Post-Game Talk: GAME 2 - BRUINS 6 Poutineville 4 - OLE OLE OLE

[BigGoalBrad]

My old fashioned in legends was excellent btw.

 

[BiteThisBurrows]

Well that was better. Not great, but much better. Still too many sloppy plays and mistakes but night and day from the first game. They skated much better as a whole and just played better.

New guys paying dividends. I told you Kastelic would become a fan fave. Didn't know he'd be our leading goal scorer but there you go, fan fave for sure. We saw a Zadorov hit and one big Swayman save and just about everybody played better. Brazeau makes things happen. He has to stay. Tufte was better than Jones but I see Poitras taking that third line spot when he's able. Koepke is growing on me. He just might be the sleeper pick up. Fourth line looked really good.

In 50 plus years of watching this team I can't remember ever getting good refereeing in a Habs game and tonight was no exception. It's kind of expected.

Room for improvement, but promising signs.

 

[Fenway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844567419001483578

 

[SpeedyLazaro]

they keep forcing the puck to the middle in the D zone and the turnovers are brutal. really really sloppy with the puck.

And are we resigning to the fact that Pasta is going to a be a floating goal scorer, defensive liability and turn over machine?

 

[Fenway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844568114018603341

 

[HumBucker]

Woo!

Team still needs to get sharper, but it'll come.
Loved what the 4th line brought, for the most part.

 

[Fenway]

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Well that was better. Not great, but much better. Still too many sloppy plays and mistakes but night and day from the first game. They skated much better as a whole and just played better.

New guys paying dividends. I told you Kastelic would become a fan fave. Didn't know he'd be our leading goal scorer but there you go, fan fave for sure. We saw a Zadorov hit and one big Swayman save and just about everybody played better. Brazeau makes things happen. He has to stay. Tufte was better than Jones but I see Poitras taking that third line spot when he's able. Koepke is growing on me. He just might be the sleeper pick up. Fourth line looked really good.

In 50 plus years of watching this team I can't remember ever getting good refereeing in a Habs game and tonight was no exception. It's kind of expected.

Room for improvement, but promising signs.

Not that the officiating in the Florida game had any bearing on the outcome but I haven't been pleased at all with the officiating in both Bruins game.

 

[JOKER 192]

Can someone try and explain the Marchand penalty?

no

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Woo!

Team still needs to get sharper, but it'll come.
Loved what the 4th line brought, for the most part.

The 4th line has potential. Keep them together. They skate well and maybe just maybe they can eventually be trusted against another team’s big guns kind of like Kuraly in his prime here .

 

[BadBruins]

To me, the Marchand penalty comes across like a total ref flex. By the rule book, sure. It's at your discretion. Nobody was expecting that call after it went over the glass, even on the Montreal side IMO. It just doesn't happen often enough. If it were a one goal game at that point, I don't think it does happen. That's NHL officiating for you.

 

[JOKER 192]

now who would have thunk we'd have 10 goals for and 10 goals against in two games ? If you had that then your a better man than I .

 

[Clode]

Satisfying W. All the new guys had a great game and the team played with intensity from the get go, just have to clean up the details in their own zone and all will be well.

 

[NDiesel]

To me, the Marchand penalty comes across like a total ref flex. By the rule book, sure. It's at your discretion. Nobody was expecting that call after it went over the glass, even on the Montreal side IMO. It just doesn't happen often enough. If it were a one goal game at that point, I don't think it does happen. That's NHL officiating for you.

Yeah it's a weird one, I'm surprised they called it, but I'm not sure I have ever seen anyone shoot the puck out like that in the offensive zone either

 

[BTO]

On the plus side we’re an offensive juggernaught! Bodies and pucks to the net: who knew? D will figure it out.

Worst phantom high-sticking call since Bergeron’s against the very same team in the playoffs. Both against the habs. Hmmm

 

[the negotiator]

Home from the first W of the season

A good but not great win.....Bs dominated the first two periods then clearly let their foot off the gas in the third

E Lindholm is sneaky good.....makes high end plays without a lot of fuss ...easy to see why the Bs have wanted him for years

Zadorov will quickly become a fan favorite .....I knew he was big and willing to use his body.....didn't fully appreciate the rest of his game- has a shot and also made some nifty passes

Overall the Bs played better than Tuesday but still have some meshing to do. Sway has some rust to his game but the bigger concern is the soft dman coverage in their own zone. The Habs got a couple of gifts in front. The final score was closer than it should have been.

 

[JOKER 192]

Or the Coyle one in the 2nd period?

game management on both of those . Ridiculous ? yes.

 

[bruins19]

1st win of the year!

81-1

 

[veganbruin]

Siked to see Grillos on the ice.

Offense looked good. Specifically 1st and 4th lines. Carlo had another rough game. Just too many damn brain farts this season so far. A little worried about what’s going on with him. Zadorov with a few bad give aways as well.

Big fan of Elias Lindholm’s game. He will quietly put up 70+ points this year.

Imo Pavel Zacha has been our best player for both games. He’s winning draws, making plays, winning battles and he looks like a monster out there.

Swayman was just OK.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Lots of seats available on the Cole Koepke bandwagon.

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he shut me up real quick tonight. I kinda love when players I trash make me eat humble pie, even if it slightly bruises my own ego a tad.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

This is where Koepke is from. Crazy.

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The North Shore of Minnesota along Lake Superior is an absolutely beautiful part of the country. My dad and I used to go up there during the summer when I was younger after visiting friends down in the Twin Cities. Waterfalls and swimming holes galore.

Saw a massive iron ore freighter pull itself into that port at Two Harbors unguided one year. Was one of the most impressive feats of directional coordination I’ve ever witnessed.

 

[BTO]

Siked to see Grillos on the ice.

Offense looked good. Specifically 1st and 4th lines. Carlo had another rough game. Just too many damn brain farts this season so far. A little worried about what’s going on with him. Zadorov with a few bad give aways as well.

Big fan of Elias Lindholm’s game. He will quietly put up 70+ points this year.

Imo Pavel Zacha has been our best player for both games. He’s winning draws, making plays, winning battles and he looks like a monster out there.

Swayman was just OK.

Yup has Zacha looked good (as has Lindholm). Pasta actually hitting the net with his shots bodes well too. Usually takes him until January to get that dialed-in.

 

[The don godfather]

I hope korpi gets next start he will be better.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Can someone try and explain the Marchand penalty?

Seemed like a pretty obvious delay of game to me. Not sure how it’s wrote in the rules but you can’t argue it wasn’t a delay of game