Post-Game Talk: Game 80: It Don't Come Easy - Bruins lose shootout and only get one point

[EverettMike]

Honestly, after watching another quiet collapse with little to no emotion from the team about it, this needs to be the last season we start making decisions around not giving up on our core, what message are we sending to our core if we sell, etc.

It's not about (likely) missing the playoffs. It's about how they miss. Again.

I like the players in our core a lot but when you take emotion out of the equation, this might just not be a winning make up anymore. Doesn't seem to be strong leadership anymore, that's for sure.

Been saying this about our "veteran leadership" for three seasons.

But after the season they blame some young player.

Tyler Seguin partied too much, Hamilton and Smith were weird loners. This year I predict they'll blame Pasta for not developing like they thought.

Meanwhile the leaders are overseeing another late season collapse.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Been saying this about our "veteran leadership" for three seasons.

But after the season they blame some young player.

Tyler Seguin partied too much, Hamilton and Smith were weird loners. This year I predict they'll blame Pasta for not developing like they thought.

Meanwhile the leaders are overseeing another late season collapse.

Have to think that if they fail to get in again this year, some of the core leaders might be playing elsewhere next season?

Krejci? Chara?

 

[VanIsle]

Been saying this about our "veteran leadership" for three seasons.

But after the season they blame some young player.

Tyler Seguin partied too much, Hamilton and Smith were weird loners. This year I predict they'll blame Pasta for not developing like they thought.

Meanwhile the leaders are overseeing another late season collapse.

The Bruins did the opposite of what they should have done, kept old aging players while trading away young talent.

Chara will retire a Bruin, no one will want his contract in the next year anyways.

Pastrnak will not be a "2 zone player" enough for the Bruins and they will trade him for picks or a couple plugs.

Blame is on everyone, management, coach, players, not just 1 particular area.

We are all failures, at least the best of us are.

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

I agree with you Kate.
The collapse at the end of last season and now again this year. The terrible record at home this year, and even worse was the pathetic effort at the Winter Classic.

I know the defense is a big problem, but there seems to be bigger issues to come up flat in so many important games.

Not to mention games 6 and 7 in 2014. It's 3 years in a row.

 

[DoubleAAAA]

If they miss the playoffs, this is got to be the lasted a team has been in first place in their division and missed the playoffs.

They wouldn't even be the only ones this year, in this Division.

Edit: just realized "lasted" was likely supposed to read "latest"

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

The only two players who looked to me like they gave a **** for 60 minutes last night were Pasta and Vatrano...and Clode stapled their butts to the bench in the OT.

Bergeron didn't give a ****? Seriously? Chara? Miller or Miller light? McQuaid? Marchand? Even Hayes played hard. The 4th line sucks but they played hard.

The team played scared. They did not execute, not even Bergy (other than on faceoffs).

 

[Coach Parker]

I hate the Canes.

And I hate the way the Bruins played yesterday losing the total control of their playoffs spot against a team they should have beaten in this critical game.

Now, they need help to get in and will get some tonight independently of the ending.

They win their next two and they are likely in. Let's hope they get the job done and give us playoffs hockey for the first time since 2014...

What's so deflating is all of us saying:

1. Let's hope they get the job done with four games left. (Chicago spanks them on national television)
2. Let's hope they get the job done at home with three games left. (they choke at home with one goal scored against Carolina, a DNQ team)
3. Let's hope they get the job done and give us playoffs...

This team for the last two years didnt 'get the job done' and now they need to rely on other teams to help them dig themselves out of a second consecutive epic collapse.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Assuming the Bruins win there next two ( and I know that's a big assumption ) what are there odds of getting in ?

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Assuming the Bruins win there next two ( and I know that's a big assumption ) what are there odds of getting in ?

I think the Wings have to lose to Rangers Saturday in regulation.

 

[Coach Parker]

C'mon. $70 million worth of payroll in that dressing room, and they need a guy to fire them up so that they can win a game to help them get in the playoffs?

FWIW, I think there are a number of people around here who can't quite see the forest because there are a whole bunch of trees in the way.

Lazy, disinterested, wilting old trees that need to be cut down and turned into paper contracts...that can be bought out.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Bergeron didn't give a ****? Seriously? Chara? Miller or Miller light? McQuaid? Marchand? Even Hayes played hard. The 4th line sucks but they played hard.

The team played scared. They did not execute, not even Bergy (other than on faceoffs).

Didn't think it was one of Bergeron's better games (rare off night).

Chara did nothing to impress me, and neither did K Miller.

C Miller, who I really like, looked like a kid that could use some seasoning and had been playing in the AHL for a month.

McQuaid was OK

Marchand was decent, but couldn't convert his chances.


And none of them looked like they were playing in the most important game of the year (up to that point).

 

[bruinmann77]

I want to see what the Bruins propaganda puts out once they don't make the playoffs this season again.

 

[Strange Universe]

What's so deflating is all of us saying:

1. Let's hope they get the job done with four games left. (Chicago spanks them on national television)
2. Let's hope they get the job done at home with three games left. (they choke at home with one goal scored against Carolina, a DNQ team)
3. Let's hope they get the job done and give us playoffs...

This team for the last two years didnt 'get the job done' and now they need to rely on other teams to help them dig themselves out of a second consecutive epic collapse.

A team needs to have leadership, chemistry and an identity, this team has none of these characteristics and this showed up very clearly the last dozen games or so.
I was waiting for the WC trip to see what to think of this team and they had given me a slight feeling they may put enough together to win a po spot but after the NJ game, I wrote in a post that this was all I needed to watch to know they would collapse and not have the push and fortitude to push forward.
It is sad, but I think it is the truth....

 

[jdz]

Been saying this about our "veteran leadership" for three seasons.

But after the season they blame some young player.

Tyler Seguin partied too much, Hamilton and Smith were weird loners. This year I predict they'll blame Pasta for not developing like they thought.

Meanwhile the leaders are overseeing another late season collapse.

Well Lucic was one of those leaders no?

They weren't exactly hasty to re-up Eriksson at market either. Is he not a veteran player?