Bruins old and slow? Check the stats!

[tarheelhockey]

I've never heard this about the Pens. The secret sauce for the Pens was being a crappy team at the right time,

What I meant by that is the Pens were at least a decent team, and usually a contender, for about 30 years straight with the exception of one little gap, during which time Crosby and Malkin fell in their lap. By 2020 were indeed plenty of people saying things like “never bet against the Pens, everyone says they’re too old but they just keep winning” as if there was some dark magic keeping them from missing the playoffs. And of course that was foolish because the Pens WERE getting older and slowing down, and there wasn’t another Crosby in the wings to keep things going.

Is there another Chara, Bergeron, Rask in the wings for Boston? If not, this is the normal life cycle of a team losing A-level talent and replacing it with draftees who are young and promising but not as good. We saw this when Detroit was high on their own fumes with Nyqvist and Tatar and DeKeyser, decent players who would obviously become superstars because it was the Red Wings and they had magic.

Pasta being old and slow and past his peak is certainly a take.

Not what I said. I said his current state will very likely prove to be his peak, meaning he will start to decline in a couple of years. 110-point seasons past age 30 for a winger are almost unheard of, the sort of thing you might get from Jagr or Kucherov, but not even Ovechkin ever came close. Betting on Pastrnak to be at that level in a few years, that would certainly be a take.

 

[PaulD]

What I meant by that is the Pens were at least a decent team, and usually a contender, for about 30 years straight with the exception of one little gap, during which time Crosby and Malkin fell in their lap. By 2020 were indeed plenty of people saying things like “never bet against the Pens, everyone says they’re too old but they just keep winning” as if there was some dark magic keeping them from missing the playoffs. And of course that was foolish because the Pens WERE getting older and slowing down, and there wasn’t another Crosby in the wings to keep things going.

Is there another Chara, Bergeron, Rask in the wings for Boston? If not, this is the normal life cycle of a team losing A-level talent and replacing it with draftees who are young and promising but not as good. We saw this when Detroit was high on their own fumes with Nyqvist and Tatar and DeKeyser, decent players who would obviously become superstars because it was the Red Wings and they had magic.



Not what I said. I said his current state will very likely prove to be his peak, meaning he will start to decline in a couple of years. 110-point seasons past age 30 for a winger are almost unheard of, the sort of thing you might get from Jagr or Kucherov, but not even Ovechkin ever came close. Betting on Pastrnak to be at that level in a few years, that would certainly be a take.

Hilarious how some of these critics who cant shit on Bruins present season year after year .....start bashing the teams future seasons. Tarheel transferring that to Pastrnac as well.
Talk about reaching.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Hilarious how some of these critics who cant shit on Bruins present season year after year .....start bashing the teams future seasons. Tarheel transferring that to Pastrnac as well.
Talk about reaching.

What about saying Pastrnak is likely to peak in his late 20s and then slow down is shitting on him?

You’re falling into exactly the pattern I’m talking about. Pointing out that a team has lost a lot of HOF-level talent, and is gradually moving toward post-peak of their top remaining talent without any obvious replacements on the way, is not “bashing”. It’s living in reality where time progresses whether we like it or not.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

What about saying Pastrnak is likely to peak in his late 20s and then slow down is shitting on him?

You’re falling into exactly the pattern I’m talking about. Pointing out that a team has lost a lot of HOF-level talent, and is gradually moving toward post-peak of their top remaining talent without any obvious replacements on the way, is not “bashing”. It’s living in reality where time progresses whether we like it or not.

Do we need to worry about it now? What does that have to do with the Bruins being old ond slow?

 

[Auston Marlander]

I checked the stats

Boston a team continually deemed old, slow with poor prospects are within top 3 youngest, tallest, and heaviest in the league. They are bigger and faster. Going to be interesting to see how this team performs moving forward. Good on Sweeney for keeping the team competitive and entertaining to watch.

Between the speed stats Wasted Talent shared and the fact the Bruins are the 16th oldest team in the league. You might want to check the stats before posting.

Neither of those things mean they are a bad team, but buddy, you're taking the strangest approach to prove it.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

Bruins are a good team. A wel oiled machine. Similar to Toronto, it’s all about the playoffs with them. If I’m a B’s fan, I’m not happy about how the team has performed in the playoffs the last couple years.

 

[Czechboy]

McAvoy - 27
Pastrnak - 28
Swayman - 25

The only top player the old title remotely applies to is Marchand at 34

I was very confused reading this.. does the OP know Krejci, Chara, Thomas and Bergeron retired?

Legit looking at puckpedia to see who the old stars are?

Marchand and ??????