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- Feb 27, 2002
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NHL Draft lottery race - Bruins currently have 4th Pick
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DaStinger
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After a miserable season at least they seem to have figured out how to tank properly.
If the Bruins were to win the lottery even from spot 4 it would be the sort of situation where lots of people would claim shenanigans in favor of an O6, big market team. Hell, if I weren't a Bruins fan, I'd probably be one of them! Probably won't happen but you never know. Main thing is pick 4 or 5 would be quite nice anyway. It's been an impressive slide down the standings, in a sense.
4th choice seem very strange
Tried the draft sim 250 times (love stats) and bruins going down 60% of time ! Stay 4th 20% , move up 1/3 20%
Blowfish
Count down ...
KlausJopling
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It feels like they were in 10th place a week ago. This is truly impressive.
- Feb 27, 2002
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LFG kraken! what a night, without their top 2 goal scorers in schwartz and tolvanen.
tonight's tank-related games:
b's at scabs
pens look to snap the blues' 10-game win streak
preds are a lost cause but they're in dallas
ducks are in calgary
the bruins aren't gonna lose all 7 remaining games, so if we have to win 1, let it be tonight.
tonight's tank-related games:
b's at scabs
pens look to snap the blues' 10-game win streak
preds are a lost cause but they're in dallas
ducks are in calgary
the bruins aren't gonna lose all 7 remaining games, so if we have to win 1, let it be tonight.
ODAAT
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you sure they won`t lose all 7 games? I think they can do it
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ODAAT
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oh nice, or "Don`t score for four"
- Jun 26, 2012
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Great surprise with my morning coffee!
I can’t believe how fast it happens in this league they were at 14 two weeks ago.
Looks like the Kraken play the Sharks next but then I don’t see another winnable game for them. If the Bruins want to stay above them in the draft order they will probably have to lose out.
I can’t believe how fast it happens in this league they were at 14 two weeks ago.
Looks like the Kraken play the Sharks next but then I don’t see another winnable game for them. If the Bruins want to stay above them in the draft order they will probably have to lose out.
I am very happy at 4. If we can remain here that would be fantastic. I don't think 3 is happening. I don't see that Nahville is likely to reach 69 points. If they did it would almost be malpractice. I just hope the Bruins don't get inspired. A two game win streak would drastically change the player we get.
KnightofBoston
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normally Im gung ho about f***ing the habs over but their potential to play spoiler in the playoffs is too delicious to pass up
- Jan 9, 2012
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Agreed lets just stay in this position. And don't bring back Charlie for a lost season let him get 100% healthy.
LJReborn
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Man did I hate those Islander teams. I came to appreciate them later in life, but living in NJ as a Bruins fan before the Devils, Islanders fans were everywhere. That 1983 series made me cry
Bruin4
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I hope there’s a lot of people complaining on may 5/6
Hell let them cry kick and scream
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Eddie Munson
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4th is probably the best we can hope for as a finish. Now it's up to the lottery and then Don to make the right pick.
Being in the running for Misa, Schaeffer, Hagens, Frondell, Martone, Desnoyers though is a good start to this rebuild/retool.
The more I look at what we have though, this may be a little more than a retool as I don't think this draft, nor the offseason, will fix all the woes of this team. I worry the construction of it all is very flawed. I also think there has been a complete disconnect between how Monty, Sweeney, and Neely felt a team should play/be constructed and the bipolar nature of that dynamic has contributed to the failures this year.
Being in the running for Misa, Schaeffer, Hagens, Frondell, Martone, Desnoyers though is a good start to this rebuild/retool.
The more I look at what we have though, this may be a little more than a retool as I don't think this draft, nor the offseason, will fix all the woes of this team. I worry the construction of it all is very flawed. I also think there has been a complete disconnect between how Monty, Sweeney, and Neely felt a team should play/be constructed and the bipolar nature of that dynamic has contributed to the failures this year.
Oates2Neely
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1982 - Gord Kluzak 1st overall
1997 - Joe Thornton 1st overall
28 years later, will the Bruins get the 1st overall pick for the franchises fourth time? They’re due.
1997 - Joe Thornton 1st overall
28 years later, will the Bruins get the 1st overall pick for the franchises fourth time? They’re due.
BTO
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First overall next year would be better.
ODAAT
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Yeah, but I just can't see the Bruins being dire enough next season to get there. Anything can happen, trur, but unless Sweeney royally screws up this draft and the summer retool, and Hampus and McAvoy don't recover, the team is going to be better than the lottery. They might not be great and might even miss the playoffs, but I believe it would be something completely off the radar to end up this bad a second year in a row.
Over the volcano
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Dont think there is one - Hagens, Frondell and Desnoyers could all be right there.
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Now that we’re at 4. I would feel just as lucky if we didn’t move back a spot or two due to the lottery than if we won 1st or 2nd.
The style of the lottery is interesting in that there’s a lot of anti tanking measures like that, but in practice it seems it just causes the teams at the very bottom to tank even harder haha.
The style of the lottery is interesting in that there’s a lot of anti tanking measures like that, but in practice it seems it just causes the teams at the very bottom to tank even harder haha.
