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Playing for the “Big, Bad Bruins” with a torn labrum would get you a guest spot on “Cheers” or at least a caMeo on “Ally McBeal.” Boston was so thirsty for a title that Ray Bourque flew in froM Colorado OBF: Bruins’ loss gets us one step closer to bad ‘ol days with the Stanley Cup just so the city could drink it all in. Amid Rask’s claiMs that he ignores the noise during the Bruins post- By BILL SPEROS | June 13, 2021 at 5:56 a.M. mortem press-gaggle on Friday, the goalie admitted — without naMing names — that ToM Brady has made life flat-out Miserable for every other professional athlete who plays in the Bay State or will do so for the next 20 years. Turns out “Tuukka Rask” is Finnish for “Charlie Brown.” “The Patriots definitely haven’t helped anybody in that regard, because Both are loyal, lovable and, unfortunately, often on life’s losing end. they won chaMpionships every year it seeMed like. This city only They even share the same colors. recognizes chaMpions as their heroes,” Rask said. “I feel like I’ve played good hockey and given us a chance. It’s tough to win. Very few guys can While Charlie Brown has Lucy perpetually pulling away that dreaded win it. It’s not easy. We’ve definitely tried. I just haven’t been able to football at the last moMent, Keeper of the Cup Phil Pritchard continues to close the deal, and that’s the way it is. You just Must deal with it. Maybe hold Lord Stanley’s silver chalice at arM’s length away from the Bruins it’ll happen, who knows.” goaltender, with some help, of course. (Rask did hoist the cup in 2011 as TiM Thomas’ backup). “I feel like I’ve played good hockey.” Rask has been under a cloud of dooM since GaMe 6 of the 2013 Stanley “It’s tough to win.” Cup Finals. His “Great PuMpkin” MoMent returned in GaMe 7 of the “We definitely tried.” Finals at TD Garden, when he allowed two goals off the first four shots he faced. After that loss, Rask and the Bruins partied like hell at The We were served even weaker sauce after the Celtics were obliterated by Grand. The rest of us were left holding a bag of rocks. Brooklyn. Rask and the Bruins were eMasculated by the Nassau County Islanders Last season, Belichick offered nearly every excuse that he had Mocked during their Eastern Conference semifinal series in just six gaMes. The others for using over the previous 20 years to explain his inability to Bruins were, to paraphrase one Bill Belichick, “outplayed and outcoached adopt to a post-Brady universe. in all phases.” Instead of Gronk spiking beers, we’re stuck with athletes and coaches The post-defeat fallout landed particularly hard on Rask, as it usually shedding Metaphorical tears. does. Is this the new old standard? Rask played with a torn labruM, which was a physical explanation for his uneven and laborious play in Games 5 and 6 against the Islanders. Have we returned to the “Good Job, Good Effort” era of Boston Hockey players take the ice with injuries that would routinely sideline professional sports? athletes in other sports. One can never fault anyone for wanting to play Is “Loserville” back as the final stop on the Red Line? while hurt, even if it’s not in the best overall interest of the teaM. Props to Rask for wanting to play and toughing it out. It may indeed be time to gas up the Swan Boats. This was coach Bruce Cassidy’s failure. He lacked either the will or The longest trophy gap during the “Score of Success” was 1,099 days, judgMent to pull his goalie in favor of the future and JereMy SwayMan. froM the Celtics’ rout of the Lakers in GaMe 6 of 2008 NBA Finals to Tim Thomas’ Game 7 shutout of the Canucks on June 15, 2011. Rask has hardly the lone reason why the Bruins are playing golf this weekend. The so-called Perfection line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Super Bowl XLVI coMes 1,106 days after Brady and the Patriots won Bergeron and David Pastrnak was daMn-near perfect. The rest of the Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, the region’s Most-recent chaMpionship. teaM was sMothered like a plate of Pollo ParMigiana at Lucia’s. If the Red Sox (+2200 at DraftKings) don’t win the 2021 World Series, Boston’s blueliners were diMinished in nuMbers, dwarfed in size, and New England will officially clinch its longest title drought since “Varitek often double-crossed by the officials. Cassidy failed to Make necessary split the uprights.” line adjustments to counter the lethal matchups the Islanders threw at Boston in Uniondale.