The Bruins' $156,679 bar tab is entirely appropriate

[jobeterob]

The Bruins' $156,679 bar tab is entirely appropriate
BEER Jun 22, 2011 6 Comments


It's no secret that hockey players like to tip a few from time to time. And what better time than after winning the Stanley Cup? Word got out this week on just how much the Boston Bruins spent on booze during a team party at the Shrine nightclub at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. And it's pretty damn impressive.

SixteenWins.com did up this amazing infographic [[click for larger version) that puts the tab in perspective. Keep in mind, as Shawn Thornton told a Boston radio station, there were 30 guys involved. Plus, apparently the jurassic bottle of champagne was a gift. According to Boston.com, it was a 30-litre 'Midas' bottle, one of six in existence, and double the size of the 15-liter Ace of Spades brut that Mark Cuban bought for his NBA champ Dallas Mavericks. So if Thornton's math is right, that's about a litre of bubbly each. Take that basketball.

If you can't drink like a lottery-winning hobo after reaching hockey's greatest heights, when can you? [[Seriously, the odds of actually becoming a lottery-winning hobo are just astronomical.) As Thornton put it, "Hey, we won the Stanley Cup, if you're ever going to do it, all I hear about is how hard the guys from '72 went, we had to live up to those expectations."

Somewhere out there, Phil Esposito is nodding his approval.

[theboyfromxtown]

It certainly doesn't get my approval. I have never understood the need to celebrate by drinking excessively.

I also happen to believe it sends out the wrong message.

[jobeterob]

I agree John.

That bar tab, the Vancouver riots, the behaviour on Youtube, and even the behaviour that has at times surfaced here..........it is all a symbol of something that isn't reassuring about our society.

[StuBass1]

Party on...If all this money is being spent on a celebration...then other people are earning that money to support themselves and their families, including the establishment where the party is taking place...waitresses, food service employees, bartenders, car parkers, maintenence personnel, the truck drivers who deliver the livations, warehouse personnel, etc, etc, etc. I've been to weddings where the cost exceeded that of this celebration. If the money is being spent, then it's going into the economy and everyone benefits, including the various taxes being paid to the government as the money circulates.

That said...I do recall some instances where certain high profile athletes [[like Anthony Kim and others) have dished out 100 thousand dollars and more at places like The Bellagio to spray champaigne around the place like a 6 year old kid would do. I do find that a bit troubling, and would personally suggest that instead of spraying 10 thousand dollar bottles of the bubbly that they spray 100 dollar bottles [[it probably sprays just as good) and donate that money they're wasting to a worthy charity....but I suppose if they earned the money...they can spendc it [[or spray it) anyway they wish...although I maintain the right to think less of them as so called adults.

[StuBass1]

It should also be noted that due to his overall behaviour, Mr Kim was asked to leave The Bellagio and not return. 75 Grand and you can't even come back. Hopefully, The Bruins behaviour was better than that and a good time was had by all.