from Wayne Scanlan of Senators Extra,

So, the question to ask a reporter that attends NHL games all season long – which teams WOULD you pay to see?

After watching the Boston Bruins, one of the Eastern Conference elite, check and grind their way to a joyless 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators Thursday night, I can tell you the Bruins would not be on my pay-to-see list. And that’s a crime considering they possess such high-end talent as Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin and Brad Marchand.

Forget “Free Jake Gardiner.” Free Tyler Seguin from the defensive shackles that hold him down.

At the top of my pay-per-view list would be the teams willing to take risks, willing to play the game the way it was meant to be played – wide open, tapping into the talents of the world’s best players, without coaches squeezing the life out of hockey with an obsessive focus on eliminating opposition chances.

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