Post-Game Talk: Bruins squeak by Habs 2-1

[Mione134]

It looked like he punched a Hab along the boards at one point, thought for sure he was gonna get a penalty

I saw that. But the camera angle was so awkward that you couldn't even see what was happening. I just saw 27 skate out of there and realized it was him. In the opening minutes of the game, one of our guys gave a good solid hit, it happened near the B's bench and nobody on the broadcast mentioned it, not could I see who it was.

National broadcasts suck when you want to see more of what going on in between.

 

[marty]

I laughed my ass off on the Plekanec breakaway attempt

Someone needs to .gif that!! haha

 

[westernhome]

Someone needs to .gif that!! haha

haha, it was hilarious, could gif it and have a caption it contest

the look on his face, it was all great



maybe just a FAIL caption would suffice

 

[pdmuck]

They made it back for last call

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWQ2108/history/20130207/0400Z/CYUL/KBOS

I'm assuming this is the Bruins charter...this gives a whole new meaning to the word "superfan" that you are tracking their inflight whereabouts in real time. That is awesome.

 

[Latrappe]

Chris Bourque made 3 huge plays in 3rd getting pucks out.Nothing fancy but he did the job,Kudos to him for it.Rask was superb on shots he faced .Not alot but tough ones.Bruins D was pretty good but slow start.

Yep. Bourque was very good, last night. He was hungry for the puck, skated very well and wasn't afraid to go to the contact...

 

[LouJersey]

Bruins again relying too much on their goalie...He makes their D look way better then they really are.

 

[TCL40]

I'm still quite disappointed that McQuaid didn't go with Prust

if it was Julien's orders then I am quite disappointed in Claude for that, this would have been good to see and would have been good for the team

No reason for him to go. He played that one out smart. Although I think the 2 minutes was a bogus call, he didn't start that, Prust did.

In the opening minutes of the game, one of our guys gave a good solid hit, it happened near the B's bench and nobody on the broadcast mentioned it, not could I see who it was.

I hate NBC games. They don't call the action well (Pierre won't shut up about stupid stuff-and gets some of the stupid stuff wrong like Campbell not being a center), and Doc at least can't keep the players straight so if there was a big hit made he probably would have said it was somebody else. I count of how many times he called Peverly Krejci last night.

There is ZERO chance they will play on Saturday afternoon with the blizzard.

If the game doesn't go off, how do they reschedule? Or will they just try to shift it to Saturday night in hopes the roads will be clear enough?

 

[cska78]

hey, good victory - 2 pts don't smell.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

just caught the 3rd period last nite.
Took me another 5 minutes to figure out the game was on versus.

anyways, chara always looks nervous whenever he plays in mtl. always looks like a different player.

i like seguin playing with krej and looch. I think looch and seguin would have some good chemistry together, mainly because looch is skating better this year and I think he's one of the more underrated passers in the NHL.

good to see rask get the monkey off his back against mtl.

still would like to see the power play bust out.

We'll get to see how a power play should work when tampa shows up saturday.

Also- can we please reschedule the sat game to 7pm?? It should be 7pm anyways.

 

[TheSeguinEra2010*]

Someone said on a couple occasions that Julien should put Seguin and Krejci on the same line. Whoever that person is should get props because I think he was right on there. We were waiting for a Seguin sighting since the season started and we saw him yesterday.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Man the habs board is incredible right now.


Other than that, I'm officially in full-on panic mode over the PP. The incredible thing is that after all the playing around, on about half the power plays they're back to doing what also didn't work 2 years ago.
At this point I'm not sure what to think. At 8.8% we're only .2% from being dead last in the NHL. Only the Rangers are worse right now, and that's arguably because of their blueline. I've got to believe that it's in part mental, because on the road they're 20%, and at home 0%. I guess I'm not saying anything new, no **** it would be mental after several years of being bad.

They almost need a team therapist.

Do Winnipeg, Phoenix and Florida really have better guys for the job? Their percentages certainly suggest that, or they're just way better coached on the PP.

 

[TP]

It's becoming obvious that the first PP should be

Lucic/Krejci/Seguin

Chara/Hamilton

The second one? ugh I don't even know.

 

[Nightslyr]

Man the habs board is incredible right now.


Other than that, I'm officially in full-on panic mode over the PP. The incredible thing is that after all the playing around, on about half the power plays they're back to doing what also didn't work 2 years ago.
At this point I'm not sure what to think. At 8.8% we're only .2% from being dead last in the NHL. Only the Rangers are worse right now, and that's arguably because of their blueline. I've got to believe that it's in part mental, because on the road they're 20%, and at home 0%. I guess I'm not saying anything new, no **** it would be mental after several years of being bad.

They almost need a team therapist.

Do Winnipeg, Phoenix and Florida really have better guys for the job? Their percentages certainly suggest that, or they're just way better coached on the PP.

I don't get their fascination with having a forward as one of the point positions. Krejci does his best work from the half-wall, and Bergeron is best used from the dots down. Neither of them have a legit shot from the blueline.

The pairings, ideally, should be Chara and Boychuck on one PP, and Hamilton and Seidenberg/Ference on the other. Keep the foward lines together as their strength is in cycling and puck pursuit.

