Post-Game Talk: Bruins Fall to Sabres 4-2

[SerenityRick]

Watch the play. Hamilton sets him up and he goes backhand (for no reason) and then behind the net. DK then takes the shot and gets it back to Hamilton for the goal.

But good job on the quoting...

Seguin goes back hand because the pass was off the mark.. it was a good 5 feet off the mark. Seguin had no choice but to catch it on the back hand.

 

[Neely08]

I'm not really getting the Seguin hate. Save for not carrying the team on his back in the 3rd period, the kid had an extremely strong game. he was lights out in the first two periods. he was hitting, stick handling, making slick passes, assisting on the Dougie goal, playing extremely aggressively.

I hate to be the guy who says "Well he tried really hard!" Because I know we all expect much more. but he's far from the goat in this game. At least in my opinion.

It's not that he isn't scoring. It's his attitude, or sense of urgency if you will. I don't expect him to go into corners like Lucic. But to see Bergeron fight off two guys, get it to segs, and the second he gets challenged, throw it away to place Bergeron has absolutely no chance of getting it back. Especially when he had time to check off his linemates. It's frustrating to watch. He's not using his head, legs, or his stick. There's been times where the puck is in his feet, or within his reach, he gives it a Kessel wave, and curls away.

Don't worry, he has lots of company in the doing nothing department. I expect Segs to get knocked off the puck at times. Horton has less of an excuse at his size. You'd think the puck was a dog turd watching horton.

3rd line? They need another piece. I hope Chia has the scouts out there.

 

[KrazyLegs]

They still need finishers. A lot of other teams would've had 4-5 goals with our opportunities tonight.

 

[doubleculprit]

Why can't the Bruins be opportunistic? I feel like any decent chance the other team has they find a way to score every single time.

Bruins, on the other hand, need a string of about 10 of those chances for even a slight glimmer of hope of cashing in on one of them. Whether it's a scramble for a puck in the slot or an odd man rush.

How many goals have been scored on our goalies off an odd man rush this season? off the top of my head I can think of at least 4. Bruins have had many odd man rushes and 0 goals to show for it I think. Blech.

This team is all Sweedish and no Finish. They play good team hockey, but they lack scoring touch. They have for a long time. Seguin has been awful. Needs a stint in the box. Khudobin is nowhere near Rask talent wise.

I partly blame the schedule for this one. We are in the dreaded Friday/ Sunday streak here for a bit. We suck when we get off the Thursday/ Saturday schedule. I hate Friday/ Sunday.... I would bet my next paycheck we lose on Sunday too.

 

[LouJersey]

They owned the next period and a half after that.

Buffalo put Scott away, literally benched him, and finally looked better.

But they did score the first goal a couple of minutes after that.

 

[Mainehockey33]

They need to try Seguin at center and form a scoring line around him. Offense isn't a bad thing.

 

[Andrew83]

As this team continues to be stoned by every goalie we face I wonder if CJ will blow up the 1st 3 lines for the next game, at least for a period or so, maybe these guys have become a bit too complacent. The lack of finish is keeping every game close, it's going to wear down our best players if this dosen't change.

The Bs have been facing some good goalies though. 7 of the first 12 games have been either Lundqvist, Miller, or Price.

 

[Kaoz*]

Watch the play. Hamilton sets him up and he goes backhand (for no reason) and then behind the net. DK then takes the shot and gets it back to Hamilton for the goal.

But good job on the quoting...

Seguin handles a hot pass that doesn't corral easy. He recognizes there is no shot and rather then panic and get it out front to no one, moves it behind the net to Krejci who flubs the wide open net, and after the puck luckily comes back to him recognizes the wide open Hamilton with the better angle 10 feet away.

 

[Kaoz*]

But they did score the first goal a couple of minutes after that.

Goals can be scored with good bounces... more important to me is the Bruins controlled play and did so in definitive fashion.

They also abused Scott in the way I most prefer on the 2nd goal.

 

[C77]

It's not that he isn't scoring. It's his attitude, or sense of urgency if you will. I don't expect him to go into corners like Lucic. But to see Bergeron fight off two guys, get it to segs, and the second he gets challenged, throw it away to place Bergeron has absolutely no chance of getting it back. Especially when he had time to check off his linemates. It's frustrating to watch. He's not using his head, legs, or his stick. There's been times where the puck is in his feet, or within his reach, he gives it a Kessel wave, and curls away.

Don't worry, he has lots of company in the doing nothing department. I expect Segs to get knocked off the puck at times. Horton has less of an excuse at his size. You'd think the puck was a dog turd watching horton.

3rd line? They need another piece. I hope Chia has the scouts out there.

I agree. Every single time Seguin goes in with his stick first instead of actually checking someone. No one expects him to run people out of the building but he doesn't get a special "no physical contact required" pass either because he was a #2 overall pick.

 

[since76]

Pretty disgusting game. Chara was invisible. Wish the guy would actually lead by example. Take a ripper of a shot, hit someone, something.

We held the majority of the play throughout the game. Then, the 2nd period. Who's idea was it to start Dobby? His first terrible game as a Bruin.

Seguin needs to park his ass in the pressbox for a game. His play has been abysmal this year. It's Marchand and Bergeron doing everything on that line.

