Post-Game Talk: GAME 31 - Sleeping in Seattle - Kraken 5 BRUINS 1

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SEATTLE — The long-and-winding road delivered the Bruins to another dead end Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena.

Paced by a pair of Oliver Bjorkstrand goals, and the steady work of Philipp Grubauer (33 saves) in net, the Kraken dismissed the Bruins, 5-1, leaving the Black-Gold 0-for-2 on their five-game road trip.
That’s 0-for-2 with only two goals scored.

The Bruins will be in Vancouver Saturday night for stop No. 3 on their five-game Western swing.
The Kraken took an early 2-0 lead, Bjorkstrand connecting on a power-play goal only 24 seconds into play, followed by Jaden Schwartz at even strength.


With only 5:14 off the clock, the Bruins were faced with a two-goal uphill climb that they couldn’t erase.
After scoring only once in the road trip opener Tuesday night (an 8-1 shellacking in Winnipeg) the Bruins scored the lone goal in the second period when Brad Marchand scored on a penalty shot at the 10:28 mark.

Marchand was awarded the free chance when Brandon Montour, the one-time UMass-Amherst backliner, was charged with covering the puck in the crease as Marchand attempted to jam the puck over the goal line at the left post.

On his freebie, Marchand barreled in alone, faked a forehand shot in the low slot, and then slid a sleight-of-hand backhander through goalie Grubaeur’s five-hole. It was Marchand’s seventh career penalty-shot goal, tying him with Pavel Bure, the Russian Rocket, for the league’s all-time lead. The L’il Ball o’Hate previously was tied at No. 2 with Mario Lemieux.

The Kraken, currently out of the playoff mix in the West, put it out of reach in the third on goals by Vince Dunn and Bjorkstrand’s second of the night, boosting the lead to 4-1. Jared McCann closed out the scoring with an empty-netter with 1:54 to go.

Joonas Korpisalo made 16 saves on 20 shots in the Bruins' net.
The Bruins lost the services of Elias Lindholm midway through the second period. The underperforming center (31 games: 3-10–13) who signed a $54.25 million deal in July as an unrestricted free agent, sustained an upper-body injury.

If Lindholm can’t suit up Saturday night against the Canucks, the Bruins on Friday might consider calling up Matty Poitras from AHL Providence. Assigned to there a month ago, Poitras has wielded a hot stick the last two weeks, and the Bruins now are desperate for offensive pop.

The Bruins, who began the trip after winning a season-high four straight games, now stand 7-4-0 since Joe Sacco took over as interim coach upon the dismissal of Jim Montgomery.

The loss left the Bruins with a 6-7-1 record on the road this season.

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[BTO]

Well I’m certainly glad that they’re out west for these five games because it gives me an excuse not to have to watch them. But I’ll watch the Van game on Saturday.

Unfortunately I won’t be able to watch either Calg or Edm so I won’t be able to say “I was there” to witness the end of the epic 0-5 road trip of 2024 (but I’ll definitely catch the McDavid highlights).

Your 2024 Boston Bruins ladies and gentlemen: the grinches who stole Christmas.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

You have to wonder what kind of garbage deal was offered to Jake when he was here if he signed for that. Since Jake is doing so well I am patiently waiting for the inside "Jake was offered more money here but wanted a fresh start".

Jake didn't want to be here.

Team didn't want him here.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

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I don’t like making the comparison of them ,Lindholm wasn’t brought in to replace Jake ,he was brought in to be there legitimate number one centre,he hasn’t shown so far that he is one.Jake is a winger,I’m not really sure what they’re plan was to replace him,doesn’t seem there was one ,unless they hoped one of their prospects was going to step up.

Jake didn't want to be here.

Team didn't want him here.

That’s all fine and dandy but he needed to be replaced he wasn’t.

