Post-Game Talk: GAME 14 - When the skies of November turn gloomy - Hogtown 4 BRUINS 0

[bruinmann77]

This team if struggling can have a nice fire sale

 

[22Brad Park]

Should have traded Swayman with his ridiculous contract demands. Surprised Sweeney fell for this. The Unproven is proving.

He made some nice stops tonite but that 1st one was a kick in nads because he caused it not holding it till a whistle.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

What does he do well besides face-offs? Right now he's a highly overpaid Riley Nash.

I think it was on Morning Bru they were making fun of the Chandler Stephenson contract while recapping the weekend games.

Okay that one isn’t great, but seriously no sense of irony there?

 

[22Brad Park]

1. They're not young.

2. Purely in terms of possession and carrying the play, yeah they were about 50/50. But very rarely looked like actually scoring. And they were inferior in just about every other area.

3. I will grant that Pasta did not say that what they were 'learning' was necessarily positive.

What are they middle the pack just over 28 yr of age average

 

[bruinmann77]

Again Fire the PP coach and Monty better worry and still early to worry about making Trades.

 

[Dr Hook]

Two wins over crappy teams and we thought they were turning a corner. Ugh. I will be in Dallas Thursday night and thinking it’s going to be ugly. Why oh why after how many seasons can they not address the Ford Bronco Horse’s Ass Powerplay?

 

[Aussie Bruin]

I think it was on Morning Bru they were making fun of the Chandler Stephenson contract while recapping the weekend games.

Okay that one isn’t great, but seriously no sense of irony there?

I think Lindholm and Stephenson are essentially similar in that both are fair weather players. Put them in performing teams with good, in form linemates, and they will do a good job, sometimes even an excellent one. Think Stephenson when Vegas won the Cup, Lindy with Gaudreau and Tkachuk. If the players around them are struggling, they're not going to be the ones to elevate and drag them into becoming more effective. They're followers more than leaders in that sense.

Same goes for Zacha, Coyle, Carlo, Zadorov, the other Lindholm, and apparently McAvoy too. Marchand at 36 can't do it anymore either, it looks like. Hmm, I'm sensing a pattern here....

 

[JAD]

Fire the PP coach

The powerplay is so frustrating...
Dropping the puck back from the red line back into the defensive zone or to a trailer 10 15 feet behind is stupid.
Everyone has forward movement, and they drop the puck back -
Everyone has to stop and wait for the puck to catch up, and they are standing still.
That makes it easier to defend when no one is moving except along the blue line.
Plus you never want the puck carrier to be the last person back.
So frustrating.

 

[TD Charlie]

Awww no we suck again.

The beauty of watching these from a recording, is that when they aren’t looking so hot and the score is going the other way, i can finish a game in very short time

 

[Gordoff]

More like a Tomas Nosek replacement.

Nosek was a bit better IMO.

 

[Gordoff]

The powerplay is so frustrating...
Dropping the puck back from the red line back into the defensive zone or to a trailer 10 15 feet behind is stupid.
Everyone has forward movement, and they drop the puck back -
Everyone has to stop and wait for the puck to catch up, and they are standing still.
That makes it easier to defend when no one is moving except along the blue line.
Plus you never want the puck carrier to be the last person back.
So frustrating.

It's so obvious and apparent but why can't the coaches see it?
Why is the completely ineffectual McAvoy constantly trotted out
to simply suck at the PP?
He has NO slapshot from the point, barely seems to have a wrist shot.
He constantly does what you mentioned above and does the backward
drop pass which kills momentum.
I'm done with several if not all of them but I would like to see
how they would respond under a more accomplished coach who
has a record of winning.
Claude Julien would even be refreshing.
Monty & company (even though he didn't get to pick his assistants)
are being outcoached in every aspect of the game.

 

[Fenway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854001783602831858

 

[Gordoff]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854001783602831858

 

[KrejciWinger]

When Marchand's skating looks smoother than Pastrnak... Something isn't right.

 

[TP70BruinsCup]

I think it was in the playoffs, Hagga talked about players - not just Bruins - expecting and whining to coaches about being on the PP. Could that be a bit of what we see? Not saying I have info on that just that it seems funny they trot out the same group and get the same bad PP results

 

[bobbyorr04]

lack of discipline and poor coaching this needs to turn around quick

The Bruins coaching staff (except for goalie Bob) needs a house cleaning.

 

[Gordoff]

Jim Montgomery's latest news conference:

 

[22Brad Park]

I think it was in the playoffs, Hagga talked about players - not just Bruins - expecting and whining to coaches about being on the PP. Could that be a bit of what we see? Not saying I have info on that just that it seems funny they trot out the same group and get the same bad PP results

I assume Monty is in charge on powerplay but let's just say I am wrong.How long can he afford to let it go on because missing playoffs is probably not an option in upper management's eyes.Right or wrong I might add.

 

[Gordoff]

Off to the "who will be the next Bruins coach" thread.

 

[analyser]

I think their could be problems with our next two opponents as well. Calgary has been playing well lately and Ottawa has some speed and young players who can score.

Bruins certainly cannot take any one lightly the way they are playing.

 

[the negotiator]

Missed this game to watch election results.......decided to read the thread before watching the recording- I think that is now a hard pass

 

[Clode]

This movie is incredible

 

[Absurdity]

They just aren't skating. They have shown this season how they can play, but for whatever reason, they aren't up to the task. The PP is anemic, the PK which was a strength is a weakness, and the undisciplined penalties don't help.

 

[elMatador]

I'd be frustrated too if I had Elias Lindholm stapled next to me.

Elias Lindholm's signing looks closer to Backes signing than a 1st line center.
Good old moron Sweeney pulled his usual trick by signing overvalued crap with NMC and NTC for 7 years.
I've hoped we could get at least a couple of productive seasons out of Lindholm but he could be a buyout candidate/cap dump fairly soon, lol

 

[analyser]

They just aren't skating. They have shown this season how they can play, but for whatever reason, they aren't up to the task. The PP is anemic, the PK which was a strength is a weakness, and the undisciplined penalties don't help.

Maybe they just are not as good as a lot of us think. Plus I believe they made a big mistake with their 2 big free agent additions.