The more things change, the more things stay the same.
The Boston Bruins, an arguably weaker team entering 2014-15 with the losses of Jarome Iginla to free agency and Johnny Boychuk to a financially necessary trade, plus the absence of David Krejci due to injury, looked no worse for wear Wednesday. It took a Chris Kelly goal in the final two minutes, but the Bruins grabbed a much-deserved two points with a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden.
The great thing for the Flyers and the necessary truth about the season's first game for each team is nothing that happened over these 60 minutes matters in the grand scheme of an 82-game marathon.
Well, almost nothing matters.
As with all season openers, this one was sloppier than a second-grader's cursive writing. Missed connections on passes, poor breakouts, miscommunication and bad decisions as the result of fatigue were a hallmark of this contest. There were enough whistles as a result of offsides, icings and slow-developing shot attempts blocked into the netting that one could have easily thought they were at a rave.
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Bruins Get Best of Flyers in Sloppy Game, but Don’t Overreact to a Season Opener
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