NHL Draft lottery race II - Bruins locked into 5th before ping pong balls.

[quietbruinfan]

Hagens: 5'10.5", 177 lbs
Misa: 5'11.75", 184 lbs
Desnoyers: 6'1.5", 178 lbs
Frondell: 6'1", 198 lbs

Source: Central Scouting

Central scouting seems kind of strict on the measurements right down to the half inch. Misa in particular looks bigger and taller.

 

[Fenway]

The Bruins need a new and more talented head coach but I hope Sacco is not completely 'fired'. He is a good, hard-working guy who knows the players and the organization well and is clearly respected and there should be a place for him working with the players in some capacity. Not as an assistant again - that would be too awkward - but there are other roles he could fill.

If Joe prefers to seek a job elsewhere then by all means good on him, but if he does want to stick around they should at least try and accommodate that. He did a respectable job in tough circumstances, I think it's just pretty clear that the Bruins need to aim higher and properly overhaul the bench if they're serious about bouncing back up to the pointy end.

@Aussie Bruin There was a feeling after the game that something major will happen in the next 36 hours.

 

[rfournier103]

The Bruins need a new and more talented head coach but I hope Sacco is not completely 'fired'. He is a good, hard-working guy who knows the players and the organization well and is clearly respected and there should be a place for him working with the players in some capacity. Not as an assistant again - that would be too awkward - but there are other roles he could fill.

If Joe prefers to seek a job elsewhere then by all means good on him, but if he does want to stick around they should at least try and accommodate that. He did a respectable job in tough circumstances, I think it's just pretty clear that the Bruins need to aim higher and properly overhaul the bench if they're serious about bouncing back up to the pointy end.

Sacco fell on his sword and took one for the team by taking over behind the bench this season. He knew, as did we all, that he was being fed a juicy shitburger and I hope the Bruins take care of him.

 

[rfournier103]

@Aussie Bruin There was a feeling after the game that something major will happen in the next 36 hours.

Holy Week and Easter Weekend is the perfect time to fire prominent F.O. types.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Holy Week and Easter Weekend is the perfect time to fire prominent F.O. types.

Hmmm. This does seem to coincide with the Sweeney rumors. They can't be ready to give Z the Job already, can they? Maybe it's Neely, which would be better.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Sacco definitely took one for the team. He also said all the right things. I wish him luck in his next lead assistant job.

 

[chrisab123]

Hmmm. This does seem to coincide with the Sweeney rumors. They can't be ready to give Z the Job already, can they? Maybe it's Neely, which would be better.

Sweeney is here for a long time.

 

[DominicT]

Im excited.

 

[DKH]

Sweeney is here for a long time.

He and Neely were out together having lunch yesterday in Watertown not exactly like the final days of Chiarelli

 

[Aussie Bruin]

@Aussie Bruin There was a feeling after the game that something major will happen in the next 36 hours.

Well that's been the rumor, hasn't it. Who knows, I guess. We will see. These are not familiar circumstances for the Bruins, not for quite some time anyway.

 

[chizzler]

Sacco definitely took one for the team. He also said all the right things. I wish him luck in his next lead assistant job.

ML Carr

 

[Alicat]

@Alicat Sacco certainly sounded like a person who knows he will be fired

He did but I was responding to the last part of your post about the players not tanking.

 

[Alicat]

ML Carr

Is 74 and getting sued for $1.5mil in a bad investment. I thought he was dead. Whoops.

 

[Babajingo]

So if Philly loses in regulation to Buf, whats the positions?

I'm too lazy to look it up.

 

[KrugAvoy]

So if Philly loses in regulation to Buf, whats the positions?

I'm too lazy to look it up.

5th best odds which is..
About 17% chance to move up to 1st or 2nd

25% chance we'd stay at 5th.

Or 58% chance we'd go down to 6th or 7th

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Hopefully we don't end up feeling like we do as Patriots fans, by getting that meaningless point tonight. I know how bad winning that Bills game sucked. Now we have another Buffalo team ready to move us down the draft order with a win against the Flyers. Then again who knows.....maybe we get stuck at 5 but that slot wins the draft lotttery. Would suck if the 4th slot wins the lottery, but we dropped to 5 though lol.

Someone posted if the Sabres lose they improve their spot from #9 to #6. They have a a major incentive to lose.

 

[ranold26]

Only the Bruins would screw up when they needed to lose. Going from 4th to possibly 6th is not good, considering what’s likely available in those areas.
Simeone should be charged with war crimes.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Only the Bruins would screw up when they needed to lose. Going from 4th to possibly 6th is not good, considering what’s likely available in those areas.
Simeone should be charged with war crimes.

Only the Bruins and every team the Bruins passed over the last 2 weeks who had no incentive to win a game but went out and won it

 

[JoeIsAStud]

Central scouting seems kind of strict on the measurements right down to the half inch. Misa in particular looks bigger and taller.

But I am not quite sure where they get their numbers from. The combine is ultimately the only definitive source where all the players will be measured and weighed, etc. Also some of these players are still growing or at least have been since they were last measured

 

[yazmybaby]

Central scouting seems kind of strict on the measurements right down to the half inch. Misa in particular looks bigger and taller.

Misa is the same height as I am, 6'1"

 

[lopey]

@Aussie Bruin There was a feeling after the game that something major will happen in the next 36 hours.

Announce new coach?

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

I've come around on Hagens he would be a great add, just don't get stuck drafting Eklund or that big dman that came out of nowhere.

 

[goldenblack]

How many picks do we have in this coming draft? Like...8?

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Only the Bruins and every team the Bruins passed over the last 2 weeks who had no incentive to win a game but went out and won it

LOL

 

[Dellstrom]

Only the Bruins would screw up when they needed to lose. Going from 4th to possibly 6th is not good, considering what’s likely available in those areas.
Simeone should be charged with war crimes.

Sources reporting that Jerod Mayo has lit another cigar