Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

I didn't have any plans going back home over that summer but then as the season got closer, I played with that thought a little bit and just ended up signing there a week before the season started. It was good for me. I got back to my game a lot more to the way I want to play. Now afterwards, I don't regret anything. I think that was a good decision for me.

I've lost a lot of weight but I'm working my way back. Soups have been my go-to. A lot of ice cream. Milk shakes and ice cream. It's tough. I tried to give it a go, blending up solid food. It's not enjoyable. I tried chicken and vegetable and that was just a non-starter. It's terrible. Soups have really been my go-to and smoothies to try and get protein.

I don't think any time teams fail, it's just one person. It's impossible.

Artemi Panarin was locked in last night, opening the scoring only minutes in and adding three assists. Things have not always been smooth in the top six, but if they are finally turning a corner then it's the perfect time for the conglomerate of talent to finally click. It's been the missing link, as the bottom six has mainly been carrying the Rangers so far.

Oct. 21 vs Florida - In Brad Marchand's homecoming, the B's battle back from an early two-goal deficit and then another late one-goal disadvantage to tie it on Morgan Geekie's 6-on-5 goal at 18:29. But in the final minute, the B's allow the Panthers to attack the zone with speed and Carter Verhaeghe's shot goes off the post then Andrew Peeke's skate for the GWG with 26 seconds left.

"It feels like I was here for 10 years," Thomas said of Boston. "It feels like I won multiple championships and I was only here for two-and-a-half, three years. And the genuine love that the city, the organization, just the regular fans, each and every day ... since the first day I got traded here - I'm forever thankful. I'm forever grateful. And that feeling is mutual."

The Bruins have been a resilient and admirable group for the most part this season. But the depleted B's learned on Monday night that vim and vigor can take you only so far in the National Hockey League. The Carolina Hurricanes were clearly the better team at the Garden and used two second period goals to power their way to the 3-1 win at the Garden

Don't get me wrong. It would be wise to hold back a piece of your heart before throwing it all on the bandwagon. Every game in this current seven-game win streak that has them at 11-7 has been a battle - even Tuesday's 5-3 win over Toronto when the Maple Leafs looked disinterested to start and then lost Auston Matthews in the middle of the game. Three of their seven wins have gone to extra time.