Reality Bites

Do you think Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Bruins of yesteryear would have let Alex Burrows score two goals and an assist in a game subsequent to biting one of their teammates?  I'm doubting Burrows would have made it beyond the first period.  OK, so the NHL disciplinary office messed up once again, but really, what did you expect here?  Even Henrik Sedin joked about the incident in an NBC snippet where he introduced his twin brother and "vegetarian" line mate Alex Burrows.  I'm still shocked Burrows went unscathed through the entire game, but let's move on.

The Bruins power play gives the Canucks a decided advantage.  The Canucks can actually take good penalties with a high likelihood the Bruins won't score - in fact a 92% likelihood they won't score.  This confidence effectively means the Canucks can clutch, grab and otherwise take full liberties with the Bruins.  For Vancouver, this results in no real penalty other than a lost opportunity cost from an offensive perspective.  Manny Malhotra's return to the Canuck power play won't make life any better for the lethargic Bruin power play.   To compound matters, Vancouver's power play effectiveness in the playoffs is just under 30%.  In fact, the last series against San Jose they were 37% effective.  A bit daunting for the Bruins, every third penalty they give up will statistically result in a goal for Vancouver. 

Is Claude Julien thinking of dressing Cam Neely, Terry O'Reilly or Shawn Thornton next game?