For what might be the first time ever, I attended a second game in a given Bruins season. A coworker got tickets for last night's home finale through his wife, and so a bunch of us got to see the latest chapter of the Bruins-Canadiens rivalry. We entered a few pages in, though, arriving just as Montreal scored their second goal halfway through the opening period.

It looked like it was going to be bad, and the level of play didn't do much to inspire confidence. Thankfully, Montreal let us hang around, and the first unit played well enough for Patrice Bergeron to net a couple of goals. But the poor play of the other units, and the mediocre goaltending of Tim Thomas, led to a 4-3 final. On a lighter note, we did also see Yan Stastny score his first NHL goal.

The Bruins do have a few guys they can build on, but there's no depth. They need to totally rebuild their second, third, and fourth lines, and there's very little on the blue line to be happy about. I have hopes for Hannu Toivonen in net, and wish they hadn't shut him down after he recovered from an injury earlier in the season.

What I have the least hope for, though, is competent management. Getting rid of Mike O'Connell helps, but until Harry Sinden retires (and, wishful thinking, Jeremy Jacobs sells the team to someone who is actually interested in hockey), I don't see there being a full turn-around. I think they'll get better, but then again, they can't fall much farther. Can they?