Lineups look the way you’d expect for Bruins, Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — The three Bruins players made available to the media this afternoon pregame and head coach Claude Julien all answered questions about Tim Thomas by noting that Tuukka Rask is also a great goaltender.
Despite the verbal bouquets, however, Rask is still just a great back-up goaltender, for now.
Tim Thomas led the Bruins onto the ice for warm-ups, while Brian Boucher did the same for the Philadelphia before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the teams.
Here’s how the Bruins skated their line drills:
Lucic-Krejci-Horton
Marchand-Bergeron-Recchi
Kelly-Peverley-Ryder
Paille-Campbell-Thornton
Chara-Seidenberg
Kaberle-McQuaid
Ference-Boychuk
And here’s how the Flyers lined up:
Carcillo-Richards-Versteeg
Hartnell-Briere-Leino
Van Riemsdyk-Giroux-Zherdev
Rinaldo-Betts-Powe
Carle-Pronger
Timonen-Coburn
Meszaros-O’Donnell
Never mind. Warmup. Nathandertal. Way to get back to even.
Did I see Seguin in the cutway?? Or was it video from warm-ups.
Keep an eye out for Rinaldo. He may not look big but he hits harder than most guys realize. I’ve seen him put guys out for months. He’s not right. Perfect Flyer.