BlackCrowes
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It is now. His official account has the middle initial V in it after he was laid off.
OT: All Bruins All Anything Thread
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It is now. His official account has the middle initial V in it after he was laid off.
It was taken directly from the TSN site. LeBrun has now acknowledged in this update that it may have been fake. He also made comment on being out at ESPN as you indicate. Odd that TSN allowed it to be on thier site in the first place. Apologies for any confusion it has caused.
"17m
Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Folks, somebody already has my old Twitter ESPN handle and is making up fake trades, haha. Make sure to check on the number of followers"
https://mobile.twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun
iReckless
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Bruins should really think hard about trading DK, they can use the cap space to sign Oshie and stick him on a 2nd line with Backes.
I wonder if Oshie falls under the Eriksson/Backes/Ladd type of free agent this season. He will be 31 in December and had a 23.1% shooting percentage this season (previous career high was 14.1%) while scoring a career high 33 goals, previous career high was 26 in 15-16 (both of which came with stacked Capitals teams).
The coyotes have a lot of young wings with potential...maybe we could trade for one of them to see how they do with a playmaker like krejci. Something like C Miller + 2nd for Perlini? Just spitballing here
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Pia8988
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I'm torn on this one.
My heart says yes. I've always liked Iginla as a player and i thought he was great in his one year here with the team.
My brain says no. He had a really rough year and he looked awfully slow.
My heart again: If he can be committed to putting in the work for one last kick at the can and is fine with a 1 year contract under 3, why not. Right hand shot to replace Hayes in the lineup and serves as a stop gap until Senyshyn gets some minor league XP this coming year. His lack of footspeed is an issue, but we did alright with Backes in the lineup.
Marchand -- Bergeron -- Iginla
Cehlarik -- Krejci -- Pasta
DeBrusk -- Backes -- Vatrano
Blidh -- Kuraly -- Acciari
13th: Nash
My brain tells me putting a guy who is 39 and looked burned out and disinterested in hockey on the 1st line is not the greatest idea I've ever had.
Have you seen him in Colorado? Your brain is right, for sure. If he's anywhere above our 3rd line we're in trouble. Even then, I have doubts... I'd love for him to win the Cup, I don't think he's "disinterested", but I'm not sure how much of a help he'd be.
I think he really liked living in Boston. Maybe his kids liked school, or something.
Just STAY AWAY from Iginla, he is done. Our forwards are slow enough with guys like Backes, Krejci and Hayes out there. We need young speedy forwards that can score and force plays in the offensive zone and that sure is not Iginla.
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Darling looked damn good against the Bruins although I don't know much about him or his record this year. Felger was pushing this idea on the radio and to be fair (I think it was Kirk L) who mentioned that He would consider this. IF it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me. Either way, t's all a gamble folks!
Yeah, I'd prefer Backes there if he feels up to it.
Me too
I feel an injection of yutes with some AHL experience will make a HUGE difference in the energy level of the bench and team. Kinda like the Hanson brothers did for the Chiefs!
Agree totally with this assessment! ^ I loved the Winter Classic 2010 uniforms and would like to see them back as a third jersey.
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Wondered the same thing when reading this quote from an article by Zach Leach of Prohockey entitled "Iginla Eyeing a Return To Boston?" Which has the reference to the home he purchased being in Chesnut Hill. As he contends, it's extreme speculation. Can't imagine this is remotely close to being part of Sweeny's a plan for improving the team.
"File this one under extreme speculation if you like, but future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla, at the very least, is moving to Boston. Whether or not he’s playing for the Bruins in 2017-18 is another matter altogether, but the 39-year-old icon will be spending time in Boston one way or another, as he just purchased a $4.5MM home in the city. The six-bedroom house is located in Chestnut Hill, the home of the Boston College Eagles."
