Confirmed with Link: Bruce Cassidy Named 28th Head Coach Of The Boston Bruins
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Donnie Shulzhoffer
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Quite the pearl of wisdom considering no one knows what the terms of his new contract are.
VanIsle
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I am happy for Bruce, I like his style of play, and the like for him from other players.
He is lucky to start with a great 1st line, and a great goalie, while bringing in the speed of the youth.
Hopefully this team can get rid of some of the dead weight this year and transition into a youthful speed team in the years to come.
He is lucky to start with a great 1st line, and a great goalie, while bringing in the speed of the youth.
Hopefully this team can get rid of some of the dead weight this year and transition into a youthful speed team in the years to come.
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rocketdan9
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Most of the feedback about Cassidy are positive
Except for .... Spoo
Just guessing
I wonder if its between Spooner, C. Miller who vegas would choose
Except for .... Spoo
Just guessing
I wonder if its between Spooner, C. Miller who vegas would choose
hoss75
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I'm going to go ahead and judge posts and the people that make them before they even happen.
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Greek_physique
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One reporter (might have been Sarah Davis at NESN FWIW) said that this is good because the players got what they wanted.
Oh ok. So let me get this straight: Jeremy Jacobs stands up to the players in every aspect except for the running of his actual team. Got it. The guys who lost 4 out of 6 playoff games, all 3 at home, and were favorites in all six.
After the honeymoon period where everyone played their butts off because of the coaching change (you could have put my cat behind the bench and gotten similar results, I reckon).....from March 1 to the end of the playoffs they played 16 games against teams that made the 2017 playoffs and won 5 of them.
- Slow starts at home: that came back to haunt them in spades in the playoffs, especially game 3.
- Stupid penalties, i.e. too many men penalties. Did Cassidy tell this team they repealed the puck over the glass rule?
- Cassidy does not strike me as a guy who values answering for things; such as Ovechkin injures Carlo in game 82, and absolutely nothing is done about it. Teams were allowed to run around against us at will.
But hey, 97% of people here love the move. Less divisive than a North Korean election.
prediction: You'll be begging for Cassidy to be fired a year from now after a 3rd DNQ in 4 years and a 35 win season.
I've been much more optimistic in the past, but that is when we had a bankable, competent coach.
Oh ok. So let me get this straight: Jeremy Jacobs stands up to the players in every aspect except for the running of his actual team. Got it. The guys who lost 4 out of 6 playoff games, all 3 at home, and were favorites in all six.
After the honeymoon period where everyone played their butts off because of the coaching change (you could have put my cat behind the bench and gotten similar results, I reckon).....from March 1 to the end of the playoffs they played 16 games against teams that made the 2017 playoffs and won 5 of them.
- Slow starts at home: that came back to haunt them in spades in the playoffs, especially game 3.
- Stupid penalties, i.e. too many men penalties. Did Cassidy tell this team they repealed the puck over the glass rule?
- Cassidy does not strike me as a guy who values answering for things; such as Ovechkin injures Carlo in game 82, and absolutely nothing is done about it. Teams were allowed to run around against us at will.
But hey, 97% of people here love the move. Less divisive than a North Korean election.
prediction: You'll be begging for Cassidy to be fired a year from now after a 3rd DNQ in 4 years and a 35 win season.
I've been much more optimistic in the past, but that is when we had a bankable, competent coach.
Greek_physique
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Can you also predict what the lotto max will be in Ontario this weekend? I need to win big so I can retire
GarbageGoal
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Well, this is funny because supposedly all the players hated him in Washington which is why no one wanted him here.
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Can you also predict what the lotto max will be in Ontario this weekend? I need to win big so I can retire
I can predict this:
- This team had no answers for Toronto and Ottawa even after Cassidy took over. Toronto is probably going to get much better soon.
- I don't think Tampa Bay will be as bad as they were much of this year. Even then, they finished 1 point behind the Bruins.
That makes 4 teams just in their division that are better than the Bruins, not accounting for Florida getting their act together and Buffalo perhaps becoming competent, and the fact that 4 teams in the Metro division are head and shoulders above the Bruins.
But hey, this is what they decided. Why not bring in Dave Lewis as an assistant to cap it all off?
ReggieMoto
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Maybe they got what they wanted, but not because of anything they said or did? Maybe it was just the right move in mgmt's eyes and it aligns with the players' desires?
JRull86
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Cassidy isn't perfect, no coach is. There are absolutely areas that he can and should work on, as every coach who wants to continue coaching needs to do.
That being said, how exactly is it the coaches fault for the players making the decision to shoot high off of the glass? Honestly I'd love to hear it.
TMMoI was an issue absolutely, some is on the coaches, but some of that is also on the player. The Bergeron one was all him.
Prediction: This team isn't only winning 35 freaking games, stop being dramatic because you don't like the hire.
KrejciMVP
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The bar is being set very low these days. I dont see the point of this thread if you can't question the signing
It's not about questioning the hiring- but just flat out stating that he will suck, the team will not be any good under Cassidy, we'll be begging for him to get canned, we're wasting Bergeron's prime years etc. That isn't really questioning the signing, as in "not convinced, think they might have looked elsewhere" but more like "team is screwed, we'll miss the playoffs, 5th best in Atlantic division." Hell, why not just stop supporting the team if that is the attitude?
He might well suck at the end of day- but anyone they hire could do the same. We'll see.
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JRull86
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Losing a series with 4 OT games, and the other two being 1 goal games, with a decimated defense, no Krejci, and no 3rd line is far from "sucking".
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I am ok with Cassidy as coach. He stepped in and did ok.Bruins roster concerns me more then him.
Greek_physique
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How can you say this team had no answer for Ottawa when he took over? Yes, we lost in the playoffs..but he won twice (both in Ottawa) with a depleted roster....and I'm sorry, but did Cassidy play Toronto when he was coach? No.
Are the Leafs trending up? Yes...but they also sucked for a decade and have how many 1st rounders? Team should eventually put it together, but games aren't won on paper either.
Let's see how our roster looks next year with a healthy Carlo, Krug, McAvoy.
If you looked at this team last year we had how many question marks on defense? Now, IMO, we have a solid top 4 going forward....not much that Ottawa or Toronto can say.
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