Beyond that, better decision making is desperately needed. The players have been holding on to the puck far too long, resulting in forced passes into opposing players. They need decisiveness.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

There are three things that are certain:

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Habs will draw a penalty at a crucial time in any game where they are down and most definitely in the waning minutes of a game when playing at home.

LOL, chuckdobbins and I were talking about this exact thing yesterday at work, and I posted in in the GDT. It's universally known!

 

[ODAAT]

For 3+ decades, I have watched our hero`s run into a Hab goalie who stopped everything, refs making phantom calls, Bruins teams outplay Hab teams and still come out on the losing end of it. To make it worse, then have to listen to Hab fans pour salt in the wounds about a victory, or use the way tired "we`ve won _____Cups" arguement, regular season or otherwise. Well, last night, a little Karma, Habs certainly had the better of the opportunities but our boys found a way.

CJ- remember the times when he`d NEVER make a lineup change mid game?? Those days are long gone

Tuukka awsome
A 4th liner playing 2nd line wing
A 4th line entirely made up of guys who have played predominantly in the AHL
2pts in the Bell Center?

Hab fans must be furious, if the roles were reversed and it was the Habbies icing the team this one was forced to last night, fans here would be irate we didn`t lay a beating on them. Well done boys, I wonder what the Hab board is like this morning.

2pts, I`ll take er

 

[remer]

It's becoming obvious that the first PP should be

Lucic/Krejci/Seguin

Chara/Hamilton

The second one? ugh I don't even know.

Something drastic needs to happen. Perhaps t's time for Ward to give up this area. He has been brutal. Maybe Chia can hire a PP specialist and have someone work some new systems.

Bourque is not the answer on the powerplay.

Players that can score, make plays and defensceman that can control the puck.

I would try to keep Spooner up and work him into the line-up.

Chara scared to shoot from the point. Hamilton has helped give us another option.

2nd worst in the league with this type of talent is unacceptable.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Why? There is literally no reason for McQuaid to go with Prust there at all. Bruins are up 2-1 on the road with under 10 mins left in the game. No reason to give MTL any kind of spark. Same reason Moen didn't go with McQuaid at the end of the second. Bruins looked dead in the water.

I want to see a fight as much as everyone else, but it really made absolutely no sense in that situation for McQ to fight.

Completely agree with you here. What last night really drove home was that most of these guys totally get why they fight and when to do it. Same as BGL chasing Lucic up and down the ice and Lucic basically laughing at him the entire time. If there's no reason to do it, then don't do it. Even if I wanted to see Quaider smash Prust's face in.

 

[ODAAT]

Man the habs board is incredible right now.


Other than that, I'm officially in full-on panic mode over the PP. The incredible thing is that after all the playing around, on about half the power plays they're back to doing what also didn't work 2 years ago.
At this point I'm not sure what to think. At 8.8% we're only .2% from being dead last in the NHL. Only the Rangers are worse right now, and that's arguably because of their blueline. I've got to believe that it's in part mental, because on the road they're 20%, and at home 0%. I guess I'm not saying anything new, no **** it would be mental after several years of being bad.

They almost need a team therapist.

Do Winnipeg, Phoenix and Florida really have better guys for the job? Their percentages certainly suggest that, or they're just way better coached on the PP.

Nash/Richards/Gabby on the Rags PP and it`s worse than ours, sure be nice to have a PP that puts the opponents on their heels, it`s been almost 3 years since we`ve had this and not sure when but I`ve just come to expect nothing from the PP, and use that PP time to pet my dog and shoot the breeze with Mrs. Odaat

 

[Glove Malfunction]

haha, it was hilarious, could gif it and have a caption it contest

the look on his face, it was all great



maybe just a FAIL caption would suffice

It absolutely must have the Price is Right fail music too!

 

[LSCII]

Bruins again relying too much on their goalie...He makes their D look way better then they really are.

This is the main takeaway I got out of last night. If Tuukka doesn't literally stand on his head, they lose this game by a wide margin. Pretty concerning to me that the offense is beyond anemic. It's great that they're winning games, but you can only go to the well so many times before it catches up to you. Also, I hope that Chara is hiding an injury because he's looked absolutely terrible all season long. If he's not, his game has dropped off dramatically.

 

[Regina]

say what you want about potting goals but Peverley is playing just fine

I loath when he's missing from the lineup . He is such a good player for this team and one forward they have difficulty filling the void for when he's away .

 

[Fire Sweeney]

To be fair the Habs didn't do much after the first 10 minutes, which is normal since they suck.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

You guys gotta admit that it's nice to at least used to how bad the PP is. Even as early as last year, I'd still cheer when he'd go on the power play in a key game situation. Now I just roll my eyes, and am genuinely shocked when we score. I have essentially accepted that it's THAT bad.

 

[Therick67]

I'm probalby an idiot and this is a crazy ideal, but why not just play the pp the way they do 5 on 5? They've been one of the best teams in the league for 3 plus years 5 on 5, so why change it when you aren't having any success?

 

[CamFan81]

yes they are

what the hell is that sticking out of the top of that guys winter hat???

i know its from the ice cream sign but lol