The Anatomy of the 2009-2010 Bruins' Collapse

Due to extensive "medicating" (also known as the consumption of alcohol in extreme quantities) in the aftermath of May 14th I've succeeded in destroying any semblance of ability I have to write coherently about the historic collapse of my favorite team in all of sports, the Boston Bruins, in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

(In case you didn't know, the Bruins held a 3-0 series lead against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, and lost the final 4 games of the series, including the game 7 finale on May 14th-- in Boston, no less-- in which the Bruins scored the first 3 goals of the game. Ironic symmetry, eh? Worse, the B's breakdown represents only the fourth time in the history of professional sports that a team has blown a 3-0 series lead.)

And so, I will leave it in the hands of others to analyze, describe, whatever, why the Bruins lost and moreover, why my heart (and head) currently ache:

• "Sifting through the rubble" - Fluto Shinzawa, Boston Globe
• "Infamy revisited one too many times" - Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe
• "A chance to change, but a familiar ending" - Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
• "Haunted by history" - Chad Finn, Boston Globe
• "What they said ..." - Chad Finn, Boston Globe
• "Bruins Still Have Reason to Be Optimistic About Future Despite Epic Collapse Against Flyers" - Adam Kaufman, NESN 
• "Bruins left to wonder what went wrong after epic collapse" - AP  
• "In the End, the Bruins Were Who We Thought They Were" - Michael Hurley, NESN