cvaicunas
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Can't believe the Bruins are last in the East. I've waited so long for this to happen, and yet I am not as excited as I thought I would be
GDT: Game 75: Red Wings vs canes 7:00 pm et 4/4/25
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I mean at least it means they are competing until the end.
I know the odds aren’t great, but Montreal losing tomorrow to Philly would really make things interesting.
Ya but we suck against Florida lately and you better believe they'll be bringing their A game against us after losing 3 in a row. Like I said it's not impossible. Just not likely (in addition to Habs losing a game against their 2 next easy oppenents).
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we beat florida 5-2 in our only meeting this season
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Didn’t catch this game but looks like a solid win. This draft isn’t that good anyway so jsut win as much as you can.
Unfortunately you’re likely right…Not sure if it’s injuries, or maybe McClellan had begun a system similar to what Lalonde had employed, but this team has been the polar opposite since the 4 Nations Tournament.
What brief moment we had of competent NHL caliber hockey has been replaced with what we’ve had to endure these past several plus seasons.
Unfortunately you’re likely right…Not sure if it’s injuries, or maybe McClellan had begun a system similar to what Lalonde had employed, but this team has been the polar opposite since the 4 Nations Tournament.
What brief moment we had of competent NHL caliber hockey has been replaced with what we’ve had to endure these past several plus seasons.
I don’t think it has anything to do with system. I think they’ve gotten worse goaltending and had a tougher schedule. They have had a handful of games where I’ve thought they deserved a better fate than they got.
That could be, but to me they’ve regressed to where they appear clueless and/or hapless.
And the more kids we see brought up and do well, the more we'll see this throughout the lineup. Mazur, Lombardi, Danielso, Buch, ASP...we should see our lineup restructured quite a bit in the near future.
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Also Copp was injured around the time the slide started, so the center depth was lacking. Fortunately Kasper is showing signs of being a good top 6 center, but Larkin is playing like he's nursing some sort of injury.
The good news is the center depth is finally starting to develop. If Copp and Larkin were healthy and you have the emergence in Kasper, we'd be firing along close to what we were doing before the 4 Nations tournament.
But why does Larkin appear to be nursing an injury every fricking year around this time?
I was afraid this would happen after we traded the Bruins pick for debrincat which is why I didn’t like the deal at the time. Bruins we’re a 1 of behind us and now have the 4th best odds. They did a perfect job, we should have done the same rather than get pick 12 . Is what it is
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Because he plays a hard game all year, and because we have lacked depth we ride him harder, and then he feels obligated to do crap like the 4 nations thing.
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If we had four nations Larkin we would be in the playoffs, but we got he went all out in four nations and obviously hurt Larkin. I mean I could say the same for Raymond, if he was at the pace before four nations that's playoffs.
Now that we know it’s pick 25 obviously the move was a steal. We didnt know that at the time , I thought with centers being gone I thought they might be a bottom 10 team. Happened a few yrs later than I thought
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I only caught half the game so just watched the highlights. that was quite the saucer pass by Larkin to DeBrincat on what ended up Benny's goal.
And holy Holl, in contradiction of my previous statement about the talent difference between the AHL and NHL, could an AHL Dman really be any worse than Holl?
An AHL guy would probably be playing conservative and not make that awful turnover Holl did on the first Canes goal.
And holy Holl, in contradiction of my previous statement about the talent difference between the AHL and NHL, could an AHL Dman really be any worse than Holl?
An AHL guy would probably be playing conservative and not make that awful turnover Holl did on the first Canes goal.
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cvaicunas
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How are you connecting that trade to this year? That pick was not for this upcoming draft. The Dcat trade was a win. We never had the Bruins pick this year. We get it, you prefer the team to crash and burn for lottery luck
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Yes I’m aware the bruins pick isn’t from this draft. I said I was afraid the bruins would be a bottom 10 team with that pick we traded after Bergeron and krejci left. They’re downfall happened a few yrs later than I expected
