Who’s Tougher 70′s Bruins or Today’s Bruins

It’s hard to look at two different teams from two different eras and determine which team is “tougher”. Comparing the 1970′s Boston Bruins teams with the current Bruins teams in terms of toughness is like comparing the pitching of today’s Philadelphia Phillies to the 1960′s Cardinals teams: it’s just hard to do. One of the reasons for this is how the game has changed. In the 1970′s the game was, at it’s core, tougher. You have more holding, more open ice checking, and more “cheap shots”. Today’s game is a lot more wide Read more…