Welcome to the last Friday in August, folks!
If you’re a summer person, unfortunately, that time has come: Labor Day Weekend, the officially unofficial end of the best season of the year.
Hopefully you can squeeze in another beach day or two, maybe a cookout…but September looms.
The good news about September coming is that we’ll have a lot more to talk about around these parts relatively soon, so you won’t be limited to reading my stream-of-consciousness ramblings.
(Should we bring back Cehp-tember? The people demand Cehlarik Content.)
Here come the captains’ practices
In a sure sign that the hockey machine will slowly be creaking to life, the Bruins announced the schedule for captains’ practices — and believe it or not, they’re just a few days away.
Select Bruins will gather at Warrior Arena at 10 AM on both Tuesday and Thursday, with limited media availabilities to follow.
The awkward part, of course, is that the Bruins are technically without a captain for now, so they really should be called “Alternate Captains’ Practices,” but that’s splitting hairs.
It’s also silly that David Pastrnak hasn’t been named captain yet, especially after his performance in last season’s debacle, but that’s an argument for another day.
You may have already discussed this, but the B’s national TV schedule was released earlier this week, and they’re getting quite a bit of exposure for a team that was bad last year.
The B’s will be on national TV in the United States 17 times next season — in this case, “national TV” means ABC, TNT, or ESPN.
The B’s will have six Saturday games on ABC, along with a smattering of other games: the season opener on TNT, Brad Marchand’s return to TD Garden on ESPN, etc.
If you’re without NESN, having access to nearly 25% of the team’s games is certainly a good thing.
If you’re a neutral observer, it remains to be seen if this much exposure to next year’s Bruins will be hazardous to your health.
Anyways, what’s on tap for today? Any big LDW plans?