Are the Bruins still not in the class of the Carolina Hurricanes? Do they still have some things to prove after a hot start?

We could start with the last night's game, Tuesday night's game.

2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Carolina.

A really entertaining game.

I thought a really good game between the two best teams, I think, in the East right now as far as how they performed in the early going.

We'll see how things go, the twists and turns of the regular season.

Now, it was a close game.

The Bruins had chances to tie it at the end.

They had two power plays at the end.

They couldn't cash in.

That was a big part of what happened.

But...

I think generally speaking, you saw what we've seen sometimes when these two teams have played in the recent past, which was the speed and the tenacity of Carolina's attack on the puck everywhere had the Bruins scrambling.

They were chasing the game after the first period, the last 40 minutes of the game for long stretches, I thought.

I thought the defensemen were under siege a lot of the time.

And what we've seen in years past was what we saw this time, which was defensemen weren't making plays as much as they were trying to survive and just get the puck out of the zone.

And therefore, puck possession was really tough at times.

The managing of the puck was hard because I think players at times were panicking with the puck because they were just under heavy, heavy pressure from Carolina, which they do to everybody.

because they're so fast and so heavy on the attack.

And that's why they won a cup last year.

Like they're just a suffocating team.

But, you know, nine shots on net through two periods is not a lot, not a lot of time with the puck and not a lot going on.

And I think there's been a shot disparity in a lot of games for the Bruins this year.

And I think, you know, it did look like the Bruins were not in the same class as the Carolina Hurricanes, even though it was a two to one game.

Until the very end, they sort of regained the momentum.

But that, generally speaking, I thought you saw throughout the lineup.