2023 Training Camp

[Caper Bruins fan]

I noticed tomorrow’s Bruins game and some other preseason games will be on Sportsnet . I’m following the Blue Jays until the bitter end but it’s great to know hockey is back.

 

[PlayMakers]

Lines in the second session…

Lucic McLaughlin Brown

JVR Zacha Chiasson

Greer Poitras Pasta

Boqvist Hall Pederson

Topo Beecher Lauko

 

[Alicat]

Charlie McAvoy has leaned out a lot. He looks bigger in the shoulders. Oscar Steen looks bigger in the shoulders as well. McAvoy is just a stud. Great on ice vision especially in the smaller group drills.

Very happy to see Oscar having a solid start to camp after last year.

Marchand has another gear. He's moving better than he was pre surgery and he's shooting every time he has the puck. Coyle is strong on his skates and kept up with Marchand.

Hampus is vocal on the ice and made a great toe save to pass it to Lysell who set up a goal down low. He's so smooth on his edges. No issues with his feet at least that I could see.

Linus is definitely healthy and moving well. He's solid.

I had no idea I was watching Zboril and Shattenkirk as a pair but every D man was engaged and playing hard.

There 100% is competition in camp and every single player brought it today imo.

I'll go back tomorrow if there is a session.

Thank You @sarge88 for the ride to and from my car. You rock and your knowledge of the game is fantastic.

Looking forward to the game tomorrow to see some of the line combos as well as special teams.

Is Zacha really 6'4"??

 

[PlayMakers]

McLaughlin knocks Zacha on his but in a Dzone drill.

 

[PlayMakers]

Carlo is paired with Lohrei

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

Oh no, I am going to get sucked into Zboril during the first couple preseason games again, aren’t I?

Screw it, THIS is the year Zboril finally becomes a top-4 D. Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in

 

[PlayMakers]

Jack Edwards is here.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Carlo is pairs with Lohrei

Pillow fight

 

[wintersej]

Jack Edward’s is here.

Did he get a hair cut

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Did he get a hair cut

Forgot about that from early last season.

 

[PlayMakers]

Did he get a hair cut

Couldn’t really tell. He was upstairs behind the glass with the important people. I was in steerage.

 

[ON3M4N]

I think this board has an unhealthy obsession with Danton Heinen.

He will likely play bottom six if he makes the team.

He can’t comprise 90% of the discussion lol

Edit: yeah what he said

It's not the board as a whole. It's a select few that lose their mind if anything positive is said of Heinen.

 

[Dr Quincy]

I’m not convinced Forbort here - if they can move him it can work

It’s a speculative lineup based on how they operate in the past and with Bergeron gone a veteran group makes sense to Monty

I suppose it's possible he gets claimed if put on waivers. But a Zboril-Shattenkirk bottom pair is ugly.

It may be ironic in a way that the nostalgia of signing Lucic for 1m, instead of going with Greer at 760k, might mean a Merkulov or Beecher start the year in the AHL. If they REALLY made a case for themselves I'm sure they can make the cap work... but I think with all things being relatively even, they are going to start the year with a lineup that banks cap space. Let the kids start in the AHL and who really shakes out come December AND create a tiny bit of space along the way.

 

[PlayMakers]

Hmmm, so who would be the odd man out there-Zboril? Forby?

I thought it would be Zboril. Cutting him lets them carry Mitchell and two spare F’s making the minimum, but Zboril’s play may force their hand. We’ll see.

 

[capecodder]

I'm also curious how A. Richard looks.

 

[BMC]

Thanks to everyone attending the sessions for their observations!

 

[Saxon Eric]

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Ladyfan]

I am pretty psyched for tomorrow's game. It will be nice to be back at the Garden!

 

[Alicat]

Queue the "he's better than Swayman" garbage on social media

 

[neelynugs]

Queue the "he's better than Swayman" garbage on social media

he's not better?

thanks to ali and bill and sarge and everyone else for the live updates!

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[quietbruinfan]

I suppose it's possible he gets claimed if put on waivers. But a Zboril-Shattenkirk bottom pair is ugly.

It may be ironic in a way that the nostalgia of signing Lucic for 1m, instead of going with Greer at 760k, might mean a Merkulov or Beecher start the year in the AHL. If they REALLY made a case for themselves I'm sure they can make the cap work... but I think with all things being relatively even, they are going to start the year with a lineup that banks cap space. Let the kids start in the AHL and who really shakes out come December AND create a tiny bit of space along the way.

It isn't ugly it's the stinking appocalypse and my worst nightmare times 100.