The white clock tower that stood atop Arlington High School since 1937 was torn down the opposite day.
After 85 years, it ran out of time.
Before Arlington turned a coven for Moonbats, it was a middle-class American enclave. Arlingtonians have been as soon as a combination of first- and second-generation Americans, mingled with these whose ancestors fought within the Revolution or Civil War.
Since Paul Revere rode by way of city in 1775, Arlington has been synonymous with hockey. The sport stays integral in its DNA. Pat Connaughton however.
Arlington is the place I grew to like hockey in the course of the Nineteen Seventies and 80s. Channel 38 was mounted on the outside antenna. Those of us who lacked the expertise to compete on the ice performed on the road. Our video games ended due to both darkness or as a consequence of a drive-by go to from the native constabulary. Much just like the modern-day Boston Bruins, these Arlington Police ran on Dunkin. When they constructed a brand new station on Mystic Street again within the day, it was conveniently situated 350 ft from the closest Dunks.
In 2022, we’re left asking how lengthy will Patrice Bergeron be working with the Bruins?
Bergeron on Monday made it recognized he gained’t play for every other group however the Bruins.
Bruins GM Don Sweeney will probably be pressured to stroll the plank from the ninth flooring of the Garden if he denies a keen Bergeron the chance to return.
Then once more, Sweeney could be gone earlier than the Red Sox commerce Xander Bogaerts.
The regression of the Bruins in the course of the previous 4 postseasons demonstrates how slippery issues have grow to be on the TD Garden ice.
It is about as steady because the Spy Pond ice in April.
In 2019, the Bruins misplaced in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals at residence.
In 2020, the Bruins misplaced to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Lightning contained in the Toronto bubble.
In 2021, the Bruins misplaced within the second spherical of the playoffs to a group (New York Islanders) that misplaced to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Lightning.
In 2022, the Bruins misplaced within the first spherical to the Fake Whalers.
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Bergeron’s departure would sever one of many few remaining hyperlinks to the “Score of Supremacy.”
If Bergeron’s thoughts and physique go well with a return, the Bruins should accommodate him.
A lesser Bergeron in what can be his twentieth 12 months in Boston remains to be higher than no Bergeron after his nineteenth.
But there may be alternative for the Bruins it doesn’t matter what Bergeron decides.
If he retires, it would permit the Bruins to tear off their metaphorical Band-Aid and start a rebuild across the likes of Charlie McAvoy, Jeremy Swayman, and David Pastrnak and/or Brad Marchand. Losing Bergeron would make a deal that includes Marchand a bit extra palatable, however provided that the return is tangible and vital.
Bergeron is a finalist to win his fifth Selke Trophy. That will probably be awarded within the subsequent couple of weeks. That award is given “to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game” and is voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Most, if not all, get pleasure from a optimistic relationship with Bergeron.
Bergeron led the NHL in faceoffs gained once more this previous season at 61.9%
His physique, nevertheless, is 36 occurring 77. One couldn’t blame him for escaping whereas every thing remains to be in a single piece.
Bergeron’s medical chronicles learn like a listing of accidents after a Red Line crash.
It is as painful to learn as it’s to jot down.
Concussion & Broken Nose – 2007 Regular Season
Concussion – 2008 Regular Season
Concussion – 2011 Playoffs
Hand Injury – 2010 Regular Season
Concussion – 2013 Regular Season
Broken Rib – 2013 Stanley Cup Finals
Torn Cartilage – 2013 Stanley Cup Finals
Separated Shoulder – 2013 Stanley Cup Finals
Punctured Lung – 2013 Stanley Cup Finals
Broken Foot – 2018 Regular Season
Rib/Upper Body – 2018 Regular Season
Covid-19 – 2021 Regular Season
Head Laceration – 2022 Regular Season
Apologies if we missed something. Space is restricted.
If the NHL have been to license a model of the “Operation” recreation – Bergeron can be its affected person.
If solely we may discover the humorous bone in all this.
There is room for censure, particularly within the alternatives the Bruins and Bergeron have misplaced up to now decade. Overall, Bergeron is 6-7 in Game 7s. And he’s 1-2 within the Stanley Cup finals. During this previous collection in opposition to the Fake Whalers and within the second spherical in opposition to the Islanders final 12 months, the “Perfection” line of Bergeron, Marchand, and Pastrnak was made all-too poor by larger, youthful, and sooner defensemen.
But Bergeron did win one Stanley Cup. And that it’s the solely Stanley Cup the Bruins have taken up to now 50 years. Slamming Bergeron for not successful extra Cups is as a lot an indictment in opposition to the whole Bruins franchise as it’s in opposition to its face.
Bergeron has nothing left to show to himself, his teammates, or the fanbase that has vociferously admired and appreciated his efforts since he arrived in Boston as an 18-year-old child from Quebec in 2003. Bergeron lived with Bruins veteran Martin Lapointe and Lapointe’s household as a rookie. He tallied 16 targets and 23 assists in 71 video games, plus scored a playoff winner in OT, throughout his first season. His profession took off after a 12 months within the AHL in the course of the 2004-05 lockout. Bergeron was prepared for the pains of the NHL when play resumed in 2005.
He’s been All-World ever since.
Seventeen years later, the Bruins might quickly face the problem of being prepared for the pains of NHL with out Bergeron.
The clock might have come down in Arlington. But it continues to tick on Causeway Street.
Bill Speros (@RealOBF) could be reached at [email protected].
Source: www.bostonherald.com