Best Bruin at... (Long List of Categories)

[Bone for your jar]

Great thread! Here's a few more esoteric categories:

Passes from Gretzky's office: Bergeron
180 degree switch of directions along the boards: Marchand
Chirping: Marchand
Pinching: Boychuk
Kick-passes: Seidenberg
Understated goal celebrations: Krejci
Prying the puck off the boards and passing to center: Lucic
Juggling the puck back to the ref: Chara

 

[zaYG]

Offensive Zone

Wrist shot: Krejci
Slap shot: Chara
Snap shot: Marchand
One-timer: Iginla
Backhand: Marchad
Redirections: Eriksson
Shooting for redirections: Hamilton
Net-front Presence: Soderberg
Passing: Krejci
Vision: Krejci
Cycling/Play along the boards: Soderberg
Puck control: Lucic
Offensive positioning: Smith
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Krug
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Bartkowski
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Krejci
One-on-one moves: Marchand
Fastest skater: Spooner
Best skater: Spooner
Getting breakaways: Paille
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing or shooting): Krejci
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Lucic
Backchecking: Bergeron

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Bergeron
Intercepting passes: Bergeron
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Bergeron
Shotblocking: Boychuk
Effective hitting: Seidenberg
Puck battles: Bergeron
Clearing the zone without icing it: Krejci
Left-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Right-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Most effective on PK: Chara
Icing the puck on the PK: Chara

Miscellaneous

Fighting: Thornton[/QUOTE]

 

[Grasshopperking]

Offensive Zone

Wrist shot: Iginla
Slap shot: Chara
Snap shot: Iginla
One-timer: Krug
Backhand: Marchand
Redirections: Campbell
Shooting for redirections: Krejci
Net-front Presence: Chara
Passing: Krejci
Vision: Krejci
Cycling/Play along the boards: Bergeron
Puck control: Krejci
Offensive positioning: Bergeron
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Seidenberg
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Bartkowski
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Chara
One-on-one moves: Marchand
Fastest skater: Paille
Best skater: Spooner
Getting breakaways: Paille
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing or shooting): Krejci
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Paille
Backchecking: Bergeron

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Seidenberg
Intercepting passes: Eriksson
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Eriksson
Shotblocking: Seidenberg
Effective hitting: Boychuk
Puck battles: Bergeron
Clearing the zone without icing it: Thornton
Left-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Right-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Most effective on PK: Chara
Icing the puck on the PK: Boychuk

 

[Altamira]

I would still put Savard as the best passer on the team. Miss you Savvy

 

[BMC]

Great thread! Here's a few more esoteric categories:

Passes from Gretzky's office: Bergeron
180 degree switch of directions along the boards: Marchand
Chirping: Marchand
Pinching: Boychuk
Kick-passes: Seidenberg
Understated goal celebrations: Krejci
Prying the puck off the boards and passing to center: Lucic
Juggling the puck back to the ref: Chara

Great categories!

Agree with your choices too.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

I'll save mysekf some time and answer Krejci.

 

[Man Rocket]

Offensive Zone

Wrist shot: Marchand
Slap shot: Boychuk
Snap shot: Eriksson
One-timer: Krug
Backhand: Marchand
Redirections: Krejci
Shooting for redirections: Krug
Net-front Presence: Lucic
Passing: Bergeron
Vision: Krejci
Cycling/Play along the boards: Lucic
Puck control: Lucic
Offensive positioning: Bergeron
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Seidenberg
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Krug
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Krejci
One-on-one moves: Smith
Fastest skater: Paille
Best skater: Spooner
Getting breakaways: Paille
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing or shooting): Krejci
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Marchand
Backchecking: Bergeron

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Bergeron
Intercepting passes: Bergeron
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Marchand
Shotblocking: Boychuk
Effective hitting: Seidenberg
Puck battles: Bergeron
Clearing the zone without icing it: Bergeron
Left-side faceoffs: Seguin
Right-side faceoffs: Seguin
Most effective on PK: Chara
Icing the puck on the PK: Boychuk

Miscellaneous

Fighting: Lucic

Edited with my picks

 

[Ceegul]

You can include injured players as well. It can be any position for any of the categories, or you can split it up into forward/defense if you want.

Let me know if something should be added as well.

