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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[Aussie Bruin]

Not sure what change is needed. Nor how missing the playoffs will help answer that question.

I'm assuming they will have a new full time coach next season. A new system to go with it. But that's no guarantee to work. I'm certainly not up for a complete, 5-year plan rebuild that could turn into a 10-year drought.

We differ on this. I'm totally here for a full rebuild, even while fully acknowledging that the odds are high that the whole thing will end in failure. I enjoy the process, the chase, seeing kids emerge and develop, the sense of unknown. Much prefer that to staggering on in mediocrity. Been ready for it since 2021. Then Monty's first season happened and I thought my forecasting had been wrong. Turns out it was instead perhaps just premature. For all that, don't begrudge Sweeney trying to keep the party going, because despite how it ended the 22/23 season was a hell of a lot of fun.

But that's past now, and the reality of the slump that almost all franchises have to go through post a long run at/near the top is finally upon us. So what next? Can a new coach, system and roster shakeup alone turn this team back into a true contender? They will most likely try, but I'm very doubtful about it.

As to preferring to miss playoffs, it doesn't make any major difference, I agree, just think it will force management's hand a bit more in having to make some bigger/deeper changes, potentially including within the front office. Less scope to kid themselves that things are more or less ok.

 

[Alan Ryan]

Lysell isn’t even producing in Providence ,Poitras has gotten hot so sure bring him back up .

Lysell is doing better lately—3 goals and 4 assists in the last 10 games.

 

[TCB]

Lysell is doing better lately—3 goals and 4 assists in the last 10 games.

Patrick Brown watch. A goal and assist already tonight

 

[Bradely]

Habs are selling their reconstruction process.... tv show etc..... At some point, reconstruction process might become what fans are searching league wide, youth, new faces... new vibe, new new new of whatever and that might be a good team seller now and in the future.

I don't know what is wrong..... but it just can not only be the lack of talent. I don't buy that. For sure Sway is ......well different than last year. I don't care about money... but the guy is currently NOT delivering.

The last two games, the outcome was catastrophic. The Jets game was simply painful....

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

I don’t even feel like watching tomorrow night .

 

[MartyLapointe20]

Ulmark just looked really sharp in a shutout win vs the Canes. When is Swayman going to steal a game…..

 

[smithformeragent]

The fact that Detroit, Buffalo, and Montreal are in the Bruins’ division is almost the sole reason to hold out hope.

However, hope in this case is a first round series loss in 5 games, at best.

 

[Gordoff]

Keep going back to Marchand saying practices have been sloppy and unfocused and they are playing that way. That’s indicative of leadership and coaching issues. There’s a deep rot developing.

I was surprised by that and by the lack of follow up here and in the media by that statement. Basically the captain is saying that the practice sessions are a joke. Nobody listening or nothing to listen to?????? Was Sacco the correct choice.
I mean, I personally like the guy but why did it take 10 years for the Bruins to give him the reigns?
Something is deeply wrong on Causeway street.

 

[wintersej]

I was surprised by that and by the lack of follow up here and in the media by that statement. Basically the captain is saying that the practice sessions are a joke. Nobody listening or nothing to listen to?????? Was Sacco the correct choice.
I mean, I personally like the guy but why did it take 10 years for the Bruins to give him the reigns?
Something is deeply wrong on Causeway street.

In fairness he is the interm guy. A lot better to go shopping in the offseason.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

We differ on this. I'm totally here for a full rebuild, even while fully acknowledging that the odds are high that the whole thing will end in failure. I enjoy the process, the chase, seeing kids emerge and develop, the sense of unknown. Much prefer that to staggering on in mediocrity. Been ready for it since 2021. Then Monty's first season happened and I thought my forecasting had been wrong. Turns out it was instead perhaps just premature. For all that, don't begrudge Sweeney trying to keep the party going, because despite how it ended the 22/23 season was a hell of a lot of fun.

But that's past now, and the reality of the slump that almost all franchises have to go through post a long run at/near the top is finally upon us. So what next? Can a new coach, system and roster shakeup alone turn this team back into a true contender? They will most likely try, but I'm very doubtful about it.

As to preferring to miss playoffs, it doesn't make any major difference, I agree, just think it will force management's hand a bit more in having to make some bigger/deeper changes, potentially including within the front office. Less scope to kid themselves that things are more or less ok.

I agree.

We differ on this.

 

[bruinsfan1968]

Ulmark just looked really sharp in a shutout win vs the Canes. When is Swayman going to steal a game…..

They both have one shutout each.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

They both have one shutout each.

Ullmark has two now.

 

[Gordoff]

Is there an in-season, blockbuster trade that can be made between the Bruins and another struggling team that can re-invigorate both teams?
at this point, I can't see the Jacobs' waiting until the off-season and then not
make the playoffs. Win some, lose some but change the structure of the team
so that they don't tune out Sacco.
I'm not so sure that Sacco is the right guy for the Job but I'm
also not so sure that he ISN'T!
If I'm Sweeney I try to protect the 1st rounder that we have in '25, but
make 1 big, 2 medium, or 3 small and any combination of the
above to try to save the season.
We're not in agreement here that Sweeneys job will be up for
jeopardy if they miss the playoffs but if he thinks that it may be?
Will be decide that this core, this group is not a good combination for
whatever reason do the "Harry Sinden" thing to do?
Will the Jacobs's decide to sell and move on from ownership of the team?
Would a buyer want a team that doesn't include the building and concessions?
Would the Jacobs's be willing to rebuild the team from the ground up?
If I'm them, I turn to Charlie Jacobs and say "do what you did way back when you moved on from Mike O'Connell and start from scratch."
Even back in the day, this team wasn't this disinterested and (fill in the blank here).
Maybe keep a half dozen current players and of course whatever Brad wants and start the process.

 

[MartyLapointe20]

Ullmark has two now.

Yeah and the 1 vs the Canes tonight is more impressive than Swaymans vs the struggling Kraken at the time who barely got a shot off in the 1st period.

 

[Gordoff]

I will add that until this year I wasn't enamored with Sweeney.
But, little by little this summer I thought that he got it and finally
decided on some muscle to "tenderize" other teams (like Florida).
Now, I'm back to the "WTF is he doing" opinion.
But really, I'm lost on this, and it shows.
McAvoy, et al seem like they're simply comfortable and overall, not as
talented as I thought that they were.
Brad complaining about lax practices etc, now whose fault is that?
Is the coach supposed to whip them up in practice? The Assistant Coaches?
The Captain and his Assistant Captains or all of the above?
Too many fat & happy contented cows in Spoked B's.
The guy I feel the most for is Brad Marchand. One by one, little by little
his contemporaries are mostly gone.
Now he's left with McAvoy (who can't make a fast decision on PP's or
take a slapshot. And then there's Pasta, playing like a crybaby, taking
dumb as **** penalties etc. IMO he's leaving Brad to shoulder a lot
when Pasta wears an A and isn't living up to that A on his chest.
Worst of all is Swayman, selfish dipshit who cares only about himself
and his bank account.

 

[bobbyorr04]

Lysell isn’t even producing in Providence ,Poitras has gotten hot so sure bring him back up .

If Lindholm is out, is Poitras heading to Vancouver to fill in for him??