 

[duffy]

“We need to get faster.” -Neely in May

[preds to do nothing to address lack of team speed]

Speed comes from tape to tape passes while moving, so with everyone standing around and not one player able to make or take a tape to tape pass, slowness is what you get! Not to mention players unable to put the puck in an open net or even hit the net(Zacha) you end up out shooting teams and still getting blown out.

 

[DaBroons]

@Aussie Bruin - What does the Jacobs FAMILY want to do? They can't afford to buy the Celtics as the selling price seems north of 5 billion.

The family has hinted they would like to own the Sabres and build a new arena in Buffalo and the Pegula family is cash-strapped as the new football stadium being built is way over budget. Pegula and the Jacobs are not on good terms as the Bills gave the concessions to the new stadium to Jerry Jones.

Pegula does have strong Pennsylvania roots and might be open to taking over the Penguins. See where this is going?

If John Henry could get control of TD Garden then he would bid on the Celtics.

Ooo! A three-way trade. Love it!!!

Inquiring minds want to know who will have to retain cap space to make this trade work?

 

[Therewolf31]

To properly start a rebuild Both Sweeney and Neely have to be fired. They have had their chances and the team as now constructed has to be torn down to the foundation and a new gm from outside the organization to be the guy to rebuild

I'll bet you well excited when he signed Z and Lindholm though right? Sometimes chemistry plays a part. I expected this drop off after Krecji and Bergeron retired but this one's downright surprising. Especially the way they're getting blown out.

 

[DaBroons]

I don’t like making the comparison of them ,Lindholm wasn’t brought in to replace Jake ,he was brought in to be there legitimate number one centre,he hasn’t shown so far that he is one.Jake is a winger,I’m not really sure what they’re plan was to replace him,doesn’t seem there was one ,unless they hoped one of their prospects was going to step up.


That’s all fine and dandy but he needed to be replaced he wasn’t.

Sweeney basically traded Heinen, Jake, and Forbert to Vancouver for "Lin-home" and Zadorov (I admit I was in favor of the two signings, but hated seeing Heinen leave). They had no more cap space to replace Jake.

Who is playing really well other than Marchand? You could argue no one. Playing decently are Kastelic, Koepke, and Korpi. The only other plus players are McAvoy and Zadorov, and they aren't playing particularly well.

Harry Neal always said that your best players must be your best players, and McAvoy, Pasta, and Swayman have been far less than their best. Pasta may not get to 30 goals at his current pace.

Last year, Bergy's and Krejci's retirements were offset by career years for Colye, Zacha, and Geekie. This year has been regression to the mean or worse.

The only thing saving this team now is: 1) they've played more games and their 3rd place position is a mirage (TBL will soon pass them); and 2) Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa, and Montreal are really, really bad.

Sweeney has to resist the urge to trade any draft picks; we're going to need them.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

This team is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad.

 

[ODAAT]

outscored 13-2 on first two games of roadie, nice

I remember a time the B`s would feast on teams, was a great run, tables have turned I fear

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

16 seconds into the game a Pasta play puts his team behind the 8 ball with what Jaffe called "a careless and lazy" high sticking double minor.

Tyle Johnson steps in and puts up a -4. Of course he had the misfortune of playing with the Minus Brothers, Freddy (-3) and Coyle (-2) most of the night.

A 4 giveaway and -2 night for the distraught Charlie McAvoy.

Zadorov led the team in both hits (7) and blocks (4).

Bruins forwards credited with 9 hits. Lindholm credited with 6 of them in under 7 minutes of ice time before he got hurt.

Bruins save percentage now stands at .884. One of the teams that's worse is Florida (.880).

 

[Sheppy]

They once again made a shitty goalie look spectacular.

McDavid is going to Sittler these guys in a few days.

 

[Gee Wally]

So whats the over/ under GA on this road trip?
25?
30?
35?

