Post-Game Talk: GAME #28 - Just move along - Nothing to see here - Colorado 4 BRUINS 2 F

[Jdavidev]

I would have done that. Dobby against the better team and Rask against the weakest. The chances of getting at least 2pts out of 4 would have been better that way.

Bruins got 1pt because of their great come back against the Caps and Dobby crapped the bed again against the Avs...

They did that a little while ago, against BUF/MON in reverse, and there were some people that ripped Claude for playing it safe and not trying to get the 4 pts.

Anyway, the Boston Pastarasks will pick it back up, but think McIntyre should get another look, cause Dobby, as much as I loved him before as a backup, and liked him returning, has been real bad.

Funny though, people have been complaining that they haven't had the talent to compete, but with an elite goalscorer blossoming, a superstar in 63, the best two-way center in the game, and top 5 goalie, plus 46 & 42, emergence of 25, 47 and 33, they can't get it done on a nightly basis. I think it's the implementation of the talent, not the talent's fault directly. Need to put each of them in the best position to succeed, and I just don't see that happening on a nightly basis, save for 51 getting dropped down the lineup.

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

Okay, so he called out one guy that he had recently demoted to the 4th line, and it's a guy he's called out from his first moments here. What a stretch. Just like last night calling out Khudobin instead of the guys he should be.

guess you missed his quote about how he loves Pasta going to the net and wishes the rest of the team would do it, but yeah he's not calling anyone out. But then you translate everything Claude says into what you want to hear so I wouldn't expect you to hear what he actually said anyway.

 

[LSCII]

guess you missed his quote about how he loves Pasta going to the net and wishes the rest of the team would do it, but yeah he's not calling anyone out. But then you translate everything Claude says into what you want to hear so I wouldn't expect you to hear what he actually said anyway.

Singles out and praises one guy for doing something right after two **** poor efforts. The rest? Generic statements like he wishes the rest of the team would do that. Whoa, Claude. Let's not get crazy now. You lumped everyone together. Shocking.

Uh yeah, isn't that exactly what I said was wrong? Thanks for pointing out what I said was accurate though. Again, the last two games? DK -5. DB-5. KM -4,. RS -3. TS -3. Plenty of guys to call out, yet we get a generalized rest of the team kind of statement from the coach. No accountability on his end, and no ownership for sucking on the players end. That's what happens when you lump everyone in and don't call people out specifically.

 

[EverettMike]

Preference for all coaches of teams I root for: never make any excuse.

 

[LSCII]

25th now in the league in goals for per game. You think it may be time to try something other than DK and DB with whatever 4th liner Claude has a hunch about that game? I don't know. Maybe shake up the PP that has been atrocious? Stop funneling the puck back to DK for a weak shot for a change? Something? Anything? Well, anything other than just doing the same old crap they've been doing, since you know, it's not working?

 

[Absurdity]

Singles out and praises one guy for doing something right after two **** poor efforts. The rest? Generic statements like he wishes the rest of the team would do that. Whoa, Claude. Let's not get crazy now. You lumped everyone together. Shocking.

Uh yeah, isn't that exactly what I said was wrong? Thanks for pointing out what I said was accurate though. Again, the last two games? DK -5. DB-5. KM -4,. RS -3. TS -3. Plenty of guys to call out, yet we get a generalized rest of the team kind of statement from the coach. No accountability on his end, and no ownership for sucking on the players end. That's what happens when you lump everyone in and don't call people out specifically.

He calls out Spooner. The problem I have is that he doesn't call out guys like Kevan Miller when they mess up but instead, like you said, generalizes the team.

EDIT:

25th now in the league in goals for per game. You think it may be time to try something other than DK and DB with whatever 4th liner Claude has a hunch about that game? I don't know. Maybe shake up the PP that has been atrocious? Stop funneling the puck back to DK for a weak shot for a change? Something? Anything? Well, anything other than just doing the same old crap they've been doing, since you know, it's not working?

Agreed.

 

[BruinDust]

Gallant will be hired quickly and if Julien is replaced he will be hired quickly as well.

Michel Therrien could be on thin ice as well. Montreal fans wanted Boucher and so far he has done wonders in Ottawa. Montreal will only make a change if a good francophone coach becomes available. Problem is the Bruins don't want Claude going back to Montreal.

Of course who makes the final call in Boston? Don, Cam, Charlie or Papa Jacobs????

