Post-Game Talk: GAME #36 - B's can't hold a 2 goal lead and lose in OT - Whalercanes 3 BRUINS 2 F/OT

[DKH]

so, 37 points in 26 game with Tuukka?

that is 1.42 points per game, puts them on pace for 116.7 if Tuukka could start all 82.

3 points in 10 games is (duh) 0.3 ppg or on pace for 24.6 points over 82.

if the backups could play 0.500 hockey they B's would have 7 more points and be 1st in the Atlantic.

if Tuukka plays 62 games, and the ppg pace continues he would put up 88 points and the backups would contribute 6 over their 20 games. So 94pts.

If the backups can play .500 over the rest of the season (10 more starts) that would jump to 101.

Fantastic post

McIntyre reminds me of Thomas. I can see Zane being a very good NHL goalie. Has that Bruins junk yard dog mentality

I liked Dobie signing based on his history here, expansion rules, and where prospects were

Good not even great back up play this team is 100+

 

[since76]

Lady and gentlemen, you can now detach your belt, we are now in full cruising speed for the 15th choice island.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Krejci now worst plus/minus on the team at -9.

Hard to believe but true.

 

[Hali33]

Krejci now worst plus/minus on the team at -9.

Hard to believe but true.

Love seeing that from the highest paid guy on the team. That's just great.

 

[Pia8988]

Don't get to feel either completely happy or completely disappointed with the outcome going into the break. As JAD pointed out though, when you get 3 out of 4 possible points on the road, you take it and run.

The right side on the point for the PP continues to be a black whole this season. AC demonstrated the down side of a forward playing that role. Couple that with RS poor coverage of the face off on the Faulk goal. He and BC backing in on AK in OT, as you might mistakenly do in Pee Wee. Neither one of them attacked the puck carrier. That's your 2-0 lead in the game largely given away in a few plays. Precisely the reason why RS does often find himself in the coaches doghouse.

Dubby did his part. The 3 shoots that beat him were grade A scoring chances created by mistakes of others.
Sure we would prefer he stopped them all. To solely place blame on him is questionable at best. For those offering that the B's get another back up a question. Outside of the player that may have been preferred in the off season and choose to sign elsewhere, who would be the keeper targeted as a back up now? A look around the league shows the majority of teams are in the same situation. Trades are even more difficult now with expansion and cap situations concerns looming with every team.

Really good to see TK rounding into form following his long road back from surgery in the off season. Terrific stretch of play for him in recent games. Now if DK and PB could also get back to that point as well it would make for much more optimism of a better second half to the season.

Spooner needed to attack TT on OT, but look at Khudobin. He isn't innocent on that play either. Can't imagine the coaches will be happy with his positioning on the play.

 

[ReggieMoto]

Spooner needed to attack TT on OT, but look at Khudobin. He isn't innocent on that play either. Can't imagine the coaches will be happy with his positioning on the play.

That's a pretty bad look. I'd like to see how that play developed, though. Everyone is tracking the player to his right. Did he lead them right and then cut left?

 

[Orrfourever]

They had them. Let it slip away. Poop

Did Czarnik and Vatrano even get a shift in OT?

 

[Pia8988]

That's a pretty bad look. I'd like to see how that play developed, though. Everyone is tracking the player to his right. Did he lead them right and then cut left?

He does move from his right to left, but it is basically only 1 stride.

Slavvin was all the way at the blue line to their right at the wall.

Spooner and Khudobin let each other down.

 

[Sharp Shooting Neely]

Spooner needed to attack TT on OT, but look at Khudobin. He isn't innocent on that play either. Can't imagine the coaches will be happy with his positioning on the play.

Nice still of the play! For a techno dolt like me, always impressive when you have the ability to create that for others to view.

Don't disagree that AK could and should have been better positioned on the play. The comment on the the two defenders in this play, similar to the other 2 goals, included that AK was not solely to blame in the situation. In comparison to his early game this season, though he dod provide a better overall performance. Far from perfect, but better none the less.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

They had them. Let it slip away. Poop

Did Czarnik and Vatrano even get a shift in OT?

nope.
krejci and krug stayed out way too long.
marsh lost a puck battle in the defensive corner. bergeron dumped and chased on 3 on 3??

they just seemed tired in ot

 

[ReggieMoto]

He does move from his right to left, but it is basically only 1 stride.

Slavvin was all the way at the blue line to their right at the wall.

Spooner and Khudobin let each other down.

Thanks for that. Spooner's defensive shortcomings on display, and evidence as to why Khudobin probably won't ever be a starter again.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

He does move from his right to left, but it is basically only 1 stride.

Slavvin was all the way at the blue line to their right at the wall.

Spooner and Khudobin let each other down.

Spooner in that spot not a good situation. He's not a defenseman. Khudobin is probably looking for the puck at that point. Such is the 3 on 3. Games should rarely go to shootouts anymore.

 

[Pia8988]

Spooner in that spot not a good situation. He's not a defenseman. Khudobin is probably looking for the puck at that point. Such is the 3 on 3. Games should rarely go to shootouts anymore.

So? A NHL forward has to be better and the vast majority of the Bruins would have been. That was just downright awful and he probably got an earful for it. Even without pressuring TT he was close enough to get a stick on it and failed there too.

Both players deserve blame for that goal.

 

[Odie]

Love seeing that from the highest paid guy on the team. That's just great.

He's also 3rd on the team in points despite not having consistent wingers on a weekly basis.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

He's also 3rd on the team in points despite not having consistent wingers on a weekly basis.

this is true.
krejci should be our #1 center.

it should not be bergeron. bergeron is far from a #1 center at this point.

 

[smithformeragent]

This feels as though it comes down to who gets their **** together, Boston or Tampa.

The money has to be on Tampa, given recent history, but the more teams that fade away the better.
Nobody saw the Flyers coming last season.

 

[wintersej]

this is true.
krejci should be our #1 center.

it should not be bergeron. bergeron is far from a #1 center at this point.

I'm a Clode apologist, but one thing that is driving me bonkers is his usage of Bergeron and Krejci. Krejci is the teams best offensive player not named Pasta. Yet, it's Bergeron and Marchand getting the cushy zone starts and Krejci has seen the hardest zone starts since his rookie year while playing with a defensive guy in Backes and either another pass first guy in Spooner, or a 4th line scrub. It's time to put Marchand and Bergeron in their classic shutdown roll and let Krejci/Pasta start getting the offensive minutes together. Bergeron is miscast as the #1 offensive C. Krejci is miscast getting extra d-zone time.

 

[ReggieMoto]

this is true.
krejci should be our #1 center.

it should not be bergeron. bergeron is far from a #1 center at this point.

I take Bergeron over Krejci every day. Far more defensively minded and outside of his recent struggles is a great playmaker. This dry spell -- for both centers -- will end soon enough.

 

[whatsbruin]

While it would have been nice if Khudobin could've stopped one of those shots, they were excellent shots from good percentage areas. Perhaps we Bruins fans think he should have stopped those because when our players get such chances, we hit the goalie in the chest?

Exactly. The last 3 or 4 games opponents have come down from just off
the slot and fired in goals. Twice it came from defensemen. Who on the
B's right now could make those shots ? Marchand and Pasternak. Yet
when the opposing team gets a chance they bury it.

It is time to start riding Rask till he breaks. Play Rask vs the bad teams and Dobby vs the best teams. Take the loss ensure the wins vs bad teams. Get in the playoffs then who knows what happens. If Rask is cooked, you still got in and they got their precious 2 games of playoffs.

 

[remer]

He does move from his right to left, but it is basically only 1 stride.

Slavvin was all the way at the blue line to their right at the wall.

Spooner and Khudobin let each other down.

Spooner let's Khudobin see the shot and he could not stop a beach ball right now.

This lose is soley on Khubobin. Twenty saves that were all easy and he struggled. He had trouble staying square to shooters and he fumbled the puck often. All three goals were AHL level saves and he flopped. One win in eight games? .885 save percentage?
Time to move on.

 

[Spanky185]

Spooner let's Khudobin see the shot and he could not stop a beach ball right now.

This lose is soley on Khubobin. Twenty saves that were all easy and he struggled. He had trouble staying square to shooters and he fumbled the puck often. All three goals were AHL level saves and he flopped. One win in eight games? .885 save percentage?
Time to move on.

Logic agrees with this, but with the "Stay the course" Bruins, Dobby isn't going anywhere.

Maybe someone should trick Claude into giving him a sock

 

[ReggieMoto]

This lose is soley on Khubobin. Twenty saves that were all easy and he struggled. He had trouble staying square to shooters and he fumbled the puck often. All three goals were AHL level saves and he flopped.

People see what they want to see.

Here's what I see:
Jordan Stall on a breakaway with a rocket from the slot. Any goalie in the league struggles to stop that shot.
Faulk's goal was the result of a defensive breakdown leaving one side of the net totally unprotected.
The last goal was on Khudobin with massive help from Spooner.

 

[tkddad]

In the 10 games that Tuukka has not started the Bruins have amassed THREE points including tonight.

And in those 10 games, they only scored 16 goals in total. So we are expecting our backups to keep it to 1 goal in order to get the win.

Our offense is the bigger problem.

 

[Blowfish]

And in those 10 games, they only scored 16 goals in total. So we are expecting our backups to keep it to 1 goal in order to get the win.

Our offense is the bigger problem.

Offense will come...hopefully we see more J Mac for back up.

When is Belesky back?

 

[Mantis]

Spooner needed to attack TT on OT, but look at Khudobin. He isn't innocent on that play either. Can't imagine the coaches will be happy with his positioning on the play.

That looks like an NHL 17 screenshot