If Johnson can get his legs moving I like his puck control , passing and hockey sense.
Post-Game Talk: GAME 22 - THE BEAR dances on Woodward Ave - BRUINS 2 Detroit 1
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Nice ceremony for Joe Thornton tonight.
Should have mentioned this in the GDT, but they're out there retiring Thornton's number and I can't even remember what number Wayne Primeau wore. Team would be so much better if we had traded him for assets we could have built around. Only two goals tonight.
Should have mentioned this in the GDT, but they're out there retiring Thornton's number and I can't even remember what number Wayne Primeau wore. Team would be so much better if we had traded him for assets we could have built around. Only two goals tonight.
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Yea it crossed my mind because Monty tried it but switched things so fast.That has to be fixed.
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thought their entire defense corps was quietly good tonight. Zadorov and Peake especially.
Forwards were all trying hard I thought. They certainly aren’t a wow you group but you couldn’t fault their effort.
That Marchand penalty was bs. I get the league loves goals but there’s zero chance someone hooks an arm vertically above their head. Just call them both there if you have to but be a little sensible at least. You know what the Wings player was doing there.
Forwards were all trying hard I thought. They certainly aren’t a wow you group but you couldn’t fault their effort.
That Marchand penalty was bs. I get the league loves goals but there’s zero chance someone hooks an arm vertically above their head. Just call them both there if you have to but be a little sensible at least. You know what the Wings player was doing there.
Woo!
A win is a win, but they looked sloppier than last game. Too many bad passes.
Pasta needs to stop over-thinking it. How many prime scoring chances did he have? Squandered all of them. Zacha needs to get off the schnide as well.
PK was good though, and Swayman had a solid game. And it was great to see Marchand snipe that snipe.
Onward and forward!
A win is a win, but they looked sloppier than last game. Too many bad passes.
Pasta needs to stop over-thinking it. How many prime scoring chances did he have? Squandered all of them. Zacha needs to get off the schnide as well.
PK was good though, and Swayman had a solid game. And it was great to see Marchand snipe that snipe.
Onward and forward!
The Un4casted Storm
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Much better effort from the team these past two games. We'll see if this is the new norm or just a temporary new coach boost. Hoping it's the former.
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It cAn be a little of both. Remember, these games coming up are favorable. It gives them a chance to get into a rhythm of what they are trying to change. Don’t get to high or too low. Even a loss can be a learning event, so long as they play consistently. That defensive system needs to be straightened out.it will help on the other side. Baby steps…
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Ya, idk what is wrong with him but I'm just going to throw this out there. He got married this summer. Perhaps some changes in his life have changed his focus on hockey. Or maybe he's listening to the wife's bad advice on how to be better.
We need him back to what he was though that's for sure.
Yes, two games now I've noticed the D drops back a lot quicker, and they are focused on D first and that is more comfortable I think for Zadorov.
Monty was all about having the D drive the play and now they are just shooting, or dumping it in.
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Such a cheerful one, aren’t you? Two consecutive wins? A SNIPE by Marchand to win? Personally, I can’t get the smile off my face. Two lower-tier teams, granted. But I feel better about this team now than I did a week ago. To me, that’s better than feeling worse about them.
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Take away the C
They get back the same Lindholm they probably win the division but I’ll take 100 points and start on the road
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Good for Cap
Monty never adjusted his coaching philosophy to fit his team
This surprised me but it’s there
Sweeney should thank his lucky stars Monty wife didn’t like all the noise (btw the stuff I posted about Swayman last summer met with criticism and doubt was bang on. You folks should be thanking me for sharing this stuff - my friends are not dummies)….and I don’t blame her - I would not want my husband coach of this team in this city.
The type of team they have is one that needs to consist of hard working players who play suffocating D and crash the net
Monty style was shit load of space on his side of ice - guys out of position and an offensive philosophy like he had the 1972 Soviets looking for the perfect shot
Good riddance and take your splitting up Marchand & Bergeron game 5 v Florida ‘to see how they would look separated’
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We can be happy and critical at the same time. There's obviously still room for improvement in some areas, and it's only been 2 games against teams they probably should beat anyways. The lack of scoring is still alarming for me. Hopefully they've turned a corner. It's a good start but it's best to stay grounded.