The key clue with the Bruins is what Cam said last spring. He said he would most likely get fired if the B's miss the playoffs. Neely has the most to lose as he could never find another situation like he has in Boston.

I agree, Claude is a great coach and will not be out of a job long if he was canned.

But the Montreal angle to me is inconsequential. Even though it is probably likely.

And as for coaches, I feel it starts and ends with Jacobs Sr. He is a Claude Julien supporter, big time. Call it emotion, whatever, he will forever love his coach that won him is cup.

It's almost he opposite effect of the coaching carousel we saw here, well pretty much the entire era post-Cherry up to Julien's time.

If Jacobs wasn't such a fan of Claude Julien, I think he's gone 2 years ago after 2015. The fact a coach in Boston under Jacobs survived a playoff DNQ is shocking really. One to survive 2? Unheard of. Jacobs loves him some Julien and it will probably take a 3rd straight playoff DNQ for it to happen. Even then, I can see Jacobs Sr. firing Cam and Sweeney before he lets them fire Julien unless the playoff DNQ is a complete bottom-out meltdown and not just a miss by a couple points in the last weekend sort of deal.

 

[LSCII]

He calls out Spooner. The problem I have is that he doesn't call out guys like Kevan Miller when they mess up but instead, like you said, generalizes the team.

EDIT:

Agreed.

Of course he calls out a guy like Spooner, which is actually weaker than generalizing everyone on the team, imo. Spooner has been his go to whipping boy for 3 seasons now and it all stems from Spooner not being a great two way player. Like you said though, he never calls out a guy like Kevan Miller, despite the constant miscues. Or a $7mill black hole named David Krejci. No shot.

 

[Fenian24]

I agree, Claude is a great coach and will not be out of a job long if he was canned.

But the Montreal angle to me is inconsequential. Even though it is probably likely.

And as for coaches, I feel it starts and ends with Jacobs Sr. He is a Claude Julien supporter, big time. Call it emotion, whatever, he will forever love his coach that won him is cup.

It's almost he opposite effect of the coaching carousel we saw here, well pretty much the entire era post-Cherry up to Julien's time.

If Jacobs wasn't such a fan of Claude Julien, I think he's gone 2 years ago after 2015. The fact a coach in Boston under Jacobs survived a playoff DNQ is shocking really. One to survive 2? Unheard of. Jacobs loves him some Julien and it will probably take a 3rd straight playoff DNQ for it to happen. Even then, I can see Jacobs Sr. firing Cam and Sweeney before he lets them fire Julien unless the playoff DNQ is a complete bottom-out meltdown and not just a miss by a couple points in the last weekend sort of deal.

Can you imagine Claude coaching that group of Smurfs? Maxi would be on his way out right away and Shaw would drive him nuts. One way Radulov, who to his credit has been scoring, could cause a cardiac arrest for Claude.

I think it would be a great deal of fun to watch.

 

[ReggieMoto]

That loss is on Khudobin. Brutal goaltending.

Cannot agree it is all on Khudobin. No, he didn't have a good game and I'm not saying he did. But there was only one player who scored. One. And he happened to score twice.

Yeah, I get the "Well if Khudobin hadn't let in the goals he let in..." argument, but it's the same for any goalie, even the Av's goalie. Rask let in some stinkers the night before. The team went down 3-0 before they woke up. The only reason the Bs prevailed is because their sleeping sticks woke up long enough to rebound and score. They didn't last night. Against the bottom feeder of the NHL. No reason for that.

This was a team failure. Goalie, skaters, and coaches.

 

[ReggieMoto]

Not going through your whole monologue here, just this:

Apparently if you criticize Clode, with some pretty reasonable points, you are labeled a blind Clode Hater who isnt happy with anything Clode does and isnt happy until he quits.

It's not criticism that have some posters aggravated. It's the whole "clode" has to go mantra.

See this ("Until Claude is gone nothing will change") and this ("Florida has handed Sweeney an opportunity on a golden platter. A proven NHL coach...Sweeney needs to be proactive here") for the most recent examples.

There are posters here who simply cannot stand coach Julien behind the bench. And jgatie is correct. They will not be happy until either Sweeneely fires him or he quits. So, it really is that simple.

 

[wintersej]

Please.

These are professionals, with access to video, etc. etc.

You really think it takes weeks and weeks to change up a PP scheme? Sure you'd probably like more than one practice. But this doesn't, and shouldn't, take a great deal of time.

Especially one that has been an abject failure for almost a full calendar year.

