Boston Bruins 2023 Off-Season CAP, Trade Rumors and Free Agent Talk XIII

[DKH]

Don't recall.

What did he hurt?

Broke left thumb

As a lefty who is a right shot with a chipped tooth like Pasta I figured he was cooked trying to shoot and stick-handle

The good news we both got caps for our front teeth and Habs world class smiles

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

St. Louis "beating" Boston. A bottom of the barrel team that was in last place in January who squeaked in and took the Cup (with a bit of help from the refs).
The Bruins belonged in the in the finals in 2011.
They had a great season and then ran the gauntlet to the finals.
Even though they did it with some luck, they took it to the team that was probably the favorite.
Prior to playing St. Louis a lot of folks here said that it would be a 4 game sweep cake walk which of course was nonsense.

Who was that?

 

[Gordoff]

Don't recall.

What did he hurt?

IIRC the team went out for a dinner and he had a few too many (supposedly) and tripped over a curb getting into a cab? Memory is sticky on this.

 

[DKH]

St. Louis "beating" Boston. A bottom of the barrel team that was in last place in January who squeaked in and took the Cup (with a bit of help from the refs).
The Bruins belonged in the in the finals in 2011.
They had a great season and then ran the gauntlet to the finals.
Even though they did it with some luck, they took it to the team that was probably the favorite.
Prior to playing St. Louis a lot of folks here said that it would be a 4 game sweep cake walk which of course was nonsense.

St Louis sucks - their coach is the most overrated tough guy I’ve seen going back to the days is Forbes Kennedy and John Ferguson. Lyndon Byers knocked him out on his feet and showed class by holding him up so he wouldn’t fall and hurt himself

It’s bad enough the Bruins lost but to that team made it worse and home

 

[Gordoff]

Who was that?

Good question. Tampa? Beat them in game 7. Montreal was no slouch either.
So yeah, probably not "favorite."
Bruins had to go 7 games in each round except for Philly, who they owed payback to.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

IIRC the team went out for a dinner and he had a few too many (supposedly) and tripped over a curb getting into a cab? Memory is sticky on this.

Actually, the team made him go out with sponsors from China.

 

[DKH]

Said to one of my buddies yesterday afternoon I need a couple more Bruins things for man cave

At 4 my rep tells me I won the Krejci banner that hung outside TD Garden during playoffs

At 6 last night I am thinking I got nothing to eat and my neighbor rings door bell our pizza place delivered a large chicken barbecue with onions and they didn’t ask for onions - it’s yours they are delivering another

Today talking to Eric about Providence and prospects on phone thinking gotta get AHL this season 45 minutes later I just get an email as a legacy member a new perk is free AHL.com to watch Providence

Why I am not worried about this team - somehow someway they will a playoff team and top 5-6 overall

 

[Terrier]

Danielle Marmer, former Bruins staffer and Quinnipiac standout, named general manager of Boston’s new women’s hockey team - The Boston Globe

Marmer, who grew up around her mother's rink in Vermont, was a star in college and realized she had some coaching acumen. The new league will get off to a fast start with free agency beginning Friday.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[blurbruin]

IIRC the team went out for a dinner and he had a few too many (supposedly) and tripped over a curb getting into a cab? Memory is sticky on this.

Wasn't that what happend to Jon Grahame?

 

[The don godfather]

St Louis sucks - their coach is the most overrated tough guy I’ve seen going back to the days is Forbes Kennedy and John Ferguson. Lyndon Byers knocked him out on his feet and showed class by holding him up so he wouldn’t fall and hurt himself

It’s bad enough the Bruins lost but to that team made it worse and home

That's why I wanted Cassidy gone and I cant stand his face .

 

[GordonHowe]

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Several former Boston Bruins players are still looking for new contracts with the 2023-24 season rapidly approaching.

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[The Andrew Peeke Fan]

Wonder where Heinen lands. Still have my prov jersey

 

[Dr Hook]

Wasn't that what happend to Jon Grahame?

Yes I thought the same thing. Grahame did his ankle though- stepped off a curb wrong when hammered iirc

 

[DKH]

That's why I wanted Cassidy gone and I cant stand his face .

Girls at work used to call him ‘juicy Brucie’ they thought he was hot

 

[PB37]

Pastrnak off ice injury cost them

The Marchand injury too from the scrimmage before the Finals but I don't remember specifically what the injury was.

 

[Gordoff]

Wasn't that what happend to Jon Grahame?

I remember him and his dad (Ron) who was traded to LA IIRC for the draft pick that was used for Ray Bourque.

Yes I thought the same thing. Grahame did his ankle though- stepped off a curb wrong when hammered iirc

Damn curbs attacking innocent tipsy Bruins...

BTW: Today is John Grahames birthday...https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=21996

 

[Fenian24]

St Louis sucks - their coach is the most overrated tough guy I’ve seen going back to the days is Forbes Kennedy and John Ferguson. Lyndon Byers knocked him out on his feet and showed class by holding him up so he wouldn’t fall and hurt himself

It’s bad enough the Bruins lost but to that team made it worse and home

That was a beating LB handed out to Berube, Miller gave him a warm up version earlier in the same game.

The Bergeron/Chara era Bruins should have at least 3 Cups, 2011, 2019 ( nice to know Cassidy learned so much here to help Vegas) and last year.

The Bid Bad Bruin era should have had 3 minimum, 70, 71, 72. The watered down version should have won in 74. Then came the JJ and Sinden "one player short" decades which I won't get into.

Wonder where Heinen lands. Still have my prov jersey

Wouldn't be surprised to see a lovely advertisement covered jersey in his future. SEL? KHL?

 

[McGarnagle]

Wonder where Heinen lands. Still have my prov jersey

Incredibly underrated player. You'd look at him on the ice and not notice much, and the raw goals and assists numbers were average. But if you dig deeper you'd notice that every single line he played with performed significantly better with him on the ice - and that even included Marchand and Bergeron who technically had better possession and efficiency stats with him than Pasta (though the goal differences made up for it).

Of course, that was 4+ years ago so he's likely declined a bit. But he should be appreciated more around here.

 

[bb74]

IIRC the team went out for a dinner and he had a few too many (supposedly) and tripped over a curb getting into a cab? Memory is sticky on this.

I think that was John Grahame who was a promising backup for Dafoe no? Pasta I think they said "slippery surface" :-/

edit : blur beat me to it.

 

[The don godfather]

Girls at work used to call him ‘juicy Brucie’ they thought he was hot

He more looks like a broken jawbreaker to me.

 

[bruins19]

Karma is as real as your hand

When Cassidy scratched an All Time Blues captain for a couple of guys including Danton Heinen who was basically trying to survive shifts - it was over before it started

The Bruins play that game 100 times they win 80….there are no guarantees in sports but I’ll always feel Backes should have been in that lineup

He was good enough for game 3 in St. Louis a 7-2 win he was good enough to get 10 minutes in game 7

I agree completely. He had something to prove after being scratched and would have played like a man possessed.

 

[bruins19]

Wasn't that what happend to Jon Grahame?

Thought it was Byron Dafoe.

 

[The don godfather]

Is heinen washed up? Hes only 28 might be something there played very well here early in his career.

 

[BiteThisBurrows]

The Bergeron/Chara era Bruins should have at least 3 Cups, 2011, 2019 ( nice to know Cassidy learned so much here to help Vegas) and last year.

I still think they would have won in 2013 if Bergeron had been healthy.

The St. Louis sting still hurts and will last a long long time. Oddly, the experience of that should have been a lesson against Florida but somehow it wasn't. The vets should have known better. We basically got beat the same way.