This is where your legacy is made. For the veterans, this is where your destiny is sealed. Everyone who ever steps on the ice in their life plays for this one moment. To raise the Stanley Cup. Game 7. Stanley Cup Finals. Whatever it takes.
In sports, there is no bigger game than a winner takes all. Therefore, the Super Bowl is watched by so many. However, when you get to a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals where either team has a chance to win, there truly is nothing better. There is nothing guaranteed about Game 7, which is why the Boston Bruins must give whatever it takes to win.
St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube has made it clear that the Blues are going to be finishing every check because after tonight, nothing matters.
For the Boston Bruins, they must understand that and bring it back to them. Get in front of every puck, capitalize on any opportunity, and keep the Blues guessing all night long.
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Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand, David Krejci, and Tuukka Rask. They have experienced the joys of winning a Game 7 back in the 2011 run but have also experienced the instant heart break in 2013.
These five need to step up and lead the way more than before in the playoffs. This is the ‘City of Champions’, not the city of losers. The pressure is extra heavy on the shoulders of the B’s tonight, but the Boston faithful is sure to be with them the entire way.
Players have proved all playoffs long it really is a ‘whatever it takes’ mentality. From Joakim Nordstrom blocking every puck in sight when he couldn’t even skate, to Zdeno playing through a broken jaw, they know this is the moment. The Stanley Cup is the greatest trophy you can be handed in sports, which is why putting your body on the line to win a game is what matters most.
Intensity. It has proven all series long which Boston Bruins team we are getting right out the gate in the first period. The team must play like no tomorrow because there truly is not. The grind of the Stanley Cup Playoffs leaves players injured, tired, and needing each other to pick themselves up. As fans, all we can do is support our team as they go into the biggest game of their lives tonight.
The hype behind this game is as grand as it can get. The city of Boston and Boston Bruins fans around the world can prepare to have the hearts race all night long as the Bruins look to raise the Stanley Cup tonight.