I think there is more nuance than you are giving credit. We have seen just how much just having a right handed shot down low instead of a left handed shot down low changes the whole dynamic of the setup.

I mean we have seen people talk about a setup like:

Backes
Pasta Bergeron Spooner
Krug

and it seems so obvious that having Pasta in the Stammer spot and Krug running the umbrella makes so much sense! But, you really want a right shot in Krug's spot to safely take passes from Spooner without getting tipped away (2 on 1 city). And you really want a Krug to be a right shot to take one timers from Spooner (and slap pass to Pasta). Colin just throws pucks at Pasta's feet on PP2, he isn't capable of that role.

Backes/Spooner/Bergeron don't work as well as Eriksson/Spooner/Bergeron did. They don't move the puck as quickly and Backes isn't the same threat to bring it in front from down low like Eriksson was because of his handedness. So, yes, now it's just Krug and Krejci passing back and forth and hoping to get lucky on a tip or rebound, instead of Krejci being a safe outlet for Spooner and Krug being the back door threat. And it's not a good power play. I wish they were more patient with Marchand down in the Eriksson spot, to be honest.

But, what is your solution? I don't think it's as simple an obvious fix as you folks are making it out to be.

 

[wintersej]

He calls out Spooner. The problem I have is that he doesn't call out guys like Kevan Miller when they mess up but instead, like you said, generalizes the team.

He calls out guys for compete level, not for mistakes.

 

[toasterjam]

Not going through your whole monologue here, just this:



It's not criticism that have some posters aggravated. It's the whole "clode" has to go mantra.

See this ("Until Claude is gone nothing will change") and this ("Florida has handed Sweeney an opportunity on a golden platter. A proven NHL coach...Sweeney needs to be proactive here") for the most recent examples.

There are posters here who simply cannot stand coach Julien behind the bench. And jgatie is correct. They will not be happy until either Sweeneely fires him or he quits. So, it really is that simple.

alright well you didnt read any of my posts. Im actually ok with that. I'll just repeat what I said already twice now:
There may be a band of blind Clode haters on here and they go at it with the band of "Clode does no wrong" crowd.
You CAN praise Clode for the good stuff he does AND criticism him for something you feel is a bad decision (like PP tactics/units, Nash on 3rd line, Hayes in line up)

I tried to put forth my criticisms and the responses I got were I'm just one of those Clode haters who arent ever happy with what Clode does and wont be happy till he is fired.

I acknowledged those guys are here...everyone is pushing their own agenda...it's a message board.

But instead all I was met with "not reading your post but you are clearly just a clode hater" type responses...nobody even talking about any of the actual points of criticisms and I guess it's my fault for being too long winded.

here is "quick" sarcasm breakdown:
1. I laid out some areas of critic, some I thought were pretty rational on Clode among other things..players too.
2. the responses to my post were "what was clode suppose to say?" and "typical clode haters, not happy until Clode is fired"
3. repeat myself, trying to clarify that I was just making some valid criticisms on Clode and I wanna see some adjustments
4. Response: ignore any points I made and respond "TLDR"
5. Tried to be even more concise (it is hard for me sometimes) and explained numerous times I do understand there are blind Clode haters, I wasnt trying to be one of them just giving valid critics and immediately got lumped into "clode sux fire him crowd"
6. Point out it's easier to just write off anyone with a critic or differing opinion than you as "hater" than acknowledge any of the points they make
7. Continue "well I'm not gonna read what you posted but I will randomly pick out one line of your post to respond to" and thus here I am just repeating what Ive already typed.

Guess I need to join the party and resort to snarky pro/anti clode one liners like a bunch of the other posters on both sides do in these threads.

I can totally do that role too..**** rational posts.

DISCLAIMER: this is a long post READ bolded lines for condensed version:

Clode sux fire him.

LOL Clode haters out in full force tonight, i cant wait for when Clode is fired and the next guy comes in and fails so I can TOTALLY rub it in to all the Clode haters

Done...who needs any reason or further analysis I guess.

I apologize for the post lengths and for trying to explain my points, I will work better on keeping it to snarky 25 word posts which I can do.

Also I am actually sorry if my posts or tones ever come across as real mean, pissed or snarky...it's the internet, hard to convey that stuff but dont mean to be. If anything was just frustrated after watching a poor game by the team I want to do good and hearing what I felt were excuses from Clode.

I want Clode to make some adjustments eventually and I explained what those were...if pointing that out makes me one of the "Clode haters" then fine.

