Post-Game Talk: GAME #3 - BRUINS heading home with 4 out of 6 points with 4-1 win in Winnipeg

[Sheppy]

Is Carlo goal unassisted ???

Yeah, I thought Marchand would have gotten the apple but the poke check knocked it into the slot.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Is Carlo goal unassisted ???

That's how it's listed on NHL.com. Must be because it came off the poke check by Hallebuyck.

 

[nfld77]

Marchy-bergy-pasta
Beleksky-Dk-Backes
Nash-Spooner-heinen
Schaller-moore-acciari

Hayes sits. Heinen and cznarik take turns at rw on third line till vatrano comes back, which I hope to see on Dk's left when healthy.

Rask has 2 assists and you havn't got him on one of the top 2 lines?? Geez, come on man, get your lines right, lol..

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

probably because he was one of the team's best PP producers while he was on it.

The minutes he put into the PP clearly ate away at his play during 5 v 5. A 6'9" 255 pound man cannot put that kind of toll on his body every game in his late 30s.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Rask had a huge game, Carlo with a confidence booster.

Just sad that they will push McQuaid to that lineup for next game or game against Montreal.

I hope not but you are most likely 100% correct.

 

[Pia8988]

I don't look at the RHD-LHD setup as a total necessary. And I know that CJ is not the only coach who does.

Regardless, glad to see what should have happened before is happening now.

They didn't have a RHD either, unless you wanted Kevan or McQuaid out there.

 

[Bruinaura]

Very Good:
Moore, Rask, C Miller, Carlo, Pasta

Good:
Backes, Marchand


Very Not Good:
Krej, 3rd Line

Invisible:
Heinen - I didn't hear his name mentioned once in that game

You mean Kemp-heinen?

I like him, but didn't see much out of him tonight.

 

[patty59]

The minutes he put into the PP clearly ate away at his play during 5 v 5. A 6'9" 255 pound man cannot put that kind of toll on his body every game in his late 30s.

For sure, but he wasn't junk on the pp like a lot here like to say.

 

[missingchicklet]

Thought I just had on Chara - It's amazing how much better he looks when he's not constantly relied on to cover for a weak partner's mistakes like he was doing for the best part of the last two years. When he can just play his game and do his own job, he's still a pretty damned good D-man.

100% truth. It drove me nuts watching Z trying to cover two positions too much of the time due to his partners' egregious mistakes. Seems so far that Carlo is a pretty smart player and doesn't try to do too much. Hope that continues because Z still has something left in the tank provided he's not overused and isn't relied on to be superman.

 

[TwineTickler]

Can't believe they are calling the Carlo goal unassisted. Pasta started that whole sequence, him and Marchy deserve points

 

[Concessionaire]

This was my wish list in the pregame thread:

...my top request for tonight is for scoring from any of the non-Marchand lines. Maybe a tally or two from the defense as well? Pretty please?

PASS - Goals from Moore, Chara, and Carlo.

The Bruins also need better offensive zone entries and a better forecheck. I'd like a return of the cycling buzzsaw we saw during the latter half of the Columbus game.

FAIL - They spent too much time scrambling in their defensive zone.

I don't like Claude's second line, it has zero grit. It's not a line that's going to win many board battles.

FAIL - Nothing happened tonight to change my opinion on the Krejci line.

I hope we get more from the surgery boys. Krejci and Krug's on-the-job rehabbing has not been encouraging so far. They look a step behind, both physically and mentally.

FAIL - They both looked marginally better tonight, but still aren't where they need to be.

The PK has been looking pretty good, but the PP needs to step it up.

PUSH - PK still performing, PP not doing much

Finally, I'm hoping for a solid goaltending effort tonight. No softies, please.

PASS - Tuukka was excellent. Thank god.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Thought I just had on Chara - It's amazing how much better he looks when he's not constantly relied on to cover for a weak partner's mistakes like he was doing for the best part of the last two years. When he can just play his game and do his own job, he's still a pretty damned good D-man.

That and not being counted on for PP minutes every night.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

On another positive note, apparently the Bruins won 56% of their faceoffs tonight.

 

[catsmasher]

You mean Kemp-heinen?

I like him, but didn't see much out of him tonight.

Nice. I'm stealing that one.

 

[Pia8988]

Looks like Heinen is getting the Loui treatment. Maybe if he went out and plastered someone into the board.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

That and not being counted on for PP minutes every night.

I think the third game of the season is a bit early in the season for that to have any measurable effect. Over the course of the whole season, sure, but not likely this early.

 

[BB88]

I hope not but you are most likely 100% correct.

The team is going to lose lot of skating& puck moving by icing McQuaid over one of the kids.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

For sure, but he wasn't junk on the pp like a lot here like to say.

"Junk". No, not quite.

But honestly, I thought he was pretty bad.

Putting up decent stats on a bad PP is more a result of the player getting the minutes, not necessarily of being an ideal PP player.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Can't believe they are calling the Carlo goal unassisted. Pasta started that whole sequence, him and Marchy deserve points

They gotta change that. A poke check does not take away an assist

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Looks like Heinen is getting the Loui treatment. Maybe if he went out and plastered someone into the board.

Or got a shot on goal.....

 

[catsmasher]

Heinen = Caron minus the hot girlfriend

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

I think the third game of the season is a bit early in the season for that to have any measurable effect. Over the course of the whole season, sure, but not likely this early.

Well, I'm not sure I agree with that, but I'm more than willing to agree to disagree on that one

 

[mmk]

The team is going to lose lot of skating& puck moving by icing McQuaid over one of the kids.

hoping they flip him in for liles.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Heinen = Caron minus the hot girlfriend

He has to be useless for another 150 or so games before he is Caron.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Very Good:
Moore, Rask, C Miller, Carlo, Pasta

Good:
Backes, Marchand


Very Not Good:
Krej, 3rd Line

Invisible:
Heinen - I didn't hear his name mentioned once in that game

Heinen was even, and is a rookie.

Hayes was -1, and is in his 6th year as a pro.

One has a lot more upside than the other.