The full article here.
https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2017/04/iginla-eyeing-return.html
Fluto:
How the Bruins allowed the season-ending goal
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/b...goal-ottawa/PSUR9ep5PBgKqtawxUKLCO/story.html
How the Bruins allowed the season-ending goal
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/b...goal-ottawa/PSUR9ep5PBgKqtawxUKLCO/story.html
Interesting breakdown, which coincidently is just what happened on the play. Went to the well once to often with what to that point had been such a stellar PK and it cost them a chance to stay in the series. How often it seems that those undiscipled type penalties (mugging was as good a way as any to describe the play) result in the puck ending up in the back of your net. It was a mistake that a maturing Pastrnak will very likely never repeat in such a critical situation. Live and learn as they say.
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Ice Nine
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I'm on board with your heart's proposal, though I'm worried that's my heart speaking and not my brain.
A cheap 1 year he could provide some dressing room leadership for the young prospects and also bring some physicality as well. Plenty of good players look dismal with the Avs--- so he might bounce back in terms of production playing with DK again as well.
Then again, I agree with this too, at least in the long run:
JRull86
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Honestly Iginla at 1 year on cheap money as a mentor type for say a DeBrusk wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
I wouldn't love it, but I sure wouldn't hate it, and neither would my #12 Iginla Bruins jersey in my closet.
I wouldn't love it, but I sure wouldn't hate it, and neither would my #12 Iginla Bruins jersey in my closet.
s3antana5757
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This. Probably don't need a top 6 RW if Backes is still a wing. I think they'd prefer to just leave the bottom 6 wings open for the younger guys.
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In relative terms I'm excited about next year.
Not to get obsessive about C.J and I should change my avatar, but I was at a 20+ year all time low till he exited. 20+ years of never missing a single puck drop of a single a game other than perhaps 2 or 3 due to technology failures (DVRs and VCRs).
The entertainment to time ratio didn't seem worth it at times the last 2 years. The languishing in the same old issues time and time again (whatever they may be) gave little hope of improvement or change. Hell an entire collapse would have been welcome at some point in any deficiency. At least that might have been a catalyst for change. It just seemed as if we were in limbo state of constant mediocrity and/or disappointment.
I was contemplating just not tuning in opening game later this year. Like quitting drinking because the bad times outweighed the good. It's still something you would enjoy, but the end results were just not worth it.
But between Cassidy, Chara not looking spent (an entire surprise to me), a different style, other factors, and with the final kicker of Mcavoy, I'm now reinvigorated for next season. Devotion out our level is not something that's voluntary many times. I forgot who said it or how exactly it was said, but it goes something like this: " I grew up in MA in the 70's, which requires me to be a Bobby Orr fan" . And so goes being a Bruins fan. Not to snub non-locals or even new local fans, but it's got to be easier to walkaway from a team if your memory for nearly as long as you've been alive isn't peppered Black n' Gold.
And so it goes on, because somehow it just does.
Not to get obsessive about C.J and I should change my avatar, but I was at a 20+ year all time low till he exited. 20+ years of never missing a single puck drop of a single a game other than perhaps 2 or 3 due to technology failures (DVRs and VCRs).
The entertainment to time ratio didn't seem worth it at times the last 2 years. The languishing in the same old issues time and time again (whatever they may be) gave little hope of improvement or change. Hell an entire collapse would have been welcome at some point in any deficiency. At least that might have been a catalyst for change. It just seemed as if we were in limbo state of constant mediocrity and/or disappointment.
I was contemplating just not tuning in opening game later this year. Like quitting drinking because the bad times outweighed the good. It's still something you would enjoy, but the end results were just not worth it.
But between Cassidy, Chara not looking spent (an entire surprise to me), a different style, other factors, and with the final kicker of Mcavoy, I'm now reinvigorated for next season. Devotion out our level is not something that's voluntary many times. I forgot who said it or how exactly it was said, but it goes something like this: " I grew up in MA in the 70's, which requires me to be a Bobby Orr fan" . And so goes being a Bruins fan. Not to snub non-locals or even new local fans, but it's got to be easier to walkaway from a team if your memory for nearly as long as you've been alive isn't peppered Black n' Gold.
And so it goes on, because somehow it just does.
