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Perhaps it’s the collision between politics and sports — in which elections are covered like trade deadline day and the “horse races” leading up to them are covered like game stories — that we’re always preparing ourselves for the spin around a well-hyped game.

If the Boston Bruins skate out of TD Garden on Saturday with a victory over the Vancouver Canucks in their first meeting since the Stanley Cup Final … well, big deal, right? They already pummeled them when it mattered most last June. It’s been well-established they’re the bigger, tougher, stronger team with more consistant goaltending. It adds another exclamation point to a proclamation we already comprehend.

If the Boston Bruins lose to the Canucks on home ice … well, second in the Eastern Conference on Jan. 7 with a goal differential of nearly 70-plus is a nice cushion for that fall. They can go home, take out that glittery ring they won last spring and forget this ever happened.

This game isn’t about the Boston Bruins. It’s about the Vancouver Canucks. And win or lose, they really can’t win.

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