Bruins Need to Move the Morning Skate to Td Garden Instead of Warrior Especially during the PLAYOFFS

[Fenway]

Toronto skated at TD Garden on Tuesday and could see the ice was going to be bad - The Bruins used their practice facility.

They have now lost five of their last 6 home playoff games ( all in Round 1 )

I have no idea if doing this would improve their play at home but it certainly can't make things any worse.




Tuesday, April 30 (Warrior Ice Arena | TD Garden)

- Morning skate, 11 a.m. (Warrior Ice Arena)

- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following morning skate

- Game vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m. (TD Garden | TV: NESN, ESPN | Radio: 98.5)

- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following the game

 

[KnightofBoston]

I couldn’t agree more

 

[Fenway]

I couldn’t agree more

The equipment guys won't care as they move everything anyhow. The players would be fine with it as well as for the most part nobody lives in Allston/Brighton.

 

[KnightofBoston]

The equipment guys won't care as they move everything anyhow. The players would be fine with it as well as for the most part nobody lives in Allston/Brighton.

Well, how can we make it happen?

 

[chizzler]

It’s been a problem ever since they started practicing there.

 

[BruinDust]

They have to mitigate the poor ice with simplifying their game. Soft, crappy ice feeds into just playing heavy forecheck, straight line hockey and lots of shots on net. It's basically what other teams use to defeat the Bruins on home ice.

This team just wants to play its tick-tack-toe east-west game looking for the perfect shot and that gets harder when the ice is garbage.

 

[TD Charlie]

It also takes about 15 seconds in pregame to realize what condition the ice is in

 

[Fenway]

It also takes about 15 seconds in pregame to realize what condition the ice is in

Granted - but you don't want your opponent to know that hours before you do.

 

[TD Charlie]

Granted - but you don't want your opponent to know that hours before you do.

I’ll allow for that part of it

 

[KnightofBoston]

I say again, what can we do as fans to make it happen? Do we need to tweet at the bruins and call their office repeatedly this week to get them to change it for a potential game 7 and beyond?

 

[JCRO]

All the revenue from tickets and a huge fan base and they have some of the worst ice in the league. It’s embarrassing.

The amount of whiffed shot/passes and wipe outs by players last night was absurd

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

They listened to @Fenway

https://x.com/_tyanderson/status/1786480493380170035?s=46&t=dY_zniezQusV1gBXNWmqfA

 

[TD Charlie]

Now they can play grab ass at the morning skate and more easily account for where Pastrnak will be most likely to eat shit with no contact. Spoiler alert, it's every where.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I suppose they can with the Celtics still awaiting their opponent for the 2nd rd or would that even be a factor if it were a celtics gameday?

 

[Fenway]

They listened to @Fenway

https://x.com/_tyanderson/status/1786480493380170035?s=46&t=dY_zniezQusV1gBXNWmqfA

Saturday, May 4 (TD Garden, Boston, MA)
- Morning skate, 10:30 a.m.
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following morning skate
- Game vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 8 p.m. (TV: ABC | Radio: 98.5)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following the game

 

[BruinsJoe]

How it s possible to not practice today when you re not conpetent to take draw, not able to make passes or shot and touch the net...how? At least pratice draw for 1h wtf?

 

[roflstomper]

They lose because they play with the effort and sacrifice of a September Black and Gold exhibition game not because of the ice.

 

[Fenway]

How it s possible to not practice today when you re not conpetent to take draw, not able to make passes or shot and touch the net...how? At least pratice draw for 1h wtf?

The Bruins stayed in Toronto last night as they had to find another plane.

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/RVF8715/history/20240503/1615Z/CYYZ/KBED

 

[McGarnagle]

This all really depends on availability with the Celtics also making a run

 

[bruins309]

The Bruins stayed in Toronto last night as they had to find another plane.

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/RVF8715/history/20240503/1615Z/CYYZ/KBED

A similar thing happened after game 6 in 2013, which was notable in that the NHL scheduled a back-to-back for games 6 and 7 so they flew to Boston on the day of a game.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2013/05/13/boston-bruins-plane-problems/2154647/

 

[chizzler]

Plane issues? Sure Toronto.