Good for the game: Dougie. I didn't see a glaring mistake, and he was our offense.

i agree with you for tyler, but you have to put bergy out TOO, he is horrible this year, just horrible

 

[GoBs]

The problem I see is the cheap contract they elected to use is for Bourque. I don't even think he's that bad but IMO he's really hurting the 3rd line and it's really affecting Kelly and Peverley. I think CJ needs to address this very quickly. I'd much rather Tardiff or whoever until they can find an acceptable replacement to fill in on the 3rd line. Bourque gives it his all and I don't deny that but he's best just isn't NHL caliber.

Bourque is head over heals better then Tardif.

 

[C77]

The Bs have been facing some good goalies though. 7 of the first 12 games have been either Lundqvist, Miller, or Price.

The Sabres were the worst looking defensive team I've seen this year for the first two periods and the Bruins couldn't put them away.

 

[LouJersey]

Unfortunately the play turned into transition, but someone should have jumped Ott later. That stuff bothers me, the stuff with John Scott I couldn't care less about.

You have to care though when he flattens your goalie a d the Bruins don't do anything. Then five more sabres knock Dobby over. Myers hits paille high. Ott hits boychuk high. Krejci gets cheaper by Ott right in front of Z and he does nothing. Are they concerned if they do something they will have Scott in their face later!? They don't play like this vs anyone else.

 

[MTaylorJ1]

Seguin handles a hot pass that doesn't corral easy. He recognizes there is no shot and rather then panic and get it out front to no one, moves it behind the net to Krejci who flubs the wide open net, and after the puck luckily comes back to him recognizes the wide open Hamilton with the better angle 10 feet away.

Oh lord. He didn't flub anything, Ehrhoff blocked the shot, Krejci corralled the block and made a no look pass to Dougie. They all did something good on that play.

This is the type of stuff I can't stand after losses.

 

[remer]

Lots to be bothered with tonight:

Finish is just not there
Horton has a chance to make it 3-1 and before you know it its 4-2
Third line needs help- time to let the Bourque experiment go. I will even take Caron
Ference has been horrible. Time to say goodbye.
Chara can change a game by himself and he has not performed lately. Shoot the puck.
Dougie was the only bright light on the backend.
Goodmtomsee Peverely getma gift- he is struggling as well

 

[MTaylorJ1]

You have to care though when he flattens your goalie a d the Bruins don't do anything. Then five more sabres knock Dobby over. Myers hits paille high. Ott hits boychuk high. Krejci gets cheaper by Ott right in front of Z and he does nothing. Are they concerned if they do something they will have Scott in their face later!? They don't play like this vs anyone else.

They should take care of the Otts and Myers then. Scott isn't going to do anything. None of the enforcers do.

Better still, you go after Vanek or take it hard to Miller.

M.A.D. works.

 

[cat400]

The Bruins & Seguin were on a hot streak last year when they made their 1st visit to the Peg.

Seguin's alarm clock led to a benching and a Bruins' defeat. After that Seguin struggled for a while to find his game.

Maybe this season's 1st visit will have the opposite effect and Tyler will finally break out.

 

[LouJersey]

The Sabres were the worst looking defensive team I've seen this year for the first two periods and the Bruins couldn't put them away.

They are the worst d in the league save for the Flames. We should be able to run them out of the building but don't.

 

[C77]

The thing that concerns me about the offense is that this team is entirely healthy right now or as healthy as it will ever be. There is no "well Horton is out" and "they miss Lucic right now" to fall back on.

 

[doubleculprit]

Seguein needs a kick in the ass. He has been terrible. He is looking really entitled to me.

 

[LouJersey]

They should take care of the Otts and Myers then. Scott isn't going to do anything. None of the enforcers do.

Better still, you go after Vanek or take it hard to Miller.

M.A.D. works.

The old bruins would have taken an ass kicking from Scott defending the goalie no questions asked. This year we have the kinder gentler version.

 

[studebaker1*]

It's beyond annoying. And there is no way in hell Ott had 11 hits. Is his dad the scorekeeper there?

Ott leads the league in hits after this game so I don't know how that is so unbelievable.

 

[Kaoz*]

Oh lord. He didn't flub anything, Ehrhoff blocked the shot, Krejci corralled the block and made a no look pass to Dougie. They all did something good on that play.

This is the type of stuff I can't stand after losses.

I can't stand that a 21 year old kid who has a great game, and is physically engaged throughout (easily his biggest weakness) gets railed on while a guy like Krejci who has weak play after weak play is glossed over because he made one decent pass.

Thinking production equates to great performances is the reason a guy like Bergeron is under appreciated.

I have no idea how NHL.com credits him with just one giveaway.

 

[TCL40]

I have decided that if I am going to miss a portion of a Sabres game, I need to just not watch any of it. So far the two Sabres games I have missed the first period or two of, turned to poop in the periods I do see.

Next Sabres game if I can't watch the whole thing, I think I will skip it.

Somebody said in the other thread that the Sabres seem to be this year's Carolina, and I have to agree.

Bruins just can't seem to score on Miller and they tend to play weakly against them.

Positives: At least Vanek didn't get a hat trick and Dougie got a goal.