Salutations

Good evening everyone, welcome to the TD Banknorth Garden. We're getting ready for Game 4 of this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the Bruins and Canadiens.

The teams are in the locker rooms after the warm-ups.

A bit of grumbling up here on Floor Nine regarding the Thunder Sticks the Bruins handed out to fans before the game. The regular clap clap that follows a "Here we go, Bruins" chant just doesn't sound the same. More of an airy, hollow feel. But then again, this is from an outside perspective -- I'm not in the stands.

Just as long as no Bruins fans use said sticks on their out-of-town friends, we should be OK. No need to have any Montreal fans go down with an upper-torso injury related to a Thunder Stick incident.