The Slow Demise of Boston...

So here we are, coming off a weekend where we saw the both the Bruins and Celtics drop Game 7s and the Red Sox lose 4-of-6 on the West Coast.

There will be no June playoff games in Boston, a thought as surprising in April (Bruins) as it was in October (Celtics). We are now officially a one-sport town until September. How did we use to do this before???

The Celts was a far less surprising loss after the Game 6 defeat. Let’s face it: they didn’t have much left. The C’s looked as good as they had all series in the first three quarters on Thursday, but after they blew the lead in the fourth, you just had a feeling that the meter was finally a little too far past empty – these boys were on strictly fumes.

When Big Baby is giving you Big Minutes and you feel like you need to keep Scal out of foul trouble, you are wayyyy past being competitive. Forget KG, even Leon Powe would have changed the dynamic of this team. So would have any big man with half a brain (you know, not Mikki Moore).

The Bruins, well, that’s a different story. Like New Jersey before them, the Bs were outworked, outhustled and at some points overmatched by an otherwise inferior team. The salt on the wound was that the goal was scored by Scott Walker. But then again, isn’t this how it always ends for the B’s? A bit too early in May? This team was supposed to be different, but flaws were exposed during this series. Not so much in the X’s and O’s, but more in the character of a young club and possibly the ability of the coach to get the most out of his players. Yes, I’m pointing a finger at Claude Julien. When a team with 116 points in the regular season can’t connect on simple tape-to-tape passes or clear their own zone for three straight games, something is wrong.

The Hurricanes are not winning the Stanley Cup. Plain and simple. But they took down two teams who could have.

As good as a Pittsburgh-Boston series would have been, Detroit-Boston would have been even better. As it stands now, looks like we’re looking at a rematch of last year’s Cup Finals (Red Wings – Pens).

The NBA? This final was decided long ago. Was there anyone who thought it wouldn’t be Cleveland-LA? Of course, the Magic and Nuggets might have something to say about that, but let’s be real, this is Lebron and Kobe time.

And that’s really the only thing that can save us: the prospect of two entertaining finals in both sports. Sure, we wish we could have our clubs in there, but at least there’s a chance we see some of the best teams – with the best players – duke it out for the title.

Now, if it’s Anaheim-Chicago or Denver-Magic, then we can bitch. Or shoot ourselves. Either one, I guess.

--Nick