Boston Bruins Training Camp

[KillerMillerTime]

I don’t recall them traveling outside of the eastern time zone in the past.

Isn't the game in Quebec City?

 

[ON3M4N]

Does anyone find it strange that the Bruins are playing the Kings in a preseason game? That’s a lot of travel for a meaningless game.

Seems pretty dumb to me.

The game is being played in Quebec. So its a lot of travel for the Kings.....not so much the Bruins.

 

[ON3M4N]

Aside from the guy who are locks to be on the NHL roster I'd keep these guys around to get a little longer look

Fabian Lysell
Riley Tufte
Cole Koepke
Georgii Merkulov
Jaxson Nelson
Tyler Johnson
Billy Sweezey
Frederic Brunet

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Does anyone find it strange that the Bruins are playing the Kings in a preseason game? That’s a lot of travel for a meaningless game.

The Kings owner owns that arena in Quebec apparently.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

Don't hate me but Kuntar > Jones.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Don't hate me but Kuntar > Jones.

What exactly did you see in Kuntar that helped you with this conclusion? Did I miss Jones playing in a game yet?

Kuntar has shown some moxie but other than that?

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Don't hate me but Kuntar > Jones.

I hate you...lol.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

What exactly did you see in Kuntar that helped you with this conclusion? Did I miss Jones playing in a game yet?

Kuntar has shown some moxie but other than that?

Jones has proven he's a jag in the NHL.... I would like to see Kuntar at some point.

 

[yazmybaby]

Aside from the guy who are locks to be on the NHL roster I'd keep these guys around to get a little longer look

Fabian Lysell
Riley Tufte
Cole Koepke
Georgii Merkulov
Jaxson Nelson
Tyler Johnson
Billy Sweezey
Frederic Brunet

We have 4 pre season games left and I would think they start to shrink the roster down after the next game.
I think Johnson is a lock to make the team. He has been great on the faceoffs and has played a consistent two way game.
Would make a perfect 13th forward ( hybrid ) for us.
Lysell / Merk / Kuntar should get a long look and be in the mix until the last cuts.
Bussi played good last night, I liked what I saw. Two of the goals he let in were not his fault.

 

[GordonHowe]

New Bruins forward adds fight, goal to his feisty preseason

Unheralded offseason addition seems like a culture fit for Bruins so far.

www.masslive.com

 

[Fenian24]

Aside from the guy who are locks to be on the NHL roster I'd keep these guys around to get a little longer look

Fabian Lysell
Riley Tufte
Cole Koepke
Georgii Merkulov
Jaxson Nelson
Tyler Johnson
Billy Sweezey
Frederic Brunet

Would like to see Viel and Jackson Edward get a look. I have liked Kuntar's game as well.

 

[ON3M4N]

We have 4 pre season games left and I would think they start to shrink the roster down after the next game.
I think Johnson is a lock to make the team. He has been great on the faceoffs and has played a consistent two way game.
Would make a perfect 13th forward ( hybrid ) for us.
Lysell / Merk / Kuntar should get a long look and be in the mix until the last cuts.
Bussi played good last night, I liked what I saw. Two of the goals he let in were not his fault.

I think you see the roster really start to shrink after the game in PHI on Saturday.

Johnson has only take 7 face-offs his pre-season. I said before, I think he's that insurance policy if Lysell falls flat. I could see him getting Heinen'd and hanging around the team to start the year but not having a contract.

Merk has been just meh to me and he's competing against Lysell