What Is Wrong With the Bruins?

Feeling the pressure of the NHL playoffs? Or are the teams just digging themselves into their holes? Well, for the Boston Bruins, it is definitely both. After two back-to-back losses at home versus the Montreal Canadiens, the Bruins are certainly not getting what they wanted out of their home-ice advantage.
I won't be able to tell you what happened in Game 1 because I didn't watch the game but I can honestly say that Game 2 did not turn out the way I expected. So what happened? You might've seen the problems, but if you didn't watch both of the games, I'll tell you right away.
Major, major problems. The first major problem is defense. Without Zdeno Chara in the lineup, the defense has problems and it certainly showed within the first three minutes of Game 2 when their defense couldn't help Tim Thomas out and it allowed for Montreal's Mike Cammalleri and Mathieu Darche to score two goals within the first three minutes of the game.
The second major problem is what I mentioned in that defense. Zdeno Chara. He is the leader of this club and without his leadership on the ice, the Bruins are boiled down to a non-elite team in these playoffs. Montreal was able to capitalize on his absence by getting two big road wins heading back into Montreal.
So far, this is not good for the Bruins. They will now have to try to solve their problems in Montreal, a place where it gets very, very loud and it makes it hard for the offense ,and more importantly defense, of the Bruins to really get pucks past Carey Price.
Well, Game 1 and 2 didn't turn out the way the Bruins had hoped for. They wanted to win both of those games but instead they had defensive woes, an absent Zdeno Chara, and a lack of scoring. Games 3 and 4 will be in Montreal, but don't expect the Bruins to really get a good amount of defense and offense going. After all, it's Montreal and if you go into Montreal in the playoffs, don't expect a great win. But we'll see if the Bruins' defense actually gets it going and if Zdeno Chara makes it back onto the ice. The playoffs live on, puckheads.