GDT: GAME #44 - 1/10 8 PM ET - BRUINS at St Louis | NESN, NBCSN, SN, TVAS, WBZ-FM 98.5

[Jorah Marshmont]

Has McQuaid ever played the off-wing?

I feel like Miller is the better of the two dman, but he doesn't look as good playing the LS.

There is a simple solution to this problem...


Play Morrow, for the love of God, play Joe ****ing Morrow!

 

[Absurdity]

over half way into season..still not sure what the **** this team is or what to expect.

Same

 

[TheBigZ]

Made the trip for tonight and Thursday in Nashville and hoping for a rare home loss for the Blues.

 

[TheBigBadB]

There is a simple solution to this problem...


Play Morrow, for the love of God, play Joe ****ing Morrow!

Free the Joe!

 

[Ladyfan]

Made the trip for tonight and Thursday in Nashville and hoping for a rare home loss for the Blues.

For you and any other B's fans going to the game....Have a blast and cheer loud for our boys !!!

 

[BBB24]

I mean, the guy has been the best defenseman on the team over the past few games and Liles- his replacement- ****ed it up in sudden death IIRC so....yeah that cost them a game


Also- yeah that's exactly what I said. He's the savior and they'll never lose again.

It was a dumb decision by Claude that probably cost them last game. Maybe bring some substance to the table next time you post instead of deliberately misconstruing my post.

If you think Chiller has been their best dman over the past few games, you need to watch closer. Chara has been the best wire to wire and Carlo second Krug would be second but his job is offence and he has one goal. Chiller is a bottom six dman and probably will never get out of that role. At this point in his career Liles is the better dman. Liles was fine for a guy who has missed so many games, he needs to get back in game shape and you do that by playing. Blaming Liles for the loss is like saying Claude should be fired because his line up is solid.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Going to be hard for Spooner to put up numbers centering one guy with hands made of clay (Schaller), and another with hands made of stone (Nash).

Now Spooner has excuses before he even plays.

I'm putting in my pre-game KMiller excuse, has to play left side to accommodate CMiller.

 

[jgatie]

Now Spooner has excuses before he even plays.

I'm putting in my pre-game KMiller excuse, has to play left side to accommodate CMiller.

Spooner has more built-in excuses than I've ever seen. "Not playing his natural position!" - Claude puts him at natural position - "He's playing with stiffs!"

 

[Dueling Banjos]

This game is being broadcasted by local sports channel here, doesn't happen too often.

 

[toasterjam]

Spooner has more built-in excuses than I've ever seen. "Not playing his natural position!" - Claude puts him at natural position - "He's playing with stiffs!"

I mean it's easy to say there are some excuses being made for Spooners play but damn...the kid has been INSANELY criticized on here too.

Flip side is...for the posters who make excuses for Spooner, I'd say there are just as many if not more posters who love tearing him apart.

Kid is 24...he has got serious talent and offensive skills. He needs to play better and be more consistent, play more engaged, make better decisions with the puck, play more to his strengths. We all see his skillset and I do think he will eventually put it all together whether here or somewhere else.

But if you go look through all the Spooner threads, he has been consistently pretty harshly scrutinized by plenty of posters on here for when he does bad.

 

[Estlin]

There is a simple solution to this problem...


Play Morrow, for the love of God, play Joe ****ing Morrow!

It's shameful how Morrow's been treated.

 

[Sharp Shooting Neely]

Congrats to Marshy and Tuukka for being named Bruins rep's for this years All Star Game. The article I read named Pasta as a notable ommision. Always worthy players omitted when there are just so many spots to fill. He will be there in future I'm sure.

Get it going early and keep it going tonight B's. Enjoy the game folks.

Let's Go Bruins!

 

[DitClapper]

Well deserved Czarnik demotion.
He hasn't looked like much of anything lately.

 

[toasterjam]

It's shameful how Morrow's been treated.

I watched Morrow pretty closely in the games he has played this year and I liked what I saw.

