heroes welcome. If it was ten years ago, before all of the championship parades came to Boston, they just might receive that. Gone are the days of appreciating the underdogs in this town. Unless you have a star-studded roster with championship aspirations, you are an after thought. It’s not too long ago where we took pride in the over achieving Patriots and Red Sox. We loved their guts and the way they played the game hard. Now the Pats and Sox are tops of their leagues. The Bruins are in the same position that those two franchises once were.

We have never been front runner fans, we’re better than that. Let’s leave that stereotype to the New Yorkers. To really appreciate the season the Bruins are having, just watch their next game. They play hard and play for each other even though they out manned and vastly overmatch. Support your local hockey team and if they can get the series back here to Boston, show up.

Steve Rushin once said, “By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series.” Although game one didn’t live up to that hype, games two, three, and four did. All three games held a high entertainment value, shame on you if you haven’t watched. The B’s have played the last three games of this series like a war. Playoffs are a battle, especially in a Montreal Boston series. The reality is that the Stanley Cup Playoffs are the most entertaining playoffs of all the major sports. Boston and Montreal have been long time hated rivals. In this series they are as evenly matched as any other series in the league. And oh yeah, Boston is the eighth seed.

You have to admire the Bruins’ drive. Out matched in every facet of the game, the B’s have made the Habs work for every puck. “You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper’s not there, it doesn’t matter.”(Glen Sather). The Bruins have shown the heart necessary for playoff hockey. A couple of bounces here or there and Boston could be up 3-1. The B’s deserved to win the last three games, but that’s playoff hockey. The team that deserves to win most sometimes doesn’t always come away with the victory.

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