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Zadorov has been really good the last 2 games. How Sacco wants to play, through just 2 games so far, has seem to really benefit him greatly.
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I fell asleep and watched most of the second and all of the third on DVR this morning.
The Bruins are pretty mediocre, but they’re still better than the Red Wings. And that’s good, because you really don’t want to be the Red Wings.
I think Dylan Larkin just lost another offensive zone face off.
The Bruins are pretty mediocre, but they’re still better than the Red Wings. And that’s good, because you really don’t want to be the Red Wings.
I think Dylan Larkin just lost another offensive zone face off.
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Watched it all...liked a lot ...disliked a lot...2 wins over bottom feeder teams .... ain't out of the woods yet but there's more signs of life than preMonty...the simple fact that lines/pairings can gel because Monty's super line blender 5000 has been mothballed will do wonders to combat sloppy play
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I think he is trying to play through an injury. Speaking of goals, I noticed last night that Brazzeau is on a 20 goal pace. That is found money in terms of production.
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It was an interesting comment from Marchand - "we're starting to understand how we need to play to win". A lot of us here knew what that was going to have to be before the very first puck even dropped in Florida, and I don't think it required any sort of exceptional insight to work it out. How Monty either couldn't figure it out, refused to or simply didn't know how to get there, and to what extent the players were likewise baffled by the task for well over a month, will probably never really be answered. But it happened, and it's taken removing Jim to finally see the light start to dawn and any sort of serious progress to commence.
The team has a long way to go, but Sacco at least has the basic template starting to fall into place, he's getting buy in from the roster at last, and now it's a case of the team continuing to work towards fully taking on the identity and style of play that's been set for them and which has the best chance of allowing them to be effective. It's not pretty, nor the most entertaining, and it's probably not going to generate a lot of scoring, but it's what needs to be done. Lock down the defense first, bring that harder, meaner edge, be prepared to play simple, north-south, zero ego hockey, and build from there. Because those are the most important and also the comparatively easy and achievable parts. Sorting out this offense, which continues to over-handle the puck and generally look disjointed, is going to take longer.
Nonetheless, the schedule is favorable for about another 2 weeks, which will hopefully give the team time to settle into the new regime and ideally start to generate some momentum and string together some positive results while the going is a bit easier. In that sense the timing of the coaching and tactical changes is good. But after the first week of December things start to get more difficult and I think that's when we'll really start to see just what this roster is or isn't capable of even with a new man in charge. But one step at a time. At least there is some life.
The team has a long way to go, but Sacco at least has the basic template starting to fall into place, he's getting buy in from the roster at last, and now it's a case of the team continuing to work towards fully taking on the identity and style of play that's been set for them and which has the best chance of allowing them to be effective. It's not pretty, nor the most entertaining, and it's probably not going to generate a lot of scoring, but it's what needs to be done. Lock down the defense first, bring that harder, meaner edge, be prepared to play simple, north-south, zero ego hockey, and build from there. Because those are the most important and also the comparatively easy and achievable parts. Sorting out this offense, which continues to over-handle the puck and generally look disjointed, is going to take longer.
Nonetheless, the schedule is favorable for about another 2 weeks, which will hopefully give the team time to settle into the new regime and ideally start to generate some momentum and string together some positive results while the going is a bit easier. In that sense the timing of the coaching and tactical changes is good. But after the first week of December things start to get more difficult and I think that's when we'll really start to see just what this roster is or isn't capable of even with a new man in charge. But one step at a time. At least there is some life.
They still make too many ill-conceived passes, based on incorrect assumption of someone else's positioning. This is the turnover machine that needs to be fixed.
that and is there training for passing the puck hard enough to actually clear the defensive zone.
How many times, last night, did the puck never leave the D zone, yet we had to scramble back to avoid being outnumbered.
This team is too easy to forecheck against. Their gag reflex is awful.
Still 2 in a row. Let's see them beat a good team.
that and is there training for passing the puck hard enough to actually clear the defensive zone.
How many times, last night, did the puck never leave the D zone, yet we had to scramble back to avoid being outnumbered.
This team is too easy to forecheck against. Their gag reflex is awful.
Still 2 in a row. Let's see them beat a good team.
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