Funny thing was the Bruins absolutely owned the Oilers in the 80s. Pwn3d them, even. Steve Kasper used to attach like Velcro to Wayne Gretzky, holding and interference rules were apparently suspended, and the games would be deadly dull. The Bruins usually won in Edmonton and ALWAYS won in the Boston Garden. In the regular season, that is.

Come the playoffs, though, different story. The two could only meet in the Finals, thankfully, and when they did it was the Oilers doing the owning, to the tune of 8 wins, 1 loss, 1 “tie”. (Game 4 of 1988 was truncated due to a power failure in decrepit “Gahden” … the rats probably chewed through a cable). Oilers were undefeated in Boston, going 4-0-1 over those two series including 3 wins in 1990. Among those were “the Petr Klima game” in Game 1 followed by a 3-goal-2-assist masterpiece by Jari Kurri in his last series as an Oiler. The hat trick temporarily put Kurri ahead of Wayne Gretzky and made him the top goal scorer in Stanley Cup history with, somewhat ironically, 92 goals.

I have a swimming lesson and an out-of-town Halloween party, so I’ll be taking a miss. Seriously, who the hell plays an 11 AM game? Jackasses.

Me, I hate the Bruins because of who my #2 team is. ’Nuff said.