Oliver Wendell Homes dubbed Boston "The hub of the universe" and, as such, sees plenty of traffic.

But in the past week, the Celtics have gotten stuck in a huge pot hole, the Patriots crash landed on approach to the Super Bowl and the Red Sox train hasn't left the station yet...so it's a really good thing that the Bruins are flying high.

At 2-0, the Boston Bruins have displayed a brand of hockey reserved for midseason, which is warming the broken hearts of the Boston sports faithful...and should tell their fans all they need to know about the mind-set of this team...

...as should thier Penalty killing units that have killed off all nine power plays that they have faced thus far in the abriviated season, and a huge reason for their fast start.

"I thought our penalty kill has been good the first two games," said coach Claude Julien, "five-on-three the last game against the Rangers, and then two four-on-threes (against Winnipeg)"





The best way for a hockey team to show thier appriciation to the fans for sticking with them through the ugly 100+ day lockout is to give them a good brand of hockey when they returned to the ice.

For Boston Bruins' fans, they are getting seeing a brand of hockey reserved for midseason, not the sloppy brand that one would expect with the team being together for just a six day training camp...

...which is being played by the New York Rangers