Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread VIII

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I found in last year's playoffs that inserting Lohrei and putting him up with McAvoy was a major turning point in the Leaf series. Bruins started breaking the puck out, even skating the puck out, much more consistently.

Conversely, I felt it was a huge mistake to dress Forbort against Florida when he hadn't played in almost 2 months.

Lohrei is one of those players whose mistakes are loud but his actual good plays are quiet. Kid should be playing 22 a night next to McAvoy. Its Chucks turn - he needs to own that.

 

[BruinDust]

Lohrei is one of those players whose mistakes are loud but his actual good plays are quiet. Kid should be playing 22 a night next to McAvoy. Its Chucks turn - he needs to own that.

I think you get much more out of McAvoy offensively when he has someone mobile and confident opposite him in the offensive zone.

All that being said, if there is one zone I don't have much issue with Zadorov is the offensive zone. I felt he's been OK back there on the offensive blue-line. Not the right partner for McAvoy (should be Lohrei, better with the puck, skater). But he's been OK from the blue-line in. He's been decent on breakout passes.

But defending the rush and the cycle have been adventures thus far. Then factor in all the minor penalties.

IDK I see this D-corps and I don't really understand why they are so bad this year. It looks on paper to be a good mix. Could a different coaching staff get more out of the D-men? Defensively they need more from the nearly 20 million they give McAvoy/Carlo/Zadorov?

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I think you get much more out of McAvoy offensively when he has someone mobile and confident opposite him in the offensive zone.

All that being said, if there is one zone I don't have much issue with Zadorov is the offensive zone. I felt he's been OK back there on the offensive blue-line. Not the right partner for McAvoy (should be Lohrei, better with the puck, skater). But he's been OK from the blue-line in. He's been decent on breakout passes.

But defending the rush and the cycle have been adventures thus far. Then factor in all the minor penalties.

IDK I see this D-corps and I don't really understand why they are so bad this year. It looks on paper to be a good mix. Could a different coaching staff get more out of the D-men? Defensively they need more from the nearly 20 million they give McAvoy/Carlo/Zadorov?

This is the least confident I’ve seen McAvoy since the Ottawa series. I think it’s just a down period for him for whatever reason.

I think when the offense is this bad and Swayman is an average goalie any D would get exposed.