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Post-Game Talk: GAME 11 - "Don, you got some splaining to do." - Whalercanes 8 BRUINS 2
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No, can't blame Sway. But......he's a damn good goalie as long as the Bs are playing that locked down game in front of him.
Looks like when they aren't.....he's nothing special.
Let's wait and see.
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I’m not sure looking at one season for correlation is going to get you any answers either.
Usually the more penalty kill time the more goals allowed. Of the top 5 teams in penalty kill goals against none made the playoffs.
Right now the bruins are tied for most in the league.
But there would obviously be exceptions like teams that have really good power plays and also draw a lot of penalties even if they commit a lot too.
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Some of the worst defense I’ve ever seen played right here by zadorov and peeke. My gosh get undressed
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No goalie is gonna look too good when 4 out of 5 of your own guys are behind the net chasing ONE guy
Swayman sure doesn't look like anything special for a $66 million dollar goalie, but not only did he miss training camp and pre-season games, but I think he also misses his buddy Linus
I'm hoping he will round into form after Monty gets canned and his team mates start earning their paychecks ...but I honestly don't know if they can turn this around, or will be the new San Jose Sharks
Bruins went to the Finals in 2019 being the third most penalized team in the league ( 3 out of the top 5 in PIMS made the playoffs that year as well ).
2020 and 2021, the Lightning won the Cup back to back being the 1st and third most penalized team in the league ( 3 out of the top 5 in PIMs made the playoffs in each of those years. Bruins were 6th and 5th those year )
2022, the Lightning made the SCF being the 2nd most penalized team again. ( 3 out of the top 5 in PMS made the playoffs again. Bruins were 8th )
2023, the Panthers made the SCF being the 2nd most penalized team in the league ( 2 out of the top 5 in PIMs made the playoffs that year. Bruins were 8th )
2024, the Panthers won the Cup being the most penalized team in the league ( 3 out of the top 5 in PIMS made the playoffs that year. Bruins were 13th ).
Not seeing the correlation here. Teams can and have gotten away with bleeding penalty minutes and make the playoffs ( and do well ). Definitely would rather see them stay out of the box then be in it and the PK has been atrocious.
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I’m not talking about PIMs I’m talking about PK minutes and PK goals allowed.
A lot of teams who fight a lot will have high PIMs but that’s a 5 minute major and not a penalty kill.
Bruins are 2nd in PK TOI and tied for first in PK goals allowed. I’m sure that’s not a winning recipe.
Also a lot more than 5 teams make the playoffs so I have no clue why you are using top 5, but I would imagine it’s because you looked and the numbers get worse so you stopped at 5
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I'm using top 5 because you said that the teams who are the among the leaders in penalty kill minutes have slim chances to make the playoffs. Top 5 to me would be among the leaders. If we were to do a top 10, there would be more, in some cases half the teams. But sticking with top 5, these are the SH TOI leaders
2019 - Two of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 1st and 3rd )
2020 - Three of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 1st, 2nd, 4th )
2021 - Three of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 2nd, 4th, 5th )
2022 - Four of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th )
2023 - Two out of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 3rd and 4th )
2024 - Three out of the top 5 teams in SH TOI made the playoffs ( 2nd, 4th, 5th )
Again, no correlation here.
