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Instead of looking at themselves, B's blame Joe

Updated: December 1, 2005, 8:16 PM ET
By Terry Frei | Special to ESPN.com

As soon as I'm done with this, I will have to battle the irresistible urge to call one of the Boston sports-talk radio stations and whine.

("Long-time listener, first-time caller, thanks for taking my call, hey, I mean, I gotta tell ya, was Mike O'Connell getting consulting advice from Theo Epstein on this one since Theo doesn't have anything to do these days?")

It comes down to this: The Bruins are blaming Joe Thornton.

Their new-world, post-CBA strategy seemed ...

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