2008 10 09 Gil Santos Commentary

[0:00] ..." here come the Bruins they open their season in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche the Bruins will play four straight road games as we go to Minnesota Montreal and all the will be for the home opener Monday October 20 against Pittsburgh. Last year very little was expected of the Bruins so was -- pleasant surprise when the made the playoffs made even more so when they took Montreal the full seven games before falling in the opening round. With that experience and the return -- Patrice Bergeron from the severe concussion that cost him almost the entire season last year. This Bruins team goes into the season with high expectations of their own and higher expectations from their fans. Bergeron Phil Kessel Milan Lucic very promising rookie Blake Wheeler the role youngsters this team must rely on defenseman Zdeno Chara as to come up and play as big as a six foot seven brain says he showed. And they need as does"...

[0:00]" So here come the Bruins they open their season in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche the Bruins will play four straight road games as we go to Minnesota Montreal and all the will be for the home opener Monday October 20 against Pittsburgh. Last year very little was expected of the Bruins so was -- pleasant surprise when the made the playoffs made even more so when they took Montreal the full seven games before falling in the opening round. With that experience and the return -- Patrice Bergeron from the severe concussion that cost him almost the entire season last year. This Bruins team goes into the season with high expectations of their own and higher expectations from their fans. Bergeron Phil Kessel Milan Lucic very promising rookie Blake Wheeler the role youngsters this team must rely on defenseman Zdeno Chara as to come up and play as big as a six foot seven brain says he showed. And they need as does every successful NHL team solid goal keeping from Tim Thomas and for Manny Fernandez and missed all of last season. And it's the second year for head coach blog Julia and the Bruins playing tough -- hockey last season he had them believing that success should filter into the season players bought into what Julien was telling them and it would take to win in the should do at this time around even more so. It's easier to come out of nowhere however and be a good young team than it is to take the next step. We'll begin to find out tonight on this four game road trip to start the season if the Bruins are ready to move up -- little. On the news -- until Santos WBZ sports."