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Homework assignment, for anybody who wants it:
Rank the bottom five number one centers in the NHL.
Rank the bottom five number one centers in the NHL.
Post-Game Talk: GAME 11 - "Don, you got some splaining to do." - Whalercanes 8 BRUINS 2
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I would pay cash money if he would stop saying “from the hop” each time he means to say from the beginning or from the outset. When your team is taking face shots left and right, it just adds to the annoyance.
bruins19
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Or Heinen and Forbort. Heinen would be playing better than many of the guys out there and Forbort would at least stay home and block some shots...or maybe it was Shattenkirk and JVR
Now we are at the point when Charlie calls Cam to complain but Neely is preoccupied with his big fundraiser Saturday night.
It has been 18 years since the B's played a season with no hope (2006-2007) but here we are. We can't blame injuries so now what?
Bottom line - 11 games in and only TWO regulation wins.
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Both regulation wins in which they almost blew 3 goal leads. Very easily could of been 0 RWs
bruins19
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Remember the opening night evisceration when half the comments were about how the goalie sucked. Have we changed our tune on that yet?
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It will be interesting to see where the Bruin sit in each of these stats after the weekend:
Goals Against per game - Currently 28th
Goal For per game - Currently 25th
Regulation wins - Currently tied for 31st with Utah, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and San Jose with 2 each. (NYI sit alone at the bottom with just 1).
Goals Against per game - Currently 28th
Goal For per game - Currently 25th
Regulation wins - Currently tied for 31st with Utah, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and San Jose with 2 each. (NYI sit alone at the bottom with just 1).
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Tough to win games when you are constantly on the penalty kill
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First Julien was the problem, then it was Cassidy, now it’s Monty, at what point does the guy picking the groceries get held responsible.
They have a tough chore ahead of them to get back to .500 by the end of next week. There will be changes if they aren't there.
Bruins embarrassed by Hurricanes on the road - The Boston Globe
The Bruins are back in action Saturday afternoon against the Flyers in Philadelphia.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — It doesn’t get much scarier than this on Halloween.
It was fright Thursday night at the Lenovo Center as the reeling Bruins lost their second straight game — and fifth in the last six outings — 8-2 to the Hurricanes.
Boston was slow getting to loose pucks, slow to get bodies and pucks to the net, and slow to react to Carolina’s consistent charges.
The Hurricanes unleashed a torrid attack that kept the Bruins from establishing any kind of rhythm. Boston stumbled on the power play, while shorthanded, and at even strength.
“Yeah, their puck pressure gave us a lot of problems,” said coach Jim Montgomery. “But the bottom line is, no matter what facet of our game [you want to point to], it wasn’t good enough.”
Montgomery unmasked a new lineup for the holiday tussle, but it was the same old story for a team that couldn’t mask its troubles.
Boston (4-6-1) was bitten by its season-long problems: a lack of connectivity and quality chances — they landed just 15 shots on Pyotr Kochetkov — and an abundance of time in the penalty box.
The Bruins were called for five minor penalties and the Hurricanes took advantage to the tune of three power-play goals that gave them a 5-2 lead midway through the second.
There was still 30-plus minutes of hockey left, but it felt, for all intents and purposes, over at that point.
“It’s tough, right? I mean, it’s not like the same person doing it over and over on the same play,” said Trent Frederic. “But I think just moving our feet and checking, you obviously want to stay away from the stick penalties. You’re going to end up killing some penalties throughout a game and it does hurt the momentum because you have different guys sitting and stuff, but it’s part of the game.”
The Hurricanes raced to a 4-1 lead after the first as the new-look Bruins’ lineup played a lot like its previous iterations.
Johnny Beecher clipped Kochetkov in the crease and was about to head to the box when the hosts struck for their first with the extra attacker.
Sebastian Aho worked the puck out from behind the net with a pass to Andrei Svechnikov, who fed an unmarked Jack Roslovic, who snapped it under Jeremy Swayman’s blocker from the slot for the 1-0 lead.
“You’ve got to stay out of the box,” said defenseman Mason Lohrei. “If you want to win games, it doesn’t matter how good your kill is, eventually they’re going to break through. So, we’re at our best when we’re playing five on five and we’re playing fast, and we get all four lines and all six D into it. So, we just have to do our best to stay out of the box.”
With Beecher off for high-sticking, Svechnikov scored his second of the game, jamming his own rebound under Swayman’s pads and across the line at 8:51.
Next it was Roslovic’s turn to get his second.
After Jordan Martinook outmaneuvered Lohrei to the puck behind the Boston net, he dished to Roslovic in the slot, and the winger roofed it for the 6-2 lead at 9:32.
That was the end of the night for Swayman (16 saves), who gave way to Joonas Korpisalo (13 saves).
Lindholm appeared to score his second of the night, but it was nullified when referees deemed Elias Lindholm invaded Kochetkov’s crease.
Sean Walker and Kotkaniemi each scored their first of the season in the third for the final.
Not for a while.
By the way, I forget whether it was Steve Conroy or Mark Divver, but one or the other intimated that it was not Sweeney's decision to fire Butch.
That edict, apparently, came from Neely.
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Yes there is. #63\13 look literally cooked and 18\88 are playing well below capabilities.
Geekie\Frederic invisible, literally. Lindholm looks the least of their problems upfront though.
Defensively McAvoy\Carlo look terrible. That isn't the same team play as last year. Those Gus need to produce at least at a 70% level of last years pace going forward
to prevent a DNQ\lottery pick.
A lot of factors have contributed to the Bruins play so far this year. I do not feel it is as simple as making any one change.
It is now time to find out if this group has what it takes to be winners.
leadership is where it starts. several areas of this have have not been there this year.
Time to determine the character of the players that make the most and the management and Coaching team.
It is now time to find out if this group has what it takes to be winners.
leadership is where it starts. several areas of this have have not been there this year.
Time to determine the character of the players that make the most and the management and Coaching team.
Struggling Bruins routed by Hurricanes in Carolina 8-2
Brad Marchand and Humpus Lindholm scored, but the Bruins fell to 1-4-1 in their last six games.
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Nothing is as obvious as it looks: something is up, and I like it!
KWbruin
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Mason Lohrei: “ ... we’re at our best when we’re playing five on five ... ".
They didn't have a single 5 on 5 shot in the first period. They had a total of 9 5 on 5 shots over the entire game. Nine. Good grief. These guys are disconnected off the ice too.
Saddest part ... I wasn't even entertained by watching. Got bored and started doing other things. Long time since that's been the case.
They didn't have a single 5 on 5 shot in the first period. They had a total of 9 5 on 5 shots over the entire game. Nine. Good grief. These guys are disconnected off the ice too.
Saddest part ... I wasn't even entertained by watching. Got bored and started doing other things. Long time since that's been the case.
LouJersey
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Sinden had a dozen plus coaches and two decades plus of collecting checks as a Bruins GM
Monty time is up. I really believe the team is tired of the constant line changes. How can they be predictable with each other when you have a new linemate every other shift? It doesn’t work. Try something different like letting a line play with each other a few games
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