Who to root for?

As regular readers are aware, I love hockey. I got addicted by the 1988 and 1990 Bruins and Cam Neely. It's been tough going for the Bruins since 1992 (their second straight sweep in the Conference Finals to Pittsburgh). They had a couple of nice seasons but never made any real waves in the playoffs. In fact they have not won a playoff series since beating Carolina back in 1999. So you have to excuse me if I'm not really enjoying this season. Of course not everything is perfect and the injuries that seem to keep piling up you have to think will affect them at some point. You can only lose so many defensemen before it starts actually affecting your play.

That being said, tonight I am a little torn. In net for the New Jersey Devils will be Scott Clemmensen, hero of the 2001 Boston College national championship team (and owner of one of the most disgusting saves I have ever seen live), who will be looking to get his 12th victory of the season (he had only 8 in his previous 5 years). He is playing phenomenal hockey right now and its great to see someone cash in on their opportunity even if it is at the expense of someone's injury (see Matt Cassel - for that matter see Tom Brady). I want to root for him but at the same time I want the Bruins to keep rolling. My only hope is that they win 1-0 and Clem is a stalwart in net making spectacular save after spectacular save.