quietbruinfan
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There is a settling for less, a deadness to this particular team that is really bothering me, and which I have not seen since before Julien arrived.
Post-Game Talk: GAME 25 - BAH HUMBUG - A Bruins no show - Buffalo 3 BRUINS 1 F
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Notice that the second anyone says anything remotely negative about DeBrusk suddenly Pasta gets picked apart. Gee I wonder why.
A jarring elbow to his head? Um no how about he tries to hit the guy at an odd angle, and runs into his elbow.
There was nothing nefarious or blatant about what happened. McAvoy needs to be more aware when going in for those kinds of hits.
SwayHeyKid
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Jake needs to stop worrying about his next contract and start performing.
only saw first period and did they suck.
we also got a break on that called back goal
thats a goal all day every day. we got the habs gift on that one and still lose.
i say we start bussi sat.
and look into trading a goalie. try and get some offense out of the deal.
and oh yeah. gryz sucks and jvr needs to sit. why is he playing over potrais???
we also got a break on that called back goal
thats a goal all day every day. we got the habs gift on that one and still lose.
i say we start bussi sat.
and look into trading a goalie. try and get some offense out of the deal.
and oh yeah. gryz sucks and jvr needs to sit. why is he playing over potrais???
BruinDust
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Lucky enough to have caught last nights game. A few things that stood out....
1) There is a serious lack of speed up front. Frederic-Geekie-JVR might be the slowest line in the league. Danton Heinen still only has one gear.
2) Shooting ability/scoring from range is still an issue for this club both up front and on the back-end. Can't score every goal in tight or a Pasta one-timer.
3) Jake Debrusk shouldn't be anywhere near Pastrnak. Debrusk is terrible at setting up his line-mates and having a winger on the opposite side who rarely sets up scoring chances limits what Pasta will produce and this team isn't deep enough scoring-wise to limit what their home-run hitter (Pasta) can hit.
4) I never thought I'd say this but I like Oskar Steen. Brings speed and gumption to the forward group that needs it. May never be more than a 4th line guy but there is an NHL player there.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
1) There is a serious lack of speed up front. Frederic-Geekie-JVR might be the slowest line in the league. Danton Heinen still only has one gear.
2) Shooting ability/scoring from range is still an issue for this club both up front and on the back-end. Can't score every goal in tight or a Pasta one-timer.
3) Jake Debrusk shouldn't be anywhere near Pastrnak. Debrusk is terrible at setting up his line-mates and having a winger on the opposite side who rarely sets up scoring chances limits what Pasta will produce and this team isn't deep enough scoring-wise to limit what their home-run hitter (Pasta) can hit.
4) I never thought I'd say this but I like Oskar Steen. Brings speed and gumption to the forward group that needs it. May never be more than a 4th line guy but there is an NHL player there.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
BamBamCam
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Great post. I don't like Jake with Pasta either.
quietbruinfan
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I make three. I keep saying JDB is not much of a playmaker, and is below average at reading plays, but only about %30 of the board agrees. It is pretty bad when your best playmaking winger, other than Marchy, is Heinen, who would have to switch wings.
gerrycheeversmask
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Does JVR even shower after a game? Lots of floating around. He should have been watching the game from the stands instead of Poitras.
Number8
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I disagree with Mr. Tenkrat. Elbow comes up and pops a guy without the puck skating to the puck. And pops him hard.
That's a hell of a collision without there being an actual check thrown.
gerrycheeversmask
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The day Grzelcyk is off the team, I've having a massive party.
you are 100% spot on about debrusk. the guy is not a playmaker. i think a debrusk potrais steen line would work
JEM28
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Didn’t catch the 2nd or 3rd period but saw Pasta had 1/4 of the teams shots…
The team lacks offense and physicality add in too many passengers right now, when they do not hustle and give their best these are the results. We need 2 more legit top 6 forwards and some nasty on the bottom 6 and on D.
neelynugs
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this team needs more speed and more skill and more jam.
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KnightofBoston
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I heard Gm's like speed and skill with their jam so we jammed up their speed and skill with some jamskill
I was a big fan of those Fox robots when I was a kid. One of my earliest Bruins memories as well.
Well...only had the game on in the background so I didn't pay attention to the full misery of the game...did stop to focus on the over 10 minutes of continuous no whistle play in the 3rd ..which was entertaining but led to the back breaking 3rd Sabres goal.....as my ex once said to me ... we need more finishers in the game, someone to be able just to bang it home from the dirty areas
JvR does that well (bang it home from the dirty areas) but he's cooled off after a great start
Other than him it gets pretty thin, Coyle sometimes goes there but not often enough for my liking.
goldnblack
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I think the team's pt total is leading people to believe it's not still a transition year. I don't see a cup winner here guys. But I see GREAT bones for one soon. Sweeneely have to take what comes now and not force it. The team is young and has tremendous potential. If we get Hanafin free in the offseason and make a play for a top 6 forward, then we're on to something.
Till then everything here is vastly surpassing my expectations for the year. Specially the quality of the draft picks we're handing over to teams we traded them to. I'm just glad they aren't high picks right now.
Till then everything here is vastly surpassing my expectations for the year. Specially the quality of the draft picks we're handing over to teams we traded them to. I'm just glad they aren't high picks right now.
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SwayHeyKid
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I don't mind Freddy but he's hardly untouchable. Looking forward to the post Jake and Grzelcyk era.
bobber
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Bruins seem to be skating in sand in the first period last night. Guess they needed a shot of Geritol. Marchy just can't be the only player capable of putting a puck behind a goalie. Someone has to step up here. Quote from Ted in the movie about the bear. " We had so much hope for dose bums". Bruins are a blue colour team this season that has to bring their lunch pails every game. Monty has to earn his keep trying to get this bunch to play hard for 60 minutes this season. Speed kills and Monty had to find a way for this Motley Crew to counter act this in some way against faster squads.
Babajingo
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Combined 7.6 mill to use next year, providing Sweeny doesn't resign either of them.
I wonder what you could get for them at trade deadline. Probably not much at this pace.
