Post-Game Talk: Bruins edge the Blue shirts 2-1

[BklyNBruiN]

Which means... nothing. The Bruins don't play in the West. I mean, it's probably a fun thing to discuss if you're into stats and comparisions and that sort of thing, but bottom line, it's irrelevant.

In 2011, there was a constant chorus about how superior the West was, and how that meant the Canucks were going to wipe the floor with the Bruins. Didn't work out that way, though maybe it provided some comfort to Canucks fans to know their conference was so great?

I actually root for Western teams to win every time they play Eastern teams, other than Boston of course, as it's all the better for the Bruins.

Exactly it means nothing. We don't play in the West, but like you said but for those that like crunching numbers and What If's.. We can also flip it and say, if we played in the West we would have a different record and be one of the top teams. Well we would play differently in the West also no.. lmao.

 

[BklyNBruiN]

I still can't believe the performance we got from Rask yesterday evening. What a game, to be dominated for the majority of the game, and at Madison Square Garden also, and pull out a win. Awesome.

 

[BklyNBruiN]

The Rangers had what 4 or 5 breakaway's on Tuukka including that penalty shot, but yet I don't see any of his highlight's on NHL.COM. He makes it look so easy. so relaxed n smooth.

 

[nycbruins*]

Tuukka is so even-keeled. Unless he played terribly, it's difficult to tell whether the Bruins won or lost after a game. It's funny when other fans think he's some kind of head case.

Tampa lost in LA last night, so the Bruins are leading the division and the conference.

On another note, the subtle anti-Bruins bias at Puck Daddy is becoming more blatant. Today they lead with a picture of Boychuk falling on Nash (not holding, not tripping; falling) and sarcastically label it "legal defense," and Rask gets an "honorable mention" for a career night.

The anti-bruins bias, particularly among the Canadian media, ha affected a lot more than article writing. It has crept into the consciousness of most referees & the bruins can't buy a pp most nights. It's so frustrating to have this team be considered so dirty while they have to play a much cleaner game than the other team & still get far fewer opportunities on the pp. Bruins opponents get away with things that would get lucic or Marchand suspended. Chara would spend the whole game in the box if he did what people are allowed to do to him.
God bless Claude for keeping his cool because I'd lose half my salary in fines if I coached the Bruins

 

[ODAAT]

The anti-bruins bias, particularly among the Canadian media, ha affected a lot more than article writing. It has crept into the consciousness of most referees & the bruins can't buy a pp most nights. It's so frustrating to have this team be considered so dirty while they have to play a much cleaner game than the other team & still get far fewer opportunities on the pp. Bruins opponents get away with things that would get lucic or Marchand suspended. Chara would spend the whole game in the box if he did what people are allowed to do to him.
God bless Claude for keeping his cool because I'd lose half my salary in fines if I coached the Bruins

I think too, if I may? The Bruins as a team, just aren`t the kind of players who hit the ice after a love tap on the shin pads. Guys like Z get penalized for simply being too big.

How many times I have watched so many of our boys fight their way through a check where there is a clear infraction yet none comes is crazy while watching another player on other another team from the moment he feels that stick under his arm even in the slightest, hits the deck immediately.

 

[BklyNBruiN]

The anti-bruins bias, particularly among the Canadian media, ha affected a lot more than article writing. It has crept into the consciousness of most referees & the bruins can't buy a pp most nights. It's so frustrating to have this team be considered so dirty while they have to play a much cleaner game than the other team & still get far fewer opportunities on the pp. Bruins opponents get away with things that would get lucic or Marchand suspended. Chara would spend the whole game in the box if he did what people are allowed to do to him.
God bless Claude for keeping his cool because I'd lose half my salary in fines if I coached the Bruins

On point nycbruins. Well said. The Bruins play a much cleaner game than most, no doubt about it. It is rare that you see one of our Bruin players fake a fall, or a flop, or a quick hand to one's face as if he just had his eye taken out. We just don't play that way!

