Post-Game Talk: GAME 19 - Extra, Extra, Read all about it! Blues 3 Bruins 2 (OT)

[Gordoff]

Until anyone asks him about it does he have to handle it.

Miss the playoffs and I can think of this little old man in Buffalo who's not going to putz around and wait for it.

 

[Therewolf31]

Firing Monty may not be the answer but: I'm willing to find out.
Sacco Magic?
Ummm, maybe but right now there's no magic.

Well Sweeney has to do something right? Start with Monty. Enough is enough.

 

[PaulD]

well said.
Bergeron and Krejci. HUGE losses. Their two best players right up until they retired.
They were the leaders, they were the powerplay.
Noteworthy.....Swayman (and Ullmark) are far better goalies when they play every other game.

 

[LSCII]

Not to be a party pooper......


But since Oct. 16, they've played 14 games and have scored just 27 goals. That's 1.93 goals per game.

Just to put that into context, only 6 teams in the entire salary cap era have ever averaged less than 2.10 goals per game. The last 4 teams all finished dead last by a mile.

2010-11 New Jersey Devils - 2.09 (23rd)

2011-12 Minnesota Wild - 2.02 (24th)

2013-14 Buffalo Sabres - 1.83 (30th)

2014-15 Buffalo Sabres - 1.87 (30th)

2016-17 Colorado Avalanche - 2.01 (30th) 22 wins.

2019-20 Detroit Red Wings - 2.00 (31st)

What we have witnessed the past month of Bruins hockey is historically bad offensive production.

I watch them and think they are honestly the worst team in the entire league off the rush while simultaneously being the worst team in the entire league at defending the rush.

There isn't a coach or trade on planet earth that can fix the offensive woes of this team. Then factor in contending teams pick this team apart defensively. It's done. This season is over. This team isn't fixable in-season. Sell off whatever UFAs and guys left on one-year deals that they can, and try to recoup assets/clear cap space and try to re-invent this team's offense next year while hiring a coach who can get them back to playing sound defense.

Firing Monty now might help them defensively, but with an historically bad offensive team like this group is, no coach is going to change that. The talent just isn't there.

Worst Bruins team I've seen since 2005-06 and we all know how that turned out. Even the Dave Lewis Bruins were in the hunt until the final month before the 18-wheeler went off a cliff. This team is basically done and it's not even Black Friday yet. It's historically bad. The numbers are right there you don't need some fancy advanced stat to prove it.

Piss poor roster construction has doomed this season. It's not a fun team to watch. They can't generate offensive chances. They can't defend. They can't even complete basic passes. It's a shit show.

it's a bottom heavy roster with stiffs and unskilled plugs and it's tough to watch.

 

[Gordoff]

Could it be with better structure.Definitely.

With ANY structure. There seems to be no system, no plan, nobody on the same page.

 

[NeelyOrr]

Missed this one, doesn't seem worth watching back in full. The problems are pretty entrenched and well-known, sounds like more of the same here. They won't fix themselves, so what are management going to do?

Forgive me for this, but one thing I did enjoy was a clip of fellow Aussie Nathan Walker's goal. That was a really nice shot. Sure would be great if the Bruins could deliver a few more like that.

Your continent has been making excellent movies. I'm a big fan of the WOLF CREEK films. John Jarratt just kills it.

 

[Boston Bandit]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857911346039501219

 

[KingAlfie11]

Only place to go is down.

Shitty farm and cap management

Id love a trade for Brady but dont see it happening

The only scenario in which the Senators would consider trading Brady is if he desires to leave; otherwise, I don't envision them making such a trade.

 

[BamBamCam]

Miss the playoffs and I can think of this little old man in Buffalo who's not going to putz around and wait for it.

That means he still has 8 months. Also if Canada wins the 4 nations Mr Sweeney will have the pick of the litter for jobs.

 

[Gordoff]

Besides the other plugs, Zadovor, Tufte, Jones to start are all simply useless.

 

[bobbyorr04]

Should the record be better than this?

My answer is no.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Your continent has been making excellent movies. I'm a big fan of the WOLF CREEK films. John Jarratt just kills it.

Horror is not for me, but the Wolf Creek films definitely have a good reputation. We don't have a big film industry, but they produce some solid stuff. Jarratt has been great in multiple different sorts of roles over the years.

 

[Gordoff]

Horror is not for me, but the Wolf Creek films definitely have a good reputation. We don't have a big film industry, but they produce some solid stuff. Jarratt has been great in multiple different sorts of roles over the years.

Can he play forward? We have some pretty poor guys here acting like they can now.

 

[PaulD]

Piss poor roster construction has doomed this season. It's not a fun team to watch. They can't generate offensive chances. They can't defend. They can't even complete basic passes. It's a shit show.

it's a bottom heavy roster with stiffs and unskilled plugs and it's tough to watch.

