Boston Bruins 24-25 Roster/Cap thread VIII

[Dennis Bonvie]

McLaughlin plays a lot like Craig Smith. Fast, gritty and a volume shooter.

Frederic-Coyle-McLaughlin could be good.

At least that line has 3 guys playing in their normal positions.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

The contract isn't hurting the Ducks though. They're $25M under the cap right now.

So the question becomes: Why trade him when his value is so low? What would be gained?

Only answer here is you do it to get another young struggling player in hopes that the change of scenery benefits them. Otherwise you just ride it out with Zegras and hope that he can get back to form at some point.

Which makes the Bruins especially bad trade partners. Lohrei is as close as they have (perhaps Lysell is in that category too) but the Bs also have to move salary out in order to accommodate. There is no buy-low option here.

Shhhh...your popping the Zegras hope and thats all there is to talk about for trades right now.....

 

[Blowfish]

Going with the hot hand. He has 5 goals in last 5 games.

Happy for McMuffin. I would have liked to see Merk with Zacha and Pasta but he really didn’t earn his spot. Unfortunately he didn’t do enough to earn a longer look. Hope he continues to work hard in Providence.

 

[bruinmann77]

Brick was saying Merk looked good and again they refuse to give him more than 2 Lousey games. this stinks

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Brick was saying Merk looked good and again they refuse to give him more than 2 Lousey games. this stinks

Only looked good on the limited pp time, Has zero interest in fighting for loose pucks and bailed a bunch of times in his end on the ice.

Goes against the new mantra of being hard to play against.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Happy for McMuffin. I would have liked to see Merk with Zacha and Pasta but he really didn’t earn his spot. Unfortunately he didn’t do enough to earn a longer look. Hope he continues to work hard in Providence.

Is this our Heinen replacement? Doesn't seem remarkable in any discernible way, but is just the right type of compliment to a line to make it work?

His play in Boston has always impressed me. And I've been ever-disappointed in his output in Providence.

I hope McLaughlin sticks.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Brick was saying Merk looked good and again they refuse to give him more than 2 Lousey games. this stinks

Huh he shot it at the goalie twice in the Pp and whiffed on a shot. Thought he overall stunk. Brickley is more unbearable than Edwards last year IMO.

McLaughlin is hot in Prov nothing wrong with rewarding recent performance.

 

[GordonHowe]

Joe Sacco’s message to Bruins? Keep it simple … and create some ‘chaos’

Joe Sacco's emphasis as Bruins interim head coach is keeping things simple — while creating chaos in the offensive zone.

www.boston.com

Mark Kastelic ‘changed the tide’ for Bruins by way of several punches on Thursday

Brad Marchand credited Mark Kastelic for giving the Bruins the spark they needed off of two fights in Thursday's win over Utah.

www.boston.com

 

[Hookslide]

One guy that was sill invisible last night was Frederic. His time is up here. Move on. Also just one time try a Zacha-Poitras-Pasta line.

Leave Zacha right where he is, never should have moved out of center after last year. Please give the Poitras thoughts a rest, there is a reason he is in Providence, someday he might make it, just not his time.

 

[GordonHowe]

I hope moderators don't mind, but I will repost

Joe Sacco’s message to Bruins? Keep it simple … and create some ‘chaos’

Joe Sacco's emphasis as Bruins interim head coach is keeping things simple — while creating chaos in the offensive zone.

www.boston.com

In the Montgomery/Sacco thread.

Sacco is approaching the circumstance in precisely the right way.

Begin where you are. Go from there.

Keep the puck out of your . Provide defensive layers. Chip passes out, in transition, rather than stretch passes or fancy Dan moves.

Play hard. Be hard to play against. Keep it simple.

Jettison quality over quantity thinking. Or rather, overthinking.

Put the puck on the net every chance you get and good things will happen.

Pretty simple, huh?

A recipe for white knuckle victories. Hard fought. Hard won.

Scintillating entertainment? Probably not.

But I will take this approach all day long in contrast to the mess the Bruins will hopefully leave behind.

They might even make the playoffs!

Take heart, Boston Bruins fans,

 

[Hookslide]

Shhhh...your popping the Zegras hope and thats all there is to talk about for trades right now.....

The only Zegras hope is that if he came here and turned into an actual complete hockey player, do want to make that trade on "HOPE" and is 5.25-million-dollar contract, just asking.

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[TD Charlie]

I hope moderators don't mind, but I will repost

Joe Sacco’s message to Bruins? Keep it simple … and create some ‘chaos’

Joe Sacco's emphasis as Bruins interim head coach is keeping things simple — while creating chaos in the offensive zone.

www.boston.com

In the Montgomery/Sacco thread.

Sacco is approaching the circumstance in precisely the right way.

Begin where you are. Go from there.

Keep the puck out of your . Provide defensive layers. Chip passes out, in transition, rather than stretch passes or fancy Dan moves.