I watch almost every game the Bruins play, and its as you said, a straight forward simple, most of the time clean boring hockey game.

I also would go nuts if I were the coach of the B's. Imagine Chara playing down to size and not giving a dam that most of his opponents are much smaller than he. ahhhh

 

[BklyNBruiN]

What its called is discipline, and professionalism. And that's what this team and organization is all about. There hating on us because of the simple game that we play game in game out and win.

 

[BklyNBruiN]

I think too, if I may? The Bruins as a team, just aren`t the kind of players who hit the ice after a love tap on the shin pads. Guys like Z get penalized for simply being too big.

How many times I have watched so many of our boys fight their way through a check where there is a clear infraction yet none comes is crazy while watching another player on other another team from the moment he feels that stick under his arm even in the slightest, hits the deck immediately.

Exactly Odaat.

 

[TCL40]

Honestly-about the only time I see Z draw a penalty is when he embellishes a bit-I have seen him held, hooked, slashed ets and the refs look the other way.

I think the Bs just have to accept that they aren't going to get all the calls Montreal etc get and stay on their feet. I would rather see a Bruin stay on his feet and fight than take himself out of the play trying to draw a penalty.

I hope our broken D-men return to action soon-Chara doesn't need to be eating 30 minutes a night at this point in the season.

 

[Sea Bass Neely]

Without Rask, this is barely a playoff team.

The Bruins are a product of Rask, not the other way around.

Rask is magnificent... but that is a BS statement. Nonsense.

There is a core of players that remain on this Bruins team that won a Stanley Cup just a couple years ago in 2011... and guess what?? Rask was on the bench for that Cup run.

Rask is the best goaltender in the league IMO... but statistically speaking he is helped out a bit by a Bruins team that plays solid defense within the team system.

Julien is a great coach, his system is one that doesn't require a clique of All-Stars in order to win a Cup. This has already been proven, and it nearly happened again last year.

 

[2ka RasK*]

RasKed!!!

 

[Fossy21]

But when you look at the league standings, the Bruins would be out of the playoffs if they were in the West.

Lmao Bruins 1st seed in the east right now. If the playoffs started today they wouldn't even make the playoffs in the west.

We're 2-1-1 against Western teams, though. Sure, we may not have overly deserved the San Jose or Anaheim games, but we dominated Colorado in our only loss, and I'd say we were better than Dallas - so it could've been 2 regulation wins against those two, 1 OT/SO loss against Anaheim and a regulation loss against San Jose. And those are all teams that have dominated the East afaik.

 

[MTaylorJ1]

Enforcer yes...as per above Backup Goalie Absolutely Chad Johnson is what he is a very, very mediocre career backup...similar to and maybe not as good as, Jason Labarbara..sp How is a Brendan Morrow say, a downgrade from the great Smith? They need another leader by example on this team imo....to really cement the room....(Since they have Bergy and Chara and Thorton etc...very debatable...but their habits have not been nearly as consistent since Recchi retired.

And when I said they need an immediate addition to the d,I was thinking more of a Seidenberg level d than a Mcquaid level d, but the situation is bad enough where I would gladly take someone similar to McQuaid, who has really grown into a very good steady d.

I don't care if we are in 1st.....This team has some serious problems that will derail any kind of playoff run if not remedied within say a month or two.

I don't even want to play the enforcer we have, never mind adding another one, such a useless facet to a hockey team. Enforcers are relics, hopefully they'll be gone in 10 years.

Chad Johnson is going to play maybe 15 games on a team that's going to coast into the playoffs. I'm in no way concerned about our backup goalie.

Brenden Morrow? Good grief. On a team with Chara, Bergeron, Kelly, Krejci, Lucic, Iginla, Campbell, Thornton...we need a washed up "leader" No thank you.

Situation on D is bad enough? How is it bad at all? Aren't Seidenberg and McQuaid due back soon. I'd be willing to upgrade ON McQuaid to a Seidenberg type, but the other 5 starting D I'm not touching, they look fantastic.

