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Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread IV

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Dennis Bonvie said:
Pat yourself on the back and take a bow, by all means.
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I don’t think he’s looking for congratulations.

I think he’s saying it’s interesting how when players are here they get irrationally hyped up and their deficiencies are masked.

Yet when players leave those deficiencies become the main issue all of a sudden and those players aren’t viewed in the same light almost immediately once they aren’t a Bruin anymore.
 
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Dennis Bonvie said:
Pat yourself on the back and take a bow, by all means.
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Was more poking fun at the sheep mentality is all and how when a guy leaves, he’s all of a sudden not what people said he was

UncleRico said:
I don’t think he’s looking for congratulations.

I think he’s saying it’s interesting how when players are here they get irrationally hyped up and their deficiencies are masked.

Yet when players leave those deficiencies become the main issue all of a sudden and those players aren’t viewed in the same light almost immediately once they aren’t a Bruin anymore.
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100%. It’s the boards calling card
 
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UncleRico said:
I don’t think he’s looking for congratulations.

I think he’s saying it’s interesting how when players are here they get irrationally hyped up and their deficiencies are masked.

Yet when players leave those deficiencies become the main issue all of a sudden and those players aren’t viewed in the same light almost immediately once they aren’t a Bruin anymore.
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OK
 
LouJersey said:
Was more poking fun at the sheep mentality is all and how when a guy leaves, he’s all of a sudden not what people said he was


100%. It’s the boards calling card
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There were more than a few posters that criticized Ullmark heavily after the 2023 playoffs. Regardless of the circumstances (injury, coaching decisions), his performance was bad and most everyone acknowledged that.

Still, he was a Vezina Trophy winner here. No one can say he wasn't.
 
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Dennis Bonvie said:
There were more than a few posters that criticized Ullmark heavily after the 2023 playoffs. Regardless of the circumstances (injury, coaching decisions), his performance was bad and most everyone acknowledged that.

Still, he was a Vezina Trophy winner here. No one can say he wasn't.
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All I ever heard was that it was too small of a sample size for Ullmark for it to matter in any discussion.
 
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UncleRico said:
All I ever heard was that it was too small of a sample size for Ullmark for it to matter in any discussion.
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So let's say in bizzaro opposite world he was lights out for that same stretch of games, do you think it's a big enough sample to decide Ullmark is a keeper over Sway? Because many were ready to move on from him for that same sample size...
 
UncleRico said:
All I ever heard was that it was too small of a sample size for Ullmark for it to matter in any discussion.
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I just mainly remember the excuses. He wasn’t just to the bigger workload his first year, and only last two games into his first playoffs. Then year two forget it, he was banged up, his defense stunk, Gryz cost them game 5, lines cost them game 6, etc etc. everything except his less than stellar performance.

All in all I really liked him, great signing, he just couldn’t rise to the occassion during crunch time
 
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NDiesel said:
So let's say in bizzaro opposite world he was lights out for that same stretch of games, do you think it's a big enough sample to decide Ullmark is a keeper over Sway? Because many were ready to move on from him for that same sample size...
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Short answer: no but not due to performance but rather age. But absolutely viewed differently

Obviously there’s a lot of different factors.

1. If Ullmark was lights out instead of bad, then the bruins probably win both those series and his sample size would be bigger as they would have advanced further in the playoffs.

2. Ullmarks age relative to swaymans would have factored into contract discussions
 
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LouJersey said:
I remember getting bludgeoned here when I would say this over his time here but now since he's gone it seems to be politically correct and commonplace. Interesting.
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Well Lou, the proof is in the pudding. You were obviously very right.
But, that's why IMO it's best not to dig in our (not you) heals on a subject or player. We've got to let it play out.
"Revenge (not that that's what you're going for here) is a dish best served cold."
Ullmark was a phenomenal regular season goaltender but in the playoffs, he's got a long way to go.
IMO, it's a mental mindset (for whatever reason) but 'm no psychologist.
 
Gordoff said:
Well Lou, the proof is in the pudding. You were obviously very right.
But, that's why IMO it's best not to dig in our (not you) heals on a subject or player. We've got to let it play out.
"Revenge (not that that's what you're going for here) is a dish best served cold."
Ullmark was a phenomenal regular season goaltender but in the playoffs, he's got a long way to go.
IMO, it's a mental mindset (for whatever reason) but 'm no psychologist.
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I thought that was ICE cream:sarcasm:
 
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Yeah, Ullmark got piled on for some of his performances on here. He had his defenders but it wasn't some board wide consensus like some are making it out to be. He had more negative commenters than positive over his last few playoff starts, especially got louder after the Ullmark/Grz gaffe.
 
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