By Joe Ballway, YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer
So that was it? That’s the best they could do?
Disappointing.  Pathetic.   Shameful.  There’s no shortage of negative adjectives to describe the effort the Bruins put forth in a game that so many people anticipated as perhaps one last indication that this season isn’t swirling down the toilet.  No way to possibly put into words how weakly they responded to the unjust loss of one of their most valuable players.
Flash back two weeks.  Marc Savard lay on the ice, barely twitching, after Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke swooped in with a late blindside elbow to the noggin.  Savard was eventually taken off on a stretcher; two weeks later, he’s still suffering from dizziness and confusion, essentially confined to bedrest for the remainder of the season.
The hit sparked outrage for two reasons.  First, the NHL failed to respond, letting Cooke off scot-free in yet another example that the league needs to implement a disciplinary policy for hits to the head. Second, the Bruins failed to take matters into their own hands when the incident occurred, instead standing around idly and observing their fallen teammate as if he were some fascinating exhibit at a museum.
Since then, the Bruins have been emasculated by every media outlet that gives [...]