LouJersey
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What exactly has Sweeney not done that other GMS have this year? Have there even been any deals?
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I am not a fan of Sweeney buy I agree with this. The impending expansion draft is slowing things up, most teams have done few moves over the past year, just some supplemental free agent signings. In fact, I preferred Sweeney's 2nd offseason to his first as atleast there wasn't blunders.
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When fans look out next Christmas and see C-Mac Carlo and other youngsters on D and see 23 and under forwards like Pastrnak Vatrano JFK Senyshyn Bjork DeBrusk Heinen and others supplementing Bergeron Krejci Backes and Marchand it may make sense
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The Bruins organization will trow a Christmas party for all the players,draftees, employees at the garden.
They will play a friendly game. Hence all the young players on the ice at same time.
It must be that many posters here live in a world of instant gratification. They don't know what it is like to plant a garden and have to wait for things to grow. Go to a store take things off a shelf, flip a switch lights turn on. Developing a hockey team is no a microwave dinner. It takes time, it takes patience.
I have faith in the long term direction of this team. Faith is the belief in things hoped for and the conviction of things not yet seen. The reward is yet to come, but it is on its way. With time, patience, and a little bit of luck the Bruins will be trending upwards to leading the pack.
Nobody likes to lose. And nobody wants to waste prime years of certain players. Injuries and recovery time have disrupted much of the first half of this year - yet they are not out of it. I am interested to see what moves are made between now and the deadline. Definitely interesting and exciting times ahead.
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No but a handful- it could be Gabrielle or Cehlarik or Grzelcyk or Lauzon or O'Gara
I can see 4 or all 5 of Pastrnak Carlo Chiller McIntyre & Vatrano entrenched full time by the spring
Next year I can see another handful
That's a 60 % turnover in 2-3 years and more coming added to a solid 28-32 core
ReggieMoto
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Exactly
combined with the 9 players I believe who are already on this roster 25 years old or younger
Some here screamed for younger players to play, here we are, half the bloody lineup is on the younger side and yet still some not convinced there is a plan(definitely not you)
Also complaining about the uneven play of the roster. It's full of youngsters making mistakes.
northeastern
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Also complaining about the uneven play of the roster. It's full of youngsters making mistakes.
The counter argument is if the kids had been given more responsibility the last two seasons when the team missed the playoffs anyway they'd be further along.
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Fantastic post I wish I could write as well as this
I'm in my 50's and when I was my kids age we didn't have drive thru or fast pass. We had wait - and wait without looking at an iPhone
It's the sign of the times and how people are conditioned to think
Some of these younguns should try calling a girl you wanted to impress by stretching the phone cord 20 feet in hopes of some privacy only to get a busy signal or no answer and no answering machine! Made it really hard to be a "playah".
Worst was getting her Dad. "hi, is Cindy home?". "Oh, OK, can you tell her Jay called? Thanks". Even today it makes my toes curl.....
It's a catch22 the Bruins were not in a total rebuild and won't be.
You don't throw an infant into the deep end of the pool and expect it to swim like a fish. Maybe in a few years if properly trained and coached. Rush things and the kid is scarred for life afraid of the water.
Bruins have been bringing the kids along slowly, for the most part giving them a taste and then time to adjust and work on their game. I know that doesn't sit well with some, but this isn't plug and play. It takes time, experience, work, and more time for physical body development to handle the riggers of NHL life.
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Hopefully management doesn't fall prey to instant gratification this trade deadline and trade away draft picks (which are the lifeline of their player acquisition) to help a team that clearly isn't a contender either way.
RedeyeRocketeer
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Kind of curious where you guys see the roster spots available for all this new youth next year you're expecting.
Bergeron/Marchand/Pasta/Backes/Belesky/Krejci/Spooner/Czarnik/Vatrano and I'm going to say the resign Moore because of the fit, that's 10. You can't put all the names you've mentioned in the lineup, and I've still not mentioned Hayes still on the books.
Chara/Krug/McQuaid/Miller, here you've got room for McAvoy for sure. Maybe Lauzon but is he going to be more NHL ready than Chiller, doubt it. I also think that it's wishful thinking to expect one of those D to be grabbed by Vegas, but maybe.
To me 2018-2019 finally a pile of garbage comes off the books. The problem of course being that in 2018-2019, Chara is basically eligible for the seniors discount, Bergy is 33, Backes is 35 in the playoffs, and so on.
Where so many of us are are livid is that we didn't need to stuff the Riley Nash/McQuaid/Rinaldo/Belesky/Hayes stuffing into all these spots (and that's not hindsight, not for me anyway). And indeed in 2017-2018 we could have brought up ALL the kids. Now only injury is going to allow for it.
Bergeron/Marchand/Pasta/Backes/Belesky/Krejci/Spooner/Czarnik/Vatrano and I'm going to say the resign Moore because of the fit, that's 10. You can't put all the names you've mentioned in the lineup, and I've still not mentioned Hayes still on the books.
Chara/Krug/McQuaid/Miller, here you've got room for McAvoy for sure. Maybe Lauzon but is he going to be more NHL ready than Chiller, doubt it. I also think that it's wishful thinking to expect one of those D to be grabbed by Vegas, but maybe.
To me 2018-2019 finally a pile of garbage comes off the books. The problem of course being that in 2018-2019, Chara is basically eligible for the seniors discount, Bergy is 33, Backes is 35 in the playoffs, and so on.
Where so many of us are are livid is that we didn't need to stuff the Riley Nash/McQuaid/Rinaldo/Belesky/Hayes stuffing into all these spots (and that's not hindsight, not for me anyway). And indeed in 2017-2018 we could have brought up ALL the kids. Now only injury is going to allow for it.
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Long overdue. Should of been done a month ago.
And No-goal Acciari has been demoted as well (which I was also calling for).
Now find new homes for Hayes, Nash, and Kevan Miller and this team might be on it's way.
Couldn't agree more JAD. Great analogy you provide. Could also refer to it asthe "fast food mentality". Want it, want it now and if I don't get it there will be hell to pay. Quality is no longer of signifiance. The rash of young players rushed into roles with such high expectations is a result of a cap system. It eliminated what was know as the coveted veterans who so often filled important roles on every team. Players of 30+ years of age are now being forced out of the league.The cheaper alternative of inserting kids has become the default option. The performance of so many teams around the league who are struggling reflect that. Norms of past seasons have changed, expectations of fans has not. Understand that and it's become a no win situation.
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Yeah, well, sometimes when you are the ACTUAL GM, and not some fan sitting at a keyboard criticizing with no actual repercussions, things take a little longer
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Also complaining about the uneven play of the roster. It's full of youngsters making mistakes.
with the potential to be even younger next year Reggie
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