from Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe,
As Tuukka Rask skated off the ice, ceding the net to Niklas Svedberg, it felt like it could be an end: the end of his evening, the end of the Bruins’ chances to make the playoffs, the end of an era for a team that just two years ago was in the Stanley Cup Final.
If that seems too harsh for one game, especially when the Bruins technically remain within the playoff structure, then it’s helpful to hearken back to the words of CEO Charlie Jacobs in January, when he put everyone on notice, when he told the organization that the way the team was playing was unacceptable.
The results, at least, are unacceptable once again, with the Bruins having gone 0-3-2 in their last five games. They lost again on Sunday, 5-3, to the Lightning, a team that hadn’t beaten them since March 13, 2012. And with the loss, the Bruins slipped closer to packing up their lockers in April instead of playing in the postseason.
It seems like a distant memory now, but it was just a week ago that the Bruins arrived in Washington having moved past the Capitals into the first wild-card spot. They could even see Detroit, ahead of them in the Atlantic, within their grasp.
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