 

[ODAAT]

Lindholm injured , lemme guess, the usual Patrick Brown call up, I miss the days when the B`s could call up a stud like Whitfield

 

[BMC]

Thank God I did not stay up to watch the shit show.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I don’t like making the comparison of them ,Lindholm wasn’t brought in to replace Jake ,he was brought in to be there legitimate number one centre,he hasn’t shown so far that he is one.Jake is a winger,I’m not really sure what they’re plan was to replace him,doesn’t seem there was one ,unless they hoped one of their prospects was going to step up.


That’s all fine and dandy but he needed to be replaced he wasn’t.

Geekie and Frederic had basically the same production as Debrusk last season with less ice time. They were going to replace Jake. They have both been terrible this season. But they were the plan to replace him. As it turns out, at this point Brazeau is actually replacing Jake as the 2nd line RW. If Jake were still here, I'm not sure his numbers would be any better than Brazeau's are right now.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

No way to sugarcoat this, at best they are a wild card team, more likely that they miss the playoffs though. They have zero chance of competing with teams like Florida and Carolina if they manage to sneak into the playoffs. I'm ready for a proper rebuild, the question is can Sweeney and Neely be trusted to carry this out properly, if not they need to be dismissed.

 

[JerseyBruin]

Hell, compare 3rd pair Zadorov vs Debrusk.

Add Lindholm and pay Debrusk. A team with 6 top forwards might score more.

The big/tough premise was a good idea but management/coaches/players clearly failed miserably at it.

Big/Soft/Cannot Score is a dreary product.

The big tough premise might be fine but you can't go big/tough and play 3rd man high and 1 man forechecks.

 

[Ladyfan]

Brad"s goal was fun.... that's all I've got.

Lots of sad Bruins fans were there.

We are waiting to get on the train to Vancouver. Not holding out much hope

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Lindholm injured , lemme guess, the usual Patrick Brown call up, I miss the days when the B`s could call up a stud like Whitfield

How about a Moe Lemay or Joel Prpic?

 

[Fingertools]

Jake didn't want to be here.

Team didn't want him here.

Jake consistently said he wanted to be here and "was surprised" that a deal didn't get done - said it numerous times - unless he wanted way more than what he accepted from Vancouver it is pretty clear the Bruins didn't want him, especially given their desire to sign Elias Lindholm

 

[Dr Hook]

Pasta just sucks right now.

 

[bruinmann77]

This is a pathetic team they really need to do whatever is needed to shake it up play the young guys give them some time up and let’s see what they can do. Ps hopefully DS will look to add First Rounders instead of trading away their own First

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Jake consistently said he wanted to be here and "was surprised" that a deal didn't get done - said it numerous times - unless he wanted way more than what he accepted from Vancouver it is pretty clear the Bruins didn't want him, especially given their desire to sign Elias Lindholm

Talk is cheap.

If you recall, there was a time he requested a trade.

 

[PlayMakers]

Honestly, I thought the Bruins outplayed Seattle.

This is such a weird team. I mean, there was effort. We outshot them 34-21, we had 65 shot attempts (almost double theirs). That doesn't happen without hard work.

When we play good teams the lack of talent (or probably a better description would be to say the lack of production) really shows. Pasta is talented but not productive this year. Zacha, Lindholm, McAvoy are all talented too. At least as talented as anyone on Seattle.

To compound our lack of finish, we were sloppy mentally (early penalty by an A), and we're getting leaky defensively again. We're back to giving up the slot. We're making mental mistakes like bad reads off face offs and bad passes instead of clears on the PK.

There are just too many guys not pulling their weight on both sides of the puck. Guys who should score aren't scoring. Guys who should be rocks defensively aren't rocks. Guys who should be leaders and set the example, are taking 4 minute majors in the offensive zone 30 seconds into a must-win game.

With that loss (and the Flyers win) we are outside the playoff picture again.

 

[ODAAT]

How about a Moe Lemay or Joel Prpic?

haha, true although I had a huge soft spot for Mo as my dad had Ottawa 67`s season tix for decades and Mo was the best Junior player I had seen up to that point