GDT: New Jersey Devils vs. Boston Bruins: Preseason Finale, The Zacha Bowl

[Bleedred]

Holtz will still be sent to Utica, while Geertsen plays on opening night.

Well..... Probably not.

I'm just kidding.

Kind of.

 

[MartyOwns]

hughes is just 3 moves ahead of everybody

 

[Bleedred]

They said this is the most entertaining period of the preseason for Boston? Really?

I didn't think the Bruins really did much in the way of entertaining that period....

 

[John Pedro]

Hughes gonna score 90+ pts if he stays healthy

simply insane how good he is and he may score 40 goals on top of it

imagine if we had a decent PP

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Hughes gonna score 90+ pts if he stays healthy

simply insane how good he is and he may score 40 goals on top of it

imagine if we had a decent PP

100 points

 

[Oneiro]

All Holtz needs to do is become a reliable garbage man and he's probably going to be in the Calder discussion.

 

[Hisch13r]

Hughes gonna score 90+ pts if he stays healthy

simply insane how good he is and he may score 40 goals on top of it

imagine if we had a decent PP

100+ if 75+ games with ease.

 

[Guadana]

I think it was a good goal for Holtz. He stay away from boston players, going on the distance and react. Easy but good positioning. Sneaky play you exactly wait from scorer.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Bit of a fire wagon period, but on our side Blackwood created a few of those moments off some weird flubs. I thought Blackwood looked fine outside of that, like on actual shots, just a few dribblers that he didn't control for some reason.

Hughes is fun, Holtz is good.

 

[glenwo2]

Bratt looks much better when he gives a damn.

Well...once the games matter, he tends to do that.

 

[FinnishDevil]

Imagine Palat going from Tampa powerplay to this.

 

[FascinationStreet]

ill never lurk again on another teams board again.. Bruins fans accusing us of having played the trap for years now and by far the most boring team...yes guys, jack hughes dancing around your AJGreers of the world. Congrats bostonians

 

[glenwo2]

BTW, did I see the f'n DROP PASS being used again?

 

[Dialamo]

BTW, did I see the f'n DROP PASS being used again?

Gonna take a while to shake off that nonsense.

 

[Guttersniped]

Fair enough.

Still a little too early to say, but I was one of the people on here early on saying ''Be careful what you wish for in firing Recchi, as I'm skeptical that Ruff isn't also a problem. He has the final say''.

Especially with all the weird answers every time he was called out where his answer was always ''Subban. We gotta get more out of him. He has the ability. Did you see how good he used to be years ago? We ned to use him more!''.

Either way, the end of Lindy is nigh. Which makes me think Brunette's job as PP coach might be over not much later than it started.

Although, if my theory is correct, Brunette would still have a lot to do with the PP, if Ruff indeed does right now.

Recchi needed to go because a) f*** that guy b) he had two seasons here.

I don’t expect the PP to immediately be magically fantastic (or cohesive), it’s the f***ing preseason.

Recchi was the PP guy. He was. That was his job description. He didn’t cause all of the problems it had obviously but I have zero problem with him getting the heave ho and I don’t see how anyone could think that was a mistake.

Either you want Recchi here now or you don’t. I don’t.

I never called for him to be fired mid-season (with Ruff still here) because Assistants don’t get fired mid-season unless the HC goes. So that was some wishful thinking/ delusion on some people’s part.

 

[glenwo2]

Gonna take a while to shake off that nonsense.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

There is ZERO advantage to doing that....unless you want to give the advantage to the opposing team.

 

[Bleedred]

Recchi needed to go because a) f*** that guy b) he had two seasons here.

I don’t expect the PP to immediately be magically fantastic (or cohesive), it’s the f***ing preseason.

Recchi was the PP guy. He was. That was his job description. He didn’t cause all of the problems it had obviously but I have zero problem with him getting the heave ho and I don’t see how anyone could think that was a mistake.

Either you want Recchi here now or you don’t. I don’t.

I never called for him to be fired mid-season (with Ruff still here) because Assistants don’t get fired mid-season unless the HC goes. So that was some wishful thinking/ delusion on some people’s part.

I don't really want either of them here.

#Brunette

 

[nugg]

100 points

Would be our first ever. Seems that we'll never have a 50 goaler though. Game's not the same as it was in the 80s. (Aside from 2005-06).

 

[Captain3rdLine]

BTW, did I see the f'n DROP PASS being used again?

Gonna take a while to shake off that nonsense.

Or maybe it’s literally the powerplay breakout used by like 90% of the league because it works if you have skilled players who do it well.
Which it did that period.

 

[Guttersniped]

Good lord. And we’re back to people denying that back passes can work again. Did they kill your dog or something?

 

[Dr Aidonis Bison]

 

[Oneiro]

We've also only had one game with 4+ goals given up since Nas left.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

This is absolutely unacceptable.

There is ZERO advantage to doing that....unless you want to give the advantage to the opposing team.

Literally everybody does it and for a reason. It absolutely does something to. You’re pushing them back as close to their line as possible and then dropping it back to your most skilled players skating with speed at them flat footed.

Not hard to see why it’s so popular.
And as you saw there it works well if done well.

 

[glenwo2]

Or maybe it’s literally the powerplay breakout used by like 90% of the league because it works if you have skilled players who do it well.
Which it did that period.

All i see is it gives the opposing team the opportunity to get set in their positions and deny entry.

Sure a few Devils like Jack and Bratt get through but it's still more difficult than it needs to be instead of putting the Bruins on their heels/skates by skating right at them from the get-go...

 

[DVision44]

Good lord… it seems like almost everyone here needs to chill out and have a snickers bar!