Post-Game Talk: GAME 56 - NYR 3 BRUINS 2

[Dr Hook]

McAvoy was all alone late in 3rd about 10 feet in front of the net and missed everything .Beautiful setup to him but Shame he missed.

He does that more often than he should, too. They do get some glorious chances many nights but too often the finish is not there.

 

[Aeroforce]

That wasn't necessarily a game they should've won; but it was a game they could've won. And with the hole they have dug themselves, it's a bad loss.

The PP is an unmitigated disaster. It not only doesn't help them, it hurts them.

For as mediocre as they have been, with league parity, even being middle of the pack in special teams would likely have them comfortably in a playoff spot (the Rangers' second goal wasn't technically a PP goal, but in principle it was).

I think the team is also mentally drained. In recent years, they'd have some easier wins; but every night this season is a dogfight.

With their moribund offense, and needing to win with 2 or 3 goals, they need to play near-flawless defense, and finish their infrequent open looks.

Tonight that didn't happen.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

That wasn't necessarily a game they should've won; but it was a game they could've won. And with the hole they have dug themselves, it's a bad loss.

The PP is an unmitigated disaster. It not only doesn't help them, it hurts them.

For as mediocre as they have been, with league parity, even being middle of the pack in special teams would likely have them comfortably in a playoff spot (the Rangers' second goal wasn't technically a PP goal, but in principle it was).

I think the team is also mentally drained. In recent years, they'd have some easier wins; but every night this season is a dogfight.

With their moribund offense, and needing to win with 2 or 3 goals, they need to play near-flawless defense, and finish their infrequent open looks.

Tonight that didn't happen.

Excellent summary. The type of hockey they need to play night in night out to be successful they're not built for. Just don't have the stamina, either physical or mental, and for the most part they don't really know how to use their size.

How much was that foreseeable, I wonder? There were certainly questions raised here and elsewhere along those lines, but I think it's safe to say they're further off the mark than most expected. But we're not in the inner sanctum. Whatever concerns or warning signs should have been heeded by management were not.

So here we are. Sweeney as usual is keeping his cards very close to his chest and we have no real idea what he's going to do. Does he?