 

[Artemis]

Enforcer yes...as per above Backup Goalie Absolutely Chad Johnson is what he is a very, very mediocre career backup...similar to and maybe not as good as, Jason Labarbara..sp How is a Brendan Morrow say, a downgrade from the great Smith? They need another leader by example on this team imo....to really cement the room....(Since they have Bergy and Chara and Thorton etc...very debatable...but their habits have not been nearly as consistent since Recchi retired.

And when I said they need an immediate addition to the d,I was thinking more of a Seidenberg level d than a Mcquaid level d, but the situation is bad enough where I would gladly take someone similar to McQuaid, who has really grown into a very good steady d.

I don't care if we are in 1st.....This team has some serious problems that will derail any kind of playoff run if not remedied within say a month or two.

And how do you propose to fit all these additions under the cap?

 

[ODAAT]

Enforcer yes...as per above Backup Goalie Absolutely Chad Johnson is what he is a very, very mediocre career backup...similar to and maybe not as good as, Jason Labarbara..sp How is a Brendan Morrow say, a downgrade from the great Smith? They need another leader by example on this team imo....to really cement the room....(Since they have Bergy and Chara and Thorton etc...very debatable...but their habits have not been nearly as consistent since Recchi retired.

And when I said they need an immediate addition to the d,I was thinking more of a Seidenberg level d than a Mcquaid level d, but the situation is bad enough where I would gladly take someone similar to McQuaid, who has really grown into a very good steady d.

I don't care if we are in 1st.....This team has some serious problems that will derail any kind of playoff run if not remedied within say a month or two.

Brenden Morrow?? Sorry, you watched him skate? Slower than Harold Schnepts and equally as ineffective at the end of his career, Smith has been an exceptionally pleasant surprise and I`d take what he brings over the Morrow at this stage of his career 8 days a week

Nobody knows here how serious the injury to Seids is, and if Chia adds anyone, it`ll be of the Redden variety. In a league where there are few teams who have any space (the B`s being one) to add a Seidenberg type D will cost $$

Your talking about derailing a playoff run in November?? Sorry, teams can take themselves out of the conversation with a poor start, this team hasn`t played nearly their best games, yet still sit in a position where making immediate moves is far from necessary and now is not the time to start making irrational moves and it isn`t Chia`s MO to do so

Amazing the panic here...betcha the board room in the Exec suites has none of it

And that back up barely as good as Labarbara has played very well when called upon, stole us 2pts against the Jackets

 

[rickizbruin]

Eaat vs. west....
last 10 stanley cup winners.....

Chicago blackhawks
Los angeles kings
Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings
Anaheim Ducks
Carolina Hurricanes
Tampa Bay Lightning
New Jersey Devils

4 west / 5 east.. .and Detriot who is now an eastern team.. but were in the west when they won... where is this so called domminace ? Regular season points ? who cares .. its all about winning the cup.. chicago is the only team that is dominant.. LA finnished in 8th playoff spot when they won the cup.

 

[ODAAT]

Eaat vs. west....
last 10 stanley cup winners.....

Chicago blackhawks
Los angeles kings
Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings
Anaheim Ducks
Carolina Hurricanes
Tampa Bay Lightning
New Jersey Devils

4 west / 5 east.. .and Detriot who is now an eastern team.. but were in the west when they won... where is this so called domminace ? Regular season points ? who cares .. its all about winning the cup.. chicago is the only team that is dominant.. LA finnished in 8th playoff spot when they won the cup.

Never understood it either but I will admit (only between you and I) while most teams are beat up come the finals, those Western teams endure a far more rugged game in the PO`s than the Eastern teams IMO.

I love watching Western Conference games and it`s not surprising, it`s due to the fact that there are more teams in that conference who play a similar style to the B`s

 

[Fossy21]

I don't care if we are in 1st.....This team has some serious problems that will derail any kind of playoff run if not remedied within say a month or two.

