GAME 41 - Toronto 6 BRUINS 4

[The don godfather]

They are by no means guaranteed a playoff spot. Not all teams behind them currently are going to keep losing as they have some real scorers. Not to mention the games in hand.
Don't make the playoffs and stop the pain.

True but if this team can play to its potential they got a spot they gotta stop mental lapses . Tonight was a horror show.

 

[UncleRico]

Need to beat the islanders tomorrow. We have wuite the stretch of decent to good teams coming up the rest of the months

 

[Sheppy]

True but if this team can play to its potential they got a spot they gotta stop mental lapses . Tonight was a horror show.

And if my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle.

How many horror shows has this team had this year?

 

[22Brad Park]

Sure.

But we didn’t, and Swaymans shitty save percentage actually went down again.

.Lucky they never scored more the giveaways I saw and uncovered Leafs everywhere.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

Tampa is losing with 4:23 left .

 

[JerseyBruin]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

It would have been very difficult and other players would have needed to move out to clear cap space.

 

[22Brad Park]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

Tampa is losing with 4:23 left .

To much money for that to tie up in goaltending I would imagine.They should have gotten Chychrun though in that deal u ask me.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

Not with Zad or Lindholm.

Unless Jeremy kicked the can a year with a 1 year deal or maybe even took arbitration.

We did him a huge favor and I don't think expected him to be so greedy and go to the mat. He takes less long term if Ullmark is here bc of course Ullmark starting the opener might mean he wins the Vezina.

Sweeney got played like a fiddle by the U Maine businessman.

 

[PlayMakers]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

Tampa is losing with 4:23 left .

That was the kind of game that, with last year's goaltending, we would have won 4-2. They would have made all the saves they should, plus 1 or 2 they had no business making.

But no, both goalies asked to start 55 games this year. Both goalies signed for $8.25m. What team spends $16.5m on goalies?

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

I’m still not overly impressed with the Leafs . Winning the division by default. Florida , Boston and Tampa have been not good lately .

 

[mar2kbos]

The problem is too many large contracts for underperforming players. When they gave 9.5mil they were expecting Mac to continue to grow. He is stagnant and nowhere near the value.

Its not just him though. Every top player is underperforming their current value. Makes it very hard to get anything good in return if they continue to slide.

 

[22Brad Park]

Not with Zad or Lindholm.

Unless Jeremy kicked the can a year with a 1 year deal or maybe even took arbitration.

We did him a huge favor and I don't think expected him to be so greedy and go to the mat. He takes less long term if Ullmark is here bc of course Ullmark starting the opener might mean he wins the Vezina.

Sweeney got played like a fiddle by the U Maine businessman.

The Bruins GM did it to himself trading Ullmark before Swayman was signed .He put handcuffs on himself with Swaymans agent.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

It would have been very difficult and other players would have needed to move out to clear cap space.

For sake of argument let's say Ullmark stayed and adds us to his NTC July 1 ending any chance of moving him that day and we still sign Zad and Lindy July 1.

How does it play out?

Swayman either takes 7-7.5 over 8 years or 5-6 mil for 1 year. He's not taking a shorter term deal of multiple years nor does he miss games and hold out (I think.)

If it's the latter you just move Peeke or Fredric and are compliant. The former you need to move 2 of them. Maybe put Marchand on LTIR to start the season.

Or trade Coyle/Carlo.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

The Bruins GM did it to himself trading Ullmark before Swayman was signed .He put handcuffs on himself with Swaymans agent.

But Swayman was good vs the Leafs in the playoffs and Ullmark hadn’t played well in the playoffs. Everyone wanted Swayman . It seemed like a no brainer .

Tampa lost .

 

[PaulD]

Would you rather Charlie McAvoy or Darnell Nurse for $9.5m a year?

at 9.5 neither.
But if I had to take one?......Nurse

 

[PaulD]

Bruins D gave the puck away today like it was government cheese .

Oh yeah and I'm becoming much more open to trading McAvoy .

And his value is plummeting
Bruins would have to eat some of that inflated salary.

 

[JerseyBruin]

For sake of argument let's say Ullmark stayed and adds us to his NTC July 1 ending any chance of moving him that day and we still sign Zad and Lindy July 1.

How does it play out?

Swayman either takes 7-7.5 over 8 years or 5-6 mil for 1 year. He's not taking a shorter term deal of multiple years nor does he miss games and hold out (I think.)

If it's the latter you just move Peeke or Fredric and are compliant. The former you need to move 2 of them. Maybe put Marchand on LTIR to start the season.

Or trade Coyle/Carlo.

My guess is in that scenario , Donny pivots and looks to move Sway . As others have said paying both north of 6M wasn't going to happen. What we don't know was did Donny have a verbal agreement with Sway and then things went sideways.

 

[PaulD]

For sake of argument let's say Ullmark stayed and adds us to his NTC July 1 ending any chance of moving him that day and we still sign Zad and Lindy July 1.

How does it play out?

Swayman either takes 7-7.5 over 8 years or 5-6 mil for 1 year. He's not taking a shorter term deal of multiple years nor does he miss games and hold out (I think.)

If it's the latter you just move Peeke or Fredric and are compliant. The former you need to move 2 of them. Maybe put Marchand on LTIR to start the season.

Or trade Coyle/Carlo.

Swayman is not playing like a number one goalie .
McAvoy is not a number one Dman.
But nothing are played and paid as if they were.
That'll kill any teams chances.

 

[JerseyBruin]

And his value is plummeting
Bruins would have to eat some of that inflated salary.

While his value may be plummeting he's the type of player true cup contenders will look to add.

 

[22Brad Park]

at 9.5 neither.
But if I had to take one?......Nurse

Nurse plays with a powerhouse team though ..It's apples to oranges.Put Nurse here instead of McAvoy . Boy would that get ugly fast

 

[bruins19]

I watched the third period at a restaurant….so no sound and I wasn’t paying a lot of attention….


Am I wrong that Bruins were hauled down just before a couple of those third period goals?

No call. On the road and in Toronto…

 

[analyser]

True but if this team can play to its potential they got a spot they gotta stop mental lapses . Tonight was a horror show.

They have played maybe 2 or 3 good games all year. How do you gage their potential and how is it going come to the forefront. You can never feel at ease watching a Bruins game this year.

 

[CDJ]

Compare the teams the starts have come against .

Still a problem!

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

They have played maybe 2 or 3 good games all year. How do you gage their potential and how is it going come to the forefront. You can never feel at ease watching a Bruins game this year.

Ain’t that the truth .

 

[bruins19]

Was there any way that the Bruins could have kept Ullmark and Swayman for this year?

Tampa is losing with 4:23 left .

Team publicly reported that each wanted to be a number 1 goalie with #1 portion of games. Couldn’t do it for both. Moved one.