Bruins take preseason opener, lose a legend

There was a lot of Bruins related news from today, but none to do with Phil Kessel.

First, the good news.

The Bruins defeated the New York Rangers 2-1 in the preseason opener. Zach Hamill and Max Sauve scored power-play goals to lead the black and gold past the blue shirts.

The star of the night was Tuukka Rask, who stopped 31 of 32 shots to earn the win. Rask may be becoming known as a Ranger killer. If you remember, last season Rask shut out the Rangers in his lone NHL appearance in 2008-2009.

Now to the not so good news.

David Krejci is "not even close to playing" in the preseason games this week, coach Claude Julien told the media today. However, Julien did not say that Krejci's assessment of returning by mid October was out of the question.

Finally, Fred Cusick, the popular play-by-play voice for the Bruins for more than 40 years, has died. Cusick died at his home on Cape Cod at the age of 90.

I believe it is a no brainer to say that Cusick is the best Bruins play-by-play man in the teams storied history.

It is terribly sad to hear about Mr. Cusick's passing. He was a great broadcaster and will be sorely missed.