Bedard's Daily Briefing 05.29.19: Can Blues halt Bruins' charge? Red Sox bullpen implodes

Good morning!

A few random thoughts while I wonder which Patriots we'll see on the TD Garden stadium board ... shirtless David Andrews?

• Game 2 tonight at the Garden. Don't know about you, but this feels a lot like the Carolina series ... actually, it's worse for the Blues.


• The Hurricanes should have won Game 1 if it wasn't Tuukka Rask playing out of his skull. The Blues could have won Game 1 ... but Rask didn't have to do anything, the Bruins just knocked off their rust and dusted the Blues.


• Once the Bruins found their legs in the second period, you got the distinct impression St. Louis could no longer hang.


• Let's see what the Blues do in this spot. Carolina folded and the series was basically over. Can the Blues thwart the Bruins? We'll see. It may take Jordan Binnington pulling a Rask. Binnington was very good in Game 1, but he's going to need to be All-World for St. Louis to win this one.


• The Red Sox' bullpen absolutely imploded last night. It will lead to a lot of overreaction and Craig Kimbrel opinions today, but it's too early for that. One bad night does not a season make. This team has bigger issues than that — and even those will get worked out.


• Good look at the Dustin Pedroia options.


• Patriots roster breakdown.

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