Offensive Zone

Wrist shot: Lucic
Slap shot: Chara
Snap shot: Marchand
One-timer: Bergeron
Backhand: Krejci
Redirections: Krejci
Shooting for redirections: Krug
Net-front Presence: Eriksson
Passing: Krejci
Vision: Bergeron
Cycling/Play along the boards: Lucic
Puck control: Krejci
Offensive positioning: Bergeron
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Seidenberg
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Bartkowski
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Krejci
One-on-one moves: Smith
Fastest skater: Paille
Best skater: Spooner
Getting breakaways: Paille
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing or shooting): Krejci
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Marchand
Backchecking: Bergeron

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Bergeron
Intercepting passes: Bergeron
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Eriksson
Shotblocking: Seidenberg
Effective hitting: Seidenberg
Puck battles: Bergeron
Clearing the zone without icing it: Bergeron
Left-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Right-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Most effective on PK: Chara
Icing the puck on the PK: Boychuk

Miscellaneous

Fighting: Thornton

Lucic's wrister certainly makes the loudest BANG when he misses the net high right and hits the glass haha. I always love seeing him in the slot, knowing a big wrister is coming, and then hearing the glass. When he hits the net he's got a wicked shot, but he needs to do it more consistently.

 

[Dellstrom]

I would still put Savard as the best passer on the team. Miss you Savvy

They could probably put him on skates right now and he'd still be the best, even after all of these years where he hasn't played.

It was just pure magic seeing him pass. I think it was against TB, he shot it off the glass behind the net and the puck went right onto Ryder's stick. Absolutely ridiculous, I knew he meant it, too.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Great thread! Here's a few more esoteric categories:

Passes from Gretzky's office: Bergeron
180 degree switch of directions along the boards: Marchand
Chirping: Marchand
Pinching: Boychuk
Kick-passes: Seidenberg
Understated goal celebrations: Krejci
Prying the puck off the boards and passing to center: Lucic
Juggling the puck back to the ref: Chara

Think so?

IDK I get scared every time I see Boychuk pinch TBH haha.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Wrist shot: Marchand
Slap shot: Krug
Snap shot: Bergeron
One-timer: Iginla
Backhand: Marchand
Redirections: Krejci
Shooting for redirections: Chara
Net-front Presence: Lucic
Passing: Krejci
Vision: Krejci
Cycling/Play along the boards: Marchand
Puck control: Krejci
Offensive positioning: Bergeron
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Hamilton
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Krug
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Krejci
One-on-one moves: Marchand
Fastest skater: Paille
Best skater: Spooner
Getting breakaways: Marchand
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing or shooting): Krejci
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Marchand
Backchecking: Bergeron

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Bergeron
Intercepting passes: Bergeron
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Marchand
Shotblocking: Chara
Effective hitting: Boychuk
Puck battles: Bergeron
Clearing the zone without icing it: Bergeron
Left-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Right-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Most effective on PK: Chara
Icing the puck on the PK: Boychuk

Miscellaneous

Fighting: Mcquaid

 

[Trap Jesus]

Think so?

IDK I get scared every time I see Boychuk pinch TBH haha.

He's pretty good at it. Same with Seids. I think Chara is the best when he goes to pinch because he's such a beast down low, but he's not the best at picking his spots. I think the three kids (Dougie, Bart and Krug) are good at it, but pinch a bit too much. I actually think Miller might be the most effective at it. He picks his spots nicely.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

He's pretty good at it. Same with Seids. I think Chara is the best when he goes to pinch because he's such a beast down low, but he's not the best at picking his spots. I think the three kids (Dougie, Bart and Krug) are good at it, but pinch a bit too much. I actually think Miller might be the most effective at it. He picks his spots nicely.

Maybe I'm a little mistaken but I see Boychuk pinch a lot and then right when he gets to around the hash marks the other team gets the puck and he ends up caught up and has to chase hard.

 

[wal11682]

Boychuk has a harder shot then Chara...there I said it

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Boychuk has a harder shot then Chara...there I said it

Haha no way but he does have a bomb of a shot.

I love it when he scores from the point and get the old "A JOHNNY ROCKET! ! ! !!" from Edwids.

 

[member 96824]

Boychuk has a harder shot then Chara...there I said it

Considering Chara has the hardest slap shot in the history of north american hockey...you could have kept it in

 

[ObjectiveOpinion]

Fighting = Mcquaid

No way, Lucic is the best fighter on this team by a country mile. I'm a HUGE fan of Quaider, but Lucic would wreck him. Not only does Lucic weigh 20-30 lbs more, but he has a harder punch with long arms. Quaider has that Andrew Peters style of hold you out with one arm and punch that doesn't work well against bigger guys. Lucic employs head movement and a lot of other tactics that most other NHL fighters don't even realize exist because they've never boxed.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

No way, Lucic is the best fighter on this team by a country mile. I'm a HUGE fan of Quaider, but Lucic would wreck him. Not only does Lucic weigh 20-30 lbs more, but he has a harder punch with long arms. Quaider has that Andrew Peters style of hold you out with one arm and punch that doesn't work well against bigger guys. Lucic employs head movement and a lot of other tactics that most other NHL fighters don't even realize exist because they've never boxed.