 

[BruinDust]

Not going through your whole monologue here, just this:



It's not criticism that have some posters aggravated. It's the whole "clode" has to go mantra.

See this ("Until Claude is gone nothing will change") and this ("Florida has handed Sweeney an opportunity on a golden platter. A proven NHL coach...Sweeney needs to be proactive here") for the most recent examples.

There are posters here who simply cannot stand coach Julien behind the bench. And jgatie is correct. They will not be happy until either Sweeneely fires him or he quits. So, it really is that simple.

There is so much BS in this post. I'm only commenting because I was cited.

Many of the Claude detractors, put together reasonably thought-out arguments as to their issues with Claude. Whether folks agree with those issues is one thing, but after two consecutive playoff DNQs and late season collapses, Claude criticism is justified.

If they were all thoughtless, baseless arguments, I could understand your aggravation.

But their not, most Claude criticisms are fairly well thought out.

And most admit he's a great coach, arguably the best ever in Boston, and would have a new job in less than 48 hours when he is finally fired.

But he doesn't walk on water. He's not perfect. My comment on Gallant was more about Gallant and how he would be as good a mid-season option as you could find IF they fired Julien.

Fact is, most of the criticisms about Claude today, are just repeats of the criticisms since they broke camp back in October 2014. Because we're seeing the same BS tactics now as we seen then. Far too rigid in his gameplan and line-up choices. Sticking with what worked in seasons past (like his vaunted 1st PP set-up, or pairing Krejci up with "power forwards" whenever possible) but clearly don't work now. Over-reliance on "zero-zone" veterans. On and on it goes.

Go back and look at the posts from Oct/Nov/Dec 2014, and it's all the same ***** repeated again last night.

So forgive me if there aren't some fans/posters around here who are quite frankly getting tired of that. You want to talk aggravating, watching Claude repeat the same mistakes over and over to the tune of playoff DNQs and middle-of-the-road performance, that's aggravating.

You know what would make most Claude detractors happy?

If he held his veterans to the same standard as other less-established players.

If he would make changes at the pace of a normal NHL head coach. And not just keeping tossing ***** at a wall hoping the same old ***** sticks again.

If he didn't overlook the flaws of his "zero-zone" veterans but point out every mistake his less established players make.

If he simply got the most he could out of the group of players he has. Because if their is one thing he isn't doing, is getting the most out of this group, because personally I don't think this team is that bad. I'd take this group over either of the teams he had last year or in 2014-2015. Heck I'd probably take it over that group he squeezed every drop out of in 2007-2008.

Do that, and I have no problem with Claude Julien.

So I guess it's not quite so simple.

 

[toasterjam]

lol **** these long posts I'm not reading any of this...looks like Clode haters are back in full swing tonight.

I can't wait for when Clode is fired and the replacement is even worse, then I will call out all the Clode haters and rub it in their face how wrong they were!!!

VS.

Clode sux, fire his ass, something about KFC, n defense n slow vets n talbot n hates kids n stuff!

**** reasonable thought out hockey discussions, this is HF!!

If you criticize Clode you get lumped in the Clode haters side by some on here. Your actual points get ignored or dismissed cause your just a hater/**** reading long posts.

edit/disclaimer..this is a very oversimplification of how things play out, I realize not all posters in here are like this and we do have some awesome hockey discussions around all the nonsense sometimes.

 

[ReggieMoto]

But he doesn't walk on water. He's not perfect. My comment on Gallant was more about Gallant and how he would be as good a mid-season option as you could find IF they fired Julien.

Let me respond to your BS with more of my BS.

There may be posters who believe he walks on water. I am not one of them. He makes mistakes just like everyone else. However, there are some people in this forum who hate him...H.A.T.E. him for his mistakes. Are you one of those people? I don't know. But you do call for him to be replaced often enough. That's not just being a detractor. That's actively calling for his replacement, and by golly look, you've even found one!

I think that Julien is about as good a coach in the NHL as you'll find. I don't believe he can do no wrong. I am as frustrated as the rest of the posters on this board with his constant rolling out of Jimmy Hayes. That needs to be done and over with! I don't know why he does it but I for one of many are tired of seeing it.

So why does he do it?

Is he stupid? Stubborn? Or...does he have a reason we don't know about? Given he's a professional coach of a pretty good NHL team I personally am inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt over practically anything posted by anyone on a fan discussion forum.

