Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said something absolutely astonishing before Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
He announced a goalie change from Linus Ullmark to Jeremy Swayman, which was to be expected when one is down in a series. But to justify his decision, Cassidy said the following: "If it ends up being one of those 2-1 games, we need a performance where we get that timely save."
A 2-1 game?
After this regular season?
In these playoffs?
For decades, proud puckheads would salivate over games that had passionate intensity but little goal-scoring catharsis.