Post-Game Talk: GAME 11 - "Don, you got some splaining to do." - Whalercanes 8 BRUINS 2

[SonnyBoy]

Zadorov is even worse that I could have imagined. Signing him instead of desperately needed offense still makes absolutely no sense.

Not only does he suck at hockey but he is nothing even close to the "physical presence" he was supposed to be. I'd rather see Wotherspoon play.

Well he is only player on plus except 4th line. Referees made quite clear to Zadorov that he can't tackle or play with snarl when you are wearing Bruins jersey. Those penalties against florida were laughable.

i remember few analytics people I follow on Twitter saying last trade deadline that he’s pretty much a non factor 5v5 in terms of playdriving. Just good at shooting and needs others to do everything else. AKA kinda cheeks

Not sure are you talking Elias or Pasta? Elias at least isn't giving a puck away all the time. Pasta's quantity over quality is so hard to watch. He keeps failing all the great goalscoring chances and scoring tumbling muffins and other bouncing pucks. He really needs to play simpler hockey. He has only one deke and everyone knows that now. Take his eagerness to shot away and he is not 1st line player. Average skater and OK passing.

 

[SonnyBoy]

Since we don't really know what's going on, I'll throw this out there: maybe it is the room, and the reason it never really became this dysfunctional before now was Bergeron. I am not saying Brad is necessarily a poor captain, but Bergeron was pretty much exceptional in every way. Last season his presence was probably still felt and fresh. Now there's some distance and whatever issues or problems that exist are out in the open and not being dealt with. I don't know, just throwing that out there. It's hard to explain how a team that is basically unchanged from last season in terms of its core falls off a cliff like this so many of them performing poorly.

It started after Chara. And this team hasn't play tough after Lucic's first stint.

Swayman: 8 GP, 3.54 & .884

Yikes

Maybe he FEELS he is worth about those numbers. I hope that if nothing gets better soon, he FEELS he wants to live in California.