Mmmmm Idk about that. Quaders a big dude too.

 

[ObjectiveOpinion]

Mmmmm Idk about that. Quaders a big dude too.

Yeah, Lucic is just such a tank in me eyes though. Ever since McQuaid came up from Providence I've been waiting for that off-season where he bulks up to something like 230-ish being that he's a big, stay at home, fight when needed kind of guy. Unfortunately with his injuries it just hasn't happened. I really think he could be the enforcer on this team if he just put on weight because it means a lot when you're fighting at 230 instead of the 209 that he's listed at.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Yeah, Lucic is just such a tank in me eyes though. Ever since McQuaid came up from Providence I've been waiting for that off-season where he bulks up to something like 230-ish being that he's a big, stay at home, fight when needed kind of guy. Unfortunately with his injuries it just hasn't happened. I really think he could be the enforcer on this team if he just put on weight because it means a lot when you're fighting at 230 instead of the 209 that he's listed at.

Yeah Lucic would probably win if he was super pissed off. Which of course he always is when he fights, but Mcquaid gets scary too when he fights.

He threw John Scott's ass to the ground after the hit on Loui.

 

[Bone for your jar]

Think so?

IDK I get scared every time I see Boychuk pinch TBH haha.

Good point, and I hesitated before that nomination for that very reason. JB does caught from time to time. I think this was a subjective choice. I personally enjoy JB's emphatic and occasionally enraged pinches more than most.

 

[Dellstrom]

Mmmmm Idk about that. Quaders a big dude too.

His angry smile would be enough to paralyze a bear.

Seriously, that **** is scary. I'm watching from miles away through a screen, and I still get scared. I'd take angry McQuaid over angry Lucic, but real close.

 

[flooredaccord]

Boychuk has a harder shot then Chara...there I said it

I agree.

Considering Chara has the hardest slap shot in the history of north american hockey...you could have kept it in

I am not a Chara fan but obviously he has a "pretty good" shot. That being said Id like to see radar on Chara and Boychuk in game situations. Not skate at the puck and blast one.

 

[wal11682]

Considering Chara has the hardest slap shot in the history of north american hockey...you could have kept it in

We don't know that, the hardest shot competition is only held between All Stars. Would like to see them bust out the radar gun on Boychuk, wouldnt surprise me if he has Chara beat.

 

[Montecristo]

Offensive Zone

Wrist shot: Soderberg
Slap shot: Krug
Snap shot: Marchand
One-timer: Krug
Backhand: Bergeron
Redirections: Krecji
Shooting for redirections: Hamilton
Net-front Presence: Soderberg
Passing: Krejci
Vision: Krejci
Cycling/Play along the boards: Soderberg
Puck control: Marchand
Offensive positioning: Smith
Holding the puck in at the blueline: Bartkowski
Most effective on PP (creating opportunities for themselves or others): Krug

Neutral Zone/Transition

Breakout passes: Hamilton
Carrying the puck up the ice: Krecji
Passing between bluelines to gain the zone: Krejci
One-on-one moves: Marchand
Fastest skater: Paille
Best skater: Bartkowski
Getting breakaways: Paille
Finishing breakaways: Marchand
Puck carrier on an-odd man rush (passing and shooting): Lucic (can't have it be passing or shooting passing its krecji, shooting its lucic, passing and shooting is lucic.)
Open-ice hits: Boychuk
Angling players off coming down the wing: Chara (what kind of category is this? might as well have it be "tallest player")
Disrupting the opposition's transition in the neutral zone: Bergeron
Forechecking: Lucic
Backchecking: Paille (bergeron plays so high in the offensive zone he rarely has to backcheck, he's already back)

Defensive Zone

Defensive positioning: Bergeron
Intercepting passes: Marchand
Stripping pucks off the opposition: Bergeron
Shotblocking: Boychuk
Effective hitting: Seidenberg
Puck battles: Chara
Clearing the zone without icing it: Krejci
Left-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Right-side faceoffs: Bergeron
Most effective on PK: Rask
Icing the puck on the PK: Boychuk