You just CANNOT sit anyone at the moment. That's the (good!) reality. Everybody is giving their 100%.
However, the entire team knows that the first one to take it easy will be swapped with Chuckie if Chuckie proves himself in practices.
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You just CANNOT sit anyone at the moment. That's the (good!) reality. Everybody is giving their 100%.
However, the entire team knows that the first one to take it easy will be swapped with Chuckie if Chuckie proves himself in practices.
Holy crap.. which means Bournival is downgraded to.. 4th line?
You sit Prust? I don't think so buddy. Not against his ex-team.
You sit Weise? LOOOL
You sit Briere?
Who cares if Prust is playing against his former team. It's about commitment to win for the team. Once Galchy is ready, Prust is the odd man out. We go back to Bournival-Briere-Weise and put Galchenyuk with Plek-Vanek...we might still need Prust/Moen in the future but that should be the lines.
Dagistitsyn
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I wouldn't put him in at all unless we either lose 2 in a row, or someone starts playing awful.. otherwise no one playing deserves to be taken out for Galchenyuk right now.
If it does come down to it my guess is either Prust, or ( I hope I'm wrong about this one ) Bourque continues to go back to his regular self.
If it does come down to it my guess is either Prust, or ( I hope I'm wrong about this one ) Bourque continues to go back to his regular self.
hototogisu
Poked the bear!!!!!
At this point, I agree. No reason to change anything with a line up that just smoked the Bruins in back-to-back elimination games.
Even if he's 100% healthy, you wait to lose 1 or 2 and you have to make a shake-up and then evaluate who needs to come out based on their play. Could be any of Briere, Bourque, Prust or Bournival IMO.
For any of those guys who are on the "bubble", even just knowing they could lose their spot to a healthy Galchenyuk if they don't play 100% every shift can be a motivator in itself.
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Holy crap.. which means Bournival is downgraded to.. 4th line?
You sit Prust? I don't think so buddy. Not against his ex-team.
You sit Weise? LOOOL
You sit Briere?
If it makes the team better, yes, Chucky should play over any of those 3 guys (especially Prust).
Bourque was great against Tampa but almost back to himself versus Boston - see how Bourque does in Game 1 - if old Bourque is back then Galchenyuk in Game 2.
Pac Desharnais Gallagher
Galchenyuk Plekanec Vanek
Bournival Eller Gionta
Prust Briere Weise
Pac Desharnais Gallagher
Galchenyuk Plekanec Vanek
Bournival Eller Gionta
Prust Briere Weise
That wasn't my point.
Prust is probably going to put pedal to the metal in his games against the Rangers. You do not remove anyone if they all play lights-out.
Holy crap.. which means Bournival is downgraded to.. 4th line?
You sit Prust? I don't think so buddy. Not against his ex-team.
You sit Weise? LOOOL
You sit Briere?
If it can make our team better, it should be done. The only guy that would sit in that scenario is Bournival, imo. He's played well, but if push comes to shove, he might be the odd man out.
Agreed. He's not a great fit on the Top 6, but he's filled in nicely thanks to his speed and tenacity.
Is this for real? Do peoople actually watch the games? Or do they expect Bourque to score 2 points everygame?
Habs Icing
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Thats the thing, having him back is good, but who do you replace right now? The only people who were playing bad have recently woken up.
Pacioretty-Desharnais-Gallagher <-nope
Bournival-Plekanec-Vanek <-not happening
Bourque-Eller-Gionta <-cant break that up
Prust-Brière-Weise <-lol no
Wait till he's 100% ready and let the panic button start flashing before changing anything. This is the lineup that shut out the pres cup winners at home, then beat the pres cup winners in their home in game 7. I was worried about Prust in game 6, when he was left in and Moen was left out, but Ginette Reno channeled her magic and he literally went from playing at 70% to playing at 100% over 1 game.
Pacioretty-Desharnais-Gallagher <-nope
Bournival-Plekanec-Vanek <-not happening
Bourque-Eller-Gionta <-cant break that up
Prust-Brière-Weise <-lol no
Wait till he's 100% ready and let the panic button start flashing before changing anything. This is the lineup that shut out the pres cup winners at home, then beat the pres cup winners in their home in game 7. I was worried about Prust in game 6, when he was left in and Moen was left out, but Ginette Reno channeled her magic and he literally went from playing at 70% to playing at 100% over 1 game.
Habs Icing
Formerly Onice
Exactly! He probably needs a few more practices with full contact. That probably means he'll be ready for the 3rd or 4th game at the earliest.
HabsFather
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You do not reward hustling and energy and effort and willingness to go into corners by HEALTHY-SCRATCH THAT PLAYER
Bournival has given 100% you expect of him, and even more. You want to encourage that, not punish him.
I prefer lesser-skilled who really give their 110% to win. That's the mindset we want to keep with this team.
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Habs Icing
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I don't know about that. Bournival has been one of the best players. If Bourque continues his slide I nominate him. But something tells me he might ratchet up his game to the Tampa series. Rangers are closer to Tampa Bay hockey than Boston. So maybe Chuckie has to wait for an injury or a stretch of terrible play from someone..
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Bournival skates like the wind. He was giving the Bruins D fits. Amazing energy player. Speed kills. Galy should replace Bourque if Bourque starts to slow down.
Dagistitsyn
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Fact: If he's not in before, as soon as there's a loss, he's in... Fan support for not changing the winning lineup vs Boston will then wither to under 10%... This board will be angry. We'll all want heads to roll. We've all seen this dozens of times...
Not true. Bourque has been playing his role. A 3rd line winger that will dump, chase, cycle the puck, be good defensively. His offence is a bonus. Him, Eller and Gionta have nice chemistry, they play a simple game. Every game, they have couple 2on1s/3on2s. As much as I like Prust, he is definetly not an untouchable.
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