It is.
That game today was two teams struggling and failing to be play great hockey.
Only to be ended by an average wrist shot coming down the wing during gimmick time after 60.
Could watch everything good that game had to offer that in 40 seconds of the hight lights at 11.

 

[BruinDust]

Piss poor roster construction has doomed this season. It's not a fun team to watch. They can't generate offensive chances. They can't defend. They can't even complete basic passes. It's a shit show.

it's a bottom heavy roster with stiffs and unskilled plugs and it's tough to watch.

There is nothing even remotely entertaining about this team. In an 8 day stretch they've had 2 games under 20 shots, and got absolutely destroyed in another game that was over with 20 mins. still left to play.

Embarrassing roster construction with an ideology that is mostly driven by trying to counter what the Panthers did to them the past two playoffs. And now those roster decisions are blowing up in their face.

 

[EverettMike]

Based on their goal differential I think their record should actually be worse.

 

[Gordoff]

Ten more home games like this and seats will be selling half price.

 

[NeelyOrr]

Can he play forward? We have some pretty poor guys here acting like they can now.

He could replace the BRUINS' former sniper.

 

[BruinDust]

Based on their goal differential I think their record should actually be worse.

This is a bottom-tier team and arguably the worst team in the league the past month.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Not to be a party pooper......


But since Oct. 16, they've played 14 games and have scored just 27 goals. That's 1.93 goals per game.

Just to put that into context, only 6 teams in the entire salary cap era have ever averaged less than 2.10 goals per game. The last 4 teams all finished dead last by a mile.

2010-11 New Jersey Devils - 2.09 (23rd)

2011-12 Minnesota Wild - 2.02 (24th)

2013-14 Buffalo Sabres - 1.83 (30th)

2014-15 Buffalo Sabres - 1.87 (30th)

2016-17 Colorado Avalanche - 2.01 (30th) 22 wins.

2019-20 Detroit Red Wings - 2.00 (31st)

What we have witnessed the past month of Bruins hockey is historically bad offensive production.

I watch them and think they are honestly the worst team in the entire league off the rush while simultaneously being the worst team in the entire league at defending the rush.

There isn't a coach or trade on planet earth that can fix the offensive woes of this team. Then factor in contending teams pick this team apart defensively. It's done. This season is over. This team isn't fixable in-season. Sell off whatever UFAs and guys left on one-year deals that they can, and try to recoup assets/clear cap space and try to re-invent this team's offense next year while hiring a coach who can get them back to playing sound defense.

Firing Monty now might help them defensively, but with an historically bad offensive team like this group is, no coach is going to change that. The talent just isn't there.

Worst Bruins team I've seen since 2005-06 and we all know how that turned out. Even the Dave Lewis Bruins were in the hunt until the final month before the 18-wheeler went off a cliff. This team is basically done and it's not even Black Friday yet. It's historically bad. The numbers are right there you don't need some fancy advanced stat to prove it.

All good points, and you are probably right that the season is not salvageable. But I still want to see what a different head coach can do. I think it's due diligence to see what this group is capable of under a different hand, even if it's as simple as just throwing the keys to Leach and saying 'do your best'. See if that makes any difference, and then act accordingly at the deadline and beyond.

In terms of what the roster might still be capable of I look at the Islanders. Similarly offensively limited and slow. Their record so far this season isn't actually any better than Boston's, but that team has an identity and a structure that they play to and which I think at least gives them a chance of making the playoffs and doing something meaningful in them. They play boring, but at least they stick to their task and buy into it. Can this Bruins roster do something similar? Curious to at least find out before going for more root and branch changes.

 

[bobbyorr04]

With ANY structure. There seems to be no system, no plan, nobody on the same page.

..and absolutely no fun to watch

 

[smithformeragent]

Start listing the worst top 6 forward groups in the league and stop when you get to Boston.

 

[BruinDust]

All good points, and you are probably right that the season is salvageable. But I still want to see what a different head coach can do. I think it's due diligence to see what this group is capable of under a different hand, even if it's as simple as just throwing the keys to Leach and saying 'do your best'. See if that makes any difference, and then act accordingly at the deadline and beyond.

In terms of what the roster might still be capable of I look at the Islanders. Similarly offensively limited and slow. Their record so far this season isn't actually any better than Boston's, but that team has an identity and a structure that they play to and which I think at least gives them a chance of making the playoffs and doing something meaningful in them. They play boring, but at least they stick to their task and buy into it. Can this Bruins roster do something similar? Curious to at least find out before going for more root and branch changes.

I don't want any sort of new coach bump. Bottom out the right way. No half measures.

 

[LouJersey]

That OT goal was softer than me after watching The View, How did he get beat on that?

 

[GordonHowe]

TD Garden has become a house of horrors for Bruins ... especially in crunch time

The Bruins once again struggled to generate much of anything in the third period against the Blues, leading to another disappointing loss.

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