Colt.45Orr
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He is a puck-hound too. His line dominated entire shifts today. I wanted to be skeptical of him but I'm really impressed.
Player Discussion Matthew Poitras
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Mad-Marcus
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My favorite Poitras moment, last night, was immediately after a giveaway at the offensive blue line, he got back to break up the play at his defensive blue line. His offensive instincts are advanced, but to see this level of responsibility so soon in extremely encouraging. something that Lysell and Merkulov don't get, to this point.
Matthew Poitras is the absolution of sin from the Gallery Gods for not drafting Mathew Barzal.
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He demonstrated effective decision-making skills when he prevented a goal after a poor pass. It is great to see how this kid takes ownership of his actions and handles them perfectly.
I would not have called 37,46 or 63 strong numbers either , but the players that wore them for the Bruins have made them pretty significant Bruin #'s . The same can happen with 51. I like the idea of a player taking a # and making it his. If you take 63 as an example Marchand is the only Bruin we associate with this #. Poitras if successful can make us quickly forget the last player to wear 51 . Who I think was Spooner
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Was thinking the same. I just can't unsee Spooner when I see him with the 51 out there.
PlayMakers
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Yep, you’re right. Forgot about him because he hasn’t played.
I like the idea of Poitras turning to 23 or 91 for his number. I'm excited to watch this kid continue to grow and surprise us!
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Also, #14 is a wonderful number. Samsonov! Lol
22Brad Park
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what's wrong with 51 he made NHL at 19 with it
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He didnt make a lot of plays, but I'm attributing that to large gaps between 5 on 5 play because of all the penalties called. I thought he still looked pretty good and won a lot of 1 on 1 battles.
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Great to see Monty putting Poitras with Marchy today in practice. Figured that would happen sooner rather than later. I think the style of those two guys can play off of each other really well. Fingers crossed Monty likes what he sees and keeps them together Thursday night.
The way Monty deploys his top 3 lines there's not much difference between 1C, 2C, and 3C in terms of ATOI. Last season Coyle only had around 1 min less ATOI than Bergy and 9 seconds less than Krech. Just need to get the right centers with the right wingers since all three top Cs are going to play about the same amount of time most nights.
The way Monty deploys his top 3 lines there's not much difference between 1C, 2C, and 3C in terms of ATOI. Last season Coyle only had around 1 min less ATOI than Bergy and 9 seconds less than Krech. Just need to get the right centers with the right wingers since all three top Cs are going to play about the same amount of time most nights.
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Personally, the less I am reminded of Ryan Spooner, the better
Kegs
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This guy?Personally, the less I am reminded of Ryan Spooner, the better
Mathew poitras is so much better. Spooner was into his 20s when he played in the nhl for the first time. He was lost with out the puck. Looks like spooner has found his game in the khl.
HeartsAlive
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Oh for sure. I wasn't making any player comparison beyond "51".This guy?
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Mathew poitras is so much better. Spooner was into his 20s when he played in the nhl for the first time. He was lost with out the puck. Looks like spooner has found his game in the khl.
Moving him on a line with Marchand really shows what Monty thinks of him. I think he sticks around all year!
ODAAT
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and potentially what Marchand thinks of him
Kegs
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Bruinfanatic
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Well Coyle isn’t a number one Center so he has to try something.
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Spooner:This guy?
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Mathew poitras is so much better. Spooner was into his 20s when he played in the nhl for the first time. He was lost with out the puck. Looks like spooner has found his game in the khl.
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I agree, but he actually has looked better than Zacha has so far. Zacha 100% needs to be more assertive. He is playing too much like a complementary player right now. We have two centers that have been tried in top 6 center roles and failed. I am all for giving them another shot, but you have to be crazy not to be looking at that as numero uno if they struggle scoring 5 on 5
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