Rub A Drub Drub

Let's turn the page on the 9-2 drubbing, shall we?

• T&E: No, not travel and entertainment. It had been since 1965 that the Bruins had faced so very many shots in a single game.[BostonGlobe]


• Milan Lucic has been a good fit in L.A., where the Kings play a heavy game that used to be the Bruins' calling card.[TheBostonGlobe]


• Western Conference teams have been been an important test for the Bruins' playoff hopes, one which the Bruins are failing this year.[WEEI]


• Steel yourself for a few final notable points from the game. The good news? Tyler Randell is the league leader in goals per 60 minutes.[WEEI]


• As glad as we all were to see Lucic, the game was a massacre.Tuukka Rask was pulled in the second period.[ScoutingPost]


• It seemed that a pair of flukey goals in the waning moments of the first period rattled the Bruins, who had played a solid first period.[Hockeybuzz]


• But we'll always have memories of Lucic, as seen in the tribute video that welcomed him back to TD Garden. He also skated a lap to acknowledge the fans postgame. (With video)[PuckDaddy]


• Bobby Robins has perspective on the John Scott All-Star Game situation, and on life after hockey. He is also working on a memoir, which will surely be worth a read.[BobbyRobins.com]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• The call of nature poses very specific problems for a goalie. Cross your legs as Braden Holtby, Roberto Luongo, and other notable netminders explain.[SportsIllustrated]


• Dive on into Thirty Thoughts, where the rumored Dennis Wideman back to Boston trade was not as firm as believed. Bonus: More details on the botched concussion protocol immediately following the Wideman hit on the official.[Sportsnet]


• Looking ahead at the trade market, Pierre LeBrun sees a buyer's market in which teams don't need to give up firt-round picks to acquire a rental player.[TSN]


• The Maple Leafs moved "$35M of meh" by sending their captain to Ottawa.[NationalPost]


• Let'th thympathize with Chicklet challeged NHLerth like Brent Burnth, for whom eating corn on the cob presenths a logithtical problem.[SportsIllustrated]


• Hinga Dinga Durgen. Hockey in Sweden is just a bunch of mill-town boys who find success in the concept of community and teamwork. Victor Hedman explains how the North American game was a major adjustment.[ThePlayersTribune]


• Six new teams joined the NHL fifty years ago, and potential owners of the proposed new teams included the owner of the Ice Capades.[NHL]


• Zebra down: Since it has been in the news of late, look at the history of the suspensions meted out for "Abuse of an Official."[SlappersAndStats]