That would be approximately what just about everyone on here would've said the majority of last season. That was a decent playoff run, though it took a wake-up call from Toronto to get there.

 

[Sea Bass Neely]

Brenden Morrow?? Sorry, you watched him skate? Slower than Harold Schnepts and equally as ineffective at the end of his career, Smith has been an exceptionally pleasant surprise and I`d take what he brings over the Morrow at this stage of his career 8 days a week

Nobody knows here how serious the injury to Seids is, and if Chia adds anyone, it`ll be of the Redden variety. In a league where there are few teams who have any space (the B`s being one) to add a Seidenberg type D will cost $$

Your talking about derailing a playoff run in November?? Sorry, teams can take themselves out of the conversation with a poor start, this team hasn`t played nearly their best games, yet still sit in a position where making immediate moves is far from necessary and now is not the time to start making irrational moves and it isn`t Chia`s MO to do so

Amazing the panic here...betcha the board room in the Exec suites has none of it

And that back up barely as good as Labarbara has played very well when called upon, stole us 2pts against the Jackets

Brenden Morrow was actually a pretty good player in his prime, but his lack of speed has gone from a downside to a glaring liability. I'd rather have Reilly Smith, especially considering Smith has yet to reach his prime and could feasibly improve over the next few years.

 

[Pie O My]

been out of pocket and haven't had a chance to peruse what everyone's been saying about the past couple of games.

So are we all in agreeance that it was extremely short sighted to play TR both Monday and tuesday night?

 

[member 96824]

Never understood it either but I will admit (only between you and I) while most teams are beat up come the finals, those Western teams endure a far more rugged game in the PO`s than the Eastern teams IMO.

I love watching Western Conference games and it`s not surprising, it`s due to the fact that there are more teams in that conference who play a similar style to the B`s

Yup. Look at the path LA took last year for example in trying to repeat.

Played STL in the most physically grueling series I've ever seen, then after played a hated rival in San Jose, another very physical team...and then after that, Chicago...a team that mixes physical play and speed.

Yikes.

Doesn't make the west a superior conference by any means(although I think it's a deeper conference) but those teams sure take a beating trying to make it to the final round.

 

[BMC]

Honestly-about the only time I see Z draw a penalty is when he embellishes a bit-I have seen him held, hooked, slashed ets and the refs look the other way.

I think the Bs just have to accept that they aren't going to get all the calls Montreal etc get and stay on their feet. I would rather see a Bruin stay on his feet and fight than take himself out of the play trying to draw a penalty.

I hope our broken D-men return to action soon-Chara doesn't need to be eating 30 minutes a night at this point in the season.

I guess the refs think nobody can stop Z either legally or illegally so why call it.

Agree 100% with the rest of your post too. I don't want the Bruins diving or otherwise embellishing, that's just bush league.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

I think too, if I may? The Bruins as a team, just aren`t the kind of players who hit the ice after a love tap on the shin pads. Guys like Z get penalized for simply being too big.

How many times I have watched so many of our boys fight their way through a check where there is a clear infraction yet none comes is crazy while watching another player on other another team from the moment he feels that stick under his arm even in the slightest, hits the deck immediately.

TOTALLY OT but ODAAT - is that also your license plate by any chance?

 

[HockeyMomx2]

been out of pocket and haven't had a chance to peruse what everyone's been saying about the past couple of games.

So are we all in agreeance that it was extremely short sighted to play TR both Monday and tuesday night?

No. IMO, (which really doesn't mean squat) it's early enough in the season, back to backs are going to be a part of the playoff picture, don't have an issue with him getting in a few early on to start building up that mental confidence that he can play just as well, if not better, in the 2nd game than the 1st.

 

[Artemis]

been out of pocket and haven't had a chance to peruse what everyone's been saying about the past couple of games.

So are we all in agreeance that it was extremely short sighted to play TR both Monday and tuesday night?

Rather a puzzling comment as I don't think anyone said that. Unless you're being facetious. Hard to tell without the