Play hard. Be hard to play against. Keep it simple.

Jettison quality over quantity thinking. Or rather, overthinking.

Put the puck on the net every chance you get and good things will happen.

Pretty simple, huh?

A recipe for white knuckle victories. Hard fought. Hard won.

Scintillating entertainment? Probably not.

But I will take this approach all day long in contrast to the mess the Bruins will hopefully leave behind.

They might even make the playoffs!

Take heart, Boston Bruins fans,

It's probably not the best strategy for every crew, but with a goal-starved team like this that is chock full of guys playing below grade, I prefer the quantity over quality approach.

When there's no play to be had, hurl the puck in the direction of the net. It has to hit something. You do it enough times and there's bound to be a garbage rebound or 2 that go the right way. Then go from there.

 

[KrugAvoy]

I seen it mentioned before but I do see signs pointing to coaching style. I feel this roster as constructed needs to play a more conservative and defensive style like Julien did than a more offensive open style that Montgomery used. If Sacco is more defensive based I can see this team thrive much more

 

[GordonHowe]

Do the Boston Bruins Need a Winnipeg Jets Type Exorcism?

The Boston Bruins are in need of exorcism. The first part of that exorcism was in the form of head coach Jim Montgomery. Boston fired their coach on Tuesday, appointing Joe Sacco as the interim head coach.

www.yardbarker.com

 

[Ozzy Osbourne]

As much as I hate to be a buzz kill, McLaughlin is simply not good. He may give us a good game or two, but it won’t be too long before he’s sent back down and we try someone else. Viel at least gave us a spark. McLaughlin will not. Sorry.

 

[Sheppy]

As much as I hate to be a buzz kill, McLaughlin is simply not good. He may give us a good game or two, but it won’t be too long before he’s sent back down and we try someone else. Viel at least gave us a spark. McLaughlin will not. Sorry.

McLaughlin is just "a guy" to me. I don't see much from him.

To me he's Generic Player 32.

 

[wintersej]

As much as I hate to be a buzz kill, McLaughlin is simply not good. He may give us a good game or two, but it won’t be too long before he’s sent back down and we try someone else. Viel at least gave us a spark. McLaughlin will not. Sorry.

Viel gave one of the teams a spark, at least. Viel can be PJ Stock on a shit team, but he ain’t an answer. Not saying McLauglin is either.

 

[Sheppy]

Viel gave one of the teams a spark, at least. Viel can be PJ Stock on a shit team, but he ain’t an answer. Not saying McLauglin is either.

I like Viel but I agree. He's a call up at best. With Kastelic in, I don't think you'll see Viel in the lineup.

They have a mean forward playing the best hockey of his career and a big, mean D-man back there too.

If only Frederic could find his balls.

 

[LSCII]

As much as I hate to be a buzz kill, McLaughlin is simply not good. He may give us a good game or two, but it won’t be too long before he’s sent back down and we try someone else. Viel at least gave us a spark. McLaughlin will not. Sorry.

The answer to having too many bottom 6 stiffs on the roster already is to add another bottom 6 stiff from Providence. Sweet. That'll fix the lack of scoring right up...

 

[bme44]

I like Viel but I agree. He's a call up at best. With Kastelic in, I don't think you'll see Viel in the lineup.

They have a mean forward playing the best hockey of his career and a big, mean D-man back there too.

If only Frederic could find his balls.

This the bolded part . What a disappointment Frederic has been this year

 

[LSCII]

I like Viel but I agree. He's a call up at best. With Kastelic in, I don't think you'll see Viel in the lineup.

They have a mean forward playing the best hockey of his career and a big, mean D-man back there too.

If only Frederic could find his balls.

You've been a proponent for getting bigger and grittier for years now. Well, they did. How does it look to you so far? Is this a winning roster? An actual contender? A playoff qualifier?

 

[goldenblack]

The answer to having too many bottom 6 stiffs on the roster already is to add another bottom 6 stiff from Providence. Sweet. That'll fix the lack of scoring right up...

It may surprise to hear that free agency is over, and the only calls ups that can be made are from Providence.

 

[LSCII]

It may surprise to hear that free agency is over, and the only calls ups that can be made are from Providence.

I get it, trades are hard…

 

[Sheppy]

You've been a proponent for getting bigger and grittier for years now. Well, they did. How does it look to you so far? Is this a winning roster? An actual contender? A playoff qualifier?

Sure, I mean, adding a big D-man is essentially all they did? I still don't hate it.

Kastelic has been great, and he's one of the "grittier" guys added. He's playing his game well.

Adding size and toughness is fine. It's the high end players playing like AHLer's that's been the issue.

How has Coyle been? Zacha? Marchand? McAvoy? Swayman? Frederic? Geekie? - I'm not blaming the size on the fact these guys haven't even played even half the way they're capable of. It's easy to point at the size and toughness, but if you're going to point that finger, be ready to point it at the players I've listed, too.