So no, he's not perfect and his decisions make me crazy. But I think he's far better than he is bad, and I think the team is probably performing about as well as can be expected given the composition, Hayes being on the ice excluded.

 

[LSCII]

lol **** these long posts I'm not reading any of this...looks like Clode haters are back in full swing tonight.

I can't wait for when Clode is fired and the replacement is even worse, then I will call out all the Clode haters and rub it their face how wrong they were!!!

VS.

Clode sux, fire his ass, something about KFC, n defense n slow vets n talbot n hates kids n stuff!

**** reasonable thought out hockey discussions, this is HF!!

If you criticize Clode you get lumped in the Clode haters side is what I've learned from all this. Your actual points get ignored or dismissed cause your just a hater.

It's not about hating anyone. It's about the team not getting better, and in fact stagnating and getting worse. After watching the team collapse the last two seasons, and how lackluster they've been this year, I'm firmly convinced the players have tuned Julien out. The Claude apologists can't handle any criticism of Claude and his role in the regression of this team. Ironically, there's plenty of blame to go around. Sweeney has a big part in it. Neely has a huge part of it as well. And of course the players shoulder a lot of the blame for apparently not caring enough or being professional enough to show up ready to play on a regular basis. But all the Claudeites here is that you hate the coach. It's absurd.

You're spot on about the rational and reasonable discussion not being needed or wanted by the majority here though, and that makes it even more absurd. Why come to a message board if all you want to hear is your own view?

 

[BruinDust]

Let me respond to your BS with more of my BS.

There may be posters who believe he walks on water. I am not one of them. He makes mistakes just like everyone else. However, there are some people in this forum who hate him...H.A.T.E. him for his mistakes. Are you one of those people? I don't know. But you do call for him to be replaced often enough. That's not just being a detractor. That's actively calling for his replacement, and by golly look, you've even found one!

I think that Julien is about as good a coach in the NHL as you'll find. I don't believe he can do no wrong. I am as frustrated as the rest of the posters on this board with his constant rolling out of Jimmy Hayes. That needs to be done and over with! I don't know why he does it but I for one of many are tired of seeing it.

So why does he do it?

Is he stupid? Stubborn? Or...does he have a reason we don't know about? Given he's a professional coach of a pretty good NHL team I personally am inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt over practically anything posted by anyone on a fan discussion forum.

So no, he's not perfect and his decisions make me crazy. But I think he's far better than he is bad, and I think the team is probably performing about as well as can be expected given the composition, Hayes being on the ice excluded.

H-A-T-E is a strong word bud, I don't know if I could ever hate Julien, the man was strongly responsible for the only Bruins cup win in my life-time. I don't know if I ever "hated" any coach (although Kasper was close, but he benched Neely and I was like 12).

I don't even so much as call for his head, it's more along the lines of "if he was fired tomorrow it wouldn't upset me a great deal". I don't think I'd throw a party over it. 10 years, perhaps the time has come. I don't know.

Like I said earlier, I'd like nothing more than to see Julien get the most he can out of this team. Outside of a handful of players (Hayes, McQuaid, Spooner, Nash, and Khudobin), I actually like this line-up and think it has potential. I know many here don't agree and think this group of players is dog*****, I'm not one of them.

But I don't see Julien making decisions that will result in that happening. I see stagnation, even regression, and the same mistakes being repeated year after year. Some of his decisions and rigidness are flat-out baffling at times. And this goes beyond just Jimmy Hayes.

He has his strengths, like any coach. His ability to implement defensive structure is among the best ever. He's a good guy, a classy individual, I think overall he treats the players well. He's very, very well respected throughout the hockey community.

But at the end of the day, if were just going to say "well Julien works in the NHL and we don't, so we shouldn't criticize him" then why are we even doing discussing Julien, or any coach, on an internet message board?

 

[Spanky185]

Dust already summed up what I was going to say. Go back 2 years and the GDTs are exactly the same, just with different players names.

Also, CJ is a really good coach but that doesn't make him the best coach for this team. I don't think he has a problem getting super talented players to perform (pasta, Marchand), but I think he's had trouble with the next tier down of players (Spooner) who have the tools but have some trouble putting it together. Some of that certainly is on the player, but I don't think CJs style as coach helps

I also think it's criminal that pasta and spoons haven't been on the same line again.

 

[toasterjam]

Like I said earlier, I'd like nothing more than to see Julien get the most he can out of this team. Outside of a handful of players (Hayes, McQuaid, Spooner, Nash, and Khudobin), I actually like this line-up and think it has potential. I know many here don't agree and think this group of players is dog*****, I'm not one of them.

But I don't see Julien making decisions that will result in that happening. I see stagnation, even regression, and the same mistakes being repeated year after year. Some of his decisions and rigidness are flat-out baffling at times. And this goes beyond just Jimmy Hayes.

He has his strengths, like any coach. His ability to implement defensive structure is among the best ever. He's a good guy, a classy individual, I think overall he treats the players well. He's very, very well respected throughout the hockey community.

But at the end of the day, if were just going to say "well Julien works in the NHL and we don't, so we shouldn't criticize him" then why are we even doing discussing Julien, or any coach, on an internet message board?

dont bother reading any of my posts..this about sums up where I'm at quite nicely.

Love Clode, love that he brought us a cup and will ALWAYS love him for that..I want the bruins to do good.

I want some adjustments/changes to be made before the 40-50 game mark that I think will help the team play better. This is now year 3 of the funk we are in so as fans...think it's reasonable to be frustrated at times.

Do we as fans know more than Clode? No, I think this is about just getting fan reactions to what goes on and our own interactions, sharing the experience together as fans of hockey.

You gotta be on some level a pretty hardcore fan to bother to even post on an internet message board. All these discussions are pointless/meaningless to the actual Bruins...but as fans we are passionate and discuss the happenings of the team...that's why we are here right?

I don't think me posting my gripes about Clode or the bruins will ACTUALLY change anything with the team or that I'm some genius hockey mind who knows more than Clode.

I think it's just part of being a really passionate fan. That's why we are here? Share our views and thoughts collectively as fans..share in the triumphs and tribulations.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Given Rask's very spotty record against the Caps, it would have been a move I had no issues with had he started Dobby. You know, play the odds?

And I am not blaming Rask at all but it wasn't one of his better games. Not too concerned about the loss to Colorado considering how the boys gutted out a point against the Caps. They were gassed and Dobby didn't bail them out.

 

[ODAAT]

I would have done that. Dobby against the better team and Rask against the weakest. The chances of getting at least 2pts out of 4 would have been better that way.

Bruins got 1pt because of their great come back against the Caps and Dobby crapped the bed again against the Avs...

then had the B`s gotten killed vs the Caps, many here would be complaining that now Rask has two teams in his head, the Habbies and Caps.

If I pay a goalie 7 mill, he`s playing vs the stronger teams when the chance is there

 

[ODAAT]

Ok and if you read the essay post I DID touch on that too..but to save you the effort I'll just repost that one little section. Never denied the existence of blind Clode haters..I said:

"There may be a band of blind Clode haters on here and they go at it with the band of "Clode does no wrong" crowd.

There is a rational middle ground but I guess it's easier to just not acknowledge any valid criticisms and spew the whole "SEE look Clode can never do right with the haters, no matter what they find something, never happy" Label anyone who makes valid points a Clode hater. "

I get it man...there are all kinds of people on here pushing all kinds of agendas. I guess that's what a message board is. We all have our theories and points to make.

I guess instead of long posts trying to rationally explain myself I should just join one of the sides and post more snarky one liners, I've got some of those.

I don't urge anyone to read my long posts, they are usually nice and therapeutic to write and I never realize how much I wrote until I post it.

I`m part of the crowd that likes CJ alot, but one who see`s areas I`d still like to poke him in the temple and ask "what are ya doin"

 

[ODAAT]

Yes. I read it very quickly this am and the quotes were back to back so I misread it. After rereading, Krug was talking about that specific shift.

Now for the excuse part, why point out the other team is well rested and had their legs today? A lot can be said by not saying something and that's what I feel CJ was doing here. They looked well rested, meaning that the B's were on the back end of 2 games in 2 nights and didn't. They had their legs meaning they B's were tired because they were playing their second game in 2 nights. They came out ready to play meaning the B's came out flat. You can't take the statements at face value without reading between the lines, no?

“There was a lot of problematic things,†Julien said after the loss. “No doubt that the power play could have helped us in the first period and failed to do that. They got to be better. We needed some saves tonight, we didn’t get them, [Khudobin]’s got to be better. A lot of things here that we can be better at and take responsibility but at the same time, you got to move on here and to me it’s one of those nights that had we been smarter from the get go, we would have had a chance.â€

http://bigbadblog.weei.com/sports/b...nts-teams-play-in-loss-they-got-to-be-better/

Seems to me like Julien stating facts, which I have little issues with