Bruins still hibernating from layoff

I have mixed feelings about round-robin playoff seeding. It's a good way to give the top 4 teams a bye while also giving them a chance to play meaningful and competitive hockey so they don't get rusty.

But it's also weird that the 4th seed can move up to #1 with just one or two good games. Maybe the better way to it would be to give the top team 2 bonus points for the group, the second team 1 point, and then that way they have an inside track for the higher seeds.

That being said, the Bruins have nobody to blame for this loss but themselves. Halak was poor. Most of the team played like it was a regular season game. They lost battles, they didn't support the puck, they made hopeful passes in dangerous areas of the ice.

The intensity from both teams didn't match that of most of the playoff qualifiers I saw this weekend, but the Flyers still brought more effort with them to the rink than the B's did.

As of Tuesday morning the Bruins sit in the cellar of the qualifying group, the only team in the group without any points.