Never would have figured before their parallel seasons — or even halfway through them, really — that the Bruins rather than the Celtics would be the Boston winter sports team with the better chance of winning a championship this year.
But here we are, 63 games into the Bruins season and 62 into the Celtics, and all trends indicate that it’s the unified fellas on skates who have the better chance of getting those duck boat engines revving again come June.
It wasn’t expected to be this way, of course. Sure, the Bruins were supposed to be good, a surefire playoff team, one that ought to win a round or maybe two, with good play and good fortune.