He is a young D who does make mistakes but he added a real physical element to his game this season, he was throwing some nice hits almost every game he was in and showed flashes of skating with confidence, skating the puck out of danger. I noticed some real improvements in his game. His shot was getting through n creating rebounds, not afraid to jump up in the rush (although it did burn him a few times) And then boom...gone.

I don't think putting Morrow into the line up at this point is much of a difference maker to the Bruins success, but in terms of developing potential young talent, doesn't seem like he was handled correctly.

Also seems like he is pretty much not in the Bruins future plans at this point, especially with the super talented group of young D that are coming up, he will easily be the odd man out.

Oh well...I dont think we even got to really see what we had in him, hope he sticks on somewhere else and wish him the best...but I've come to terms with him not being in the Bruins plans.

No matter what, Mcquaid and K.Miller will never be out of the line up unless injured.

 

[DitClapper]

I like Schaller as well.

But would it kill Claude to leave Czarnik on Spooner's RW if Austin isn't going to be playing C. At least Czarnik can shoot the puck half-decent.

Doesn't matter really, it's only a matter of time before Blidh is back in Providence, and Austin Czarnik will join Colin Miller and Joe Morrow in the healthy scratch club.

It's obvious that is where this is headed. Claude Julien just can't help himself. You can add in all the young players you want, but slowly but surely the zero-zone veterans will push them out due to perceived defensive weaknesses, despite those veterans also having defensive weaknesses but offensive weaknesses as well.

Schaller's good in the right role. He has some highlight reel in him.

His turnovers at the blue line are bench worthy most nights though. He needs to clean that up.

 

[DaStinger]

Please show up, thanks.

 

[jgatie]

I mean it's easy to say there are some excuses being made for Spooners play but damn...the kid has been INSANELY criticized on here too.

Flip side is...for the posters who make excuses for Spooner, I'd say there are just as many if not more posters who love tearing him apart.

Kid is 24...he has got serious talent and offensive skills. He needs to play better and be more consistent, play more engaged, make better decisions with the puck, play more to his strengths. We all see his skillset and I do think he will eventually put it all together whether here or somewhere else.

But if you go look through all the Spooner threads, he has been consistently pretty harshly scrutinized by plenty of posters on here for when he does bad.

He's also the #1 poster child for the "Claude hates kids crowd", and has excuses made for his every mistake. Cripes, even when objective people praise him, there are posts saying he'd be even better if Claude didn't hold him back for so long. So there is that, too.

 

[Greek_physique]

Would be nice to see C.Miller play with a confident Krug all game or with Chara to see how he fares.

 

[Bridges31]

Brick just said points are at a premium.

 

[toasterjam]

He's also the #1 poster child for the "Claude hates kids crowd", and has excuses made for his every mistake. Cripes, even when objective people praise him, there are posts saying he'd be even better if Claude didn't hold him back for so long. So there is that, too.

for sure, there are posters on both sides, but to say "he has more built in excuses than ive ever seen"...I mean..no...Spooner has gotten lots of hate/criticism ever since making it to the roster...some of it merited, some of it..well...over the top.

Id say Spooner is one of the more consistently criticized players on here...and maybe it's because we all see flashes of his talent and just get frustrated when he doesnt play like we know he can. Effort needs to be better. He is still young though.

Also I NEVER see excuses made for his every mistake, you can go back to threads, it's almost universal that posters here have no problem calling Spooner out when he plays bad, tries to avoid a hit, makes a bad turnover, over passes, gets lost in D-Zone...****...Spooner gets called out all the time for the mistakes he makes.

The crowd who makes excuses I think are saying he isnt put in a good position to succeed. Which is an excuse...but man..I've never seen people have issues with calling Spooner out on his mistakes.

Either way, I'll stop here as this is just the GDT and not the Spooner thread.

 

[jrbz88]

This is a bad match up for the B's

 

[Absurdity]

Please don't fall asleep, and play like you want to win. That's all I'm asking.

 

[TP]

This is a bad match up for the B's

If only we could play the Panthers every night.

 

[smithformeragent]

Rask looks like the alien from Mac and Me.

 

[toasterjam]

Im scared...I dont even know what to expect with this game