NHL 2024- 2025 Out of Town II: JT Miller to Rangers

[TCB]

This is pure BS! Sweeney was with the team in 2006 in Player Development, so he had a part in building the team that ended up being the GM for!.
To think he didn't have a part in that is dumb!. He did because he was later trusted to GM the team, so they had to trust his judgement in the earlier roles, he had in the organization.
So he wasn't just handed those players had some continue to get wrong!

Speaking of dumb and a major haul of BS, is saying that Sweeney actually had that much influence in the Bruins on drafting Bergy and Krejci as they were drafted long before Sweeney was brought on board Or the signing of Chara , who followed PC over from Ottawa , the trade for Tuukka , or the signing of Krug all these took place when Sweeney was still running errands for Charlie. The drafting of Lucic and Marchand were drafted/orchestrated by PC/Gorton. I’ll give Sweeney full marks from 2015 on when he, as GM has final say, but to say he was influential in bringing in the aforementioned is preposterous and halfwitted.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

I thought he would have saved his 1st goal against the Bruins, seems like that kind of year.

 

[bwunderlich]

Kinda gloriously B-E-A-U tiful watching Habs make a little run only to drop five straight!

 

[GatorMike]

Am I reading this wrong... do the Canucks now have three guys named Pettersson on their team?

Including two Elias Petterssons?

Even when the Bruins cornered the market on Sweeneys, they all had different first names.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

If they all forwards put them on the same line. It would not be easy for play by play guy.

 

[BiteThisBurrows]

Speaking of Thompson, he got headshotted today and nobody on the Sabres did anything about it

Milan Lucic killed that franchise when he ran over Ryan Miller, it really is remarkable. Have they been relevant since???

I have several Sabres fans as friends (I grew up in that area) and they are all going crazy over this and the total lack of a response. It's really sad but it does illustrate how, despite drafting talent, they can never seem to build a winning culture there.

Probably only a matter of time before Thompson or Dahlin or somebody else loses their love for hockey (like Ryan O'Reilly did) and wants out and then they do it all over again.

It would kill them if Eichel became a Bruin in 2026 and led us to a cup.

 

[bobbyorr04]

Think that was pretty unavoidable. Guy actually played the puck and then in case of what looked to be a collision anyway, braced to be hitter and not hittee in said collision. Think most players would do the same.

Not trying to blame victim here, but Thompson’s peripheral vision and awareness left something to be desired.

I watched the 3rd period, and IIRC Thompson got tangled up with #71 and kinda lost his balance a bit (which happens all the time in hockey), and got caught with his head down reaching for the puck.

Noesen had every right to put a hit on Thompson, although the primary point of contact was to the head...and it looked like he followed through by lifting up his arm as contact was made

I'd be surprised if he's not suspended

 

[Bruinaura]

I hear they're in talks to get Pete Peeters out of retirement

 

[TCB]

Miller 2 more points, Rangers beat Vegas 4-2

 

[Aussie Bruin]

If they all forwards put them on the same line. It would not be easy for play by play guy.

One's a defender, but still, just forget about first names - "Pettersson passes to Pettersson, backhands to Pettersson, return feed to Pettersson, he dekes, Pettersson shoots and scores! As long as no pesky Hughes or Garland etc. with their inconveniently different surnames gets involved in the play, you'd never be wrong!

 

[Number8]

I watched the 3rd period, and IIRC Thompson got tangled up with #71 and kinda lost his balance a bit (which happens all the time in hockey), and got caught with his head down reaching for the puck.

Noesen had every right to put a hit on Thompson, although the primary point of contact was to the head...and it looked like he followed through by lifting up his arm as contact was made

I'd be surprised if he's not suspended

To be fair, I’ve only seen the slow motion clip. Hard to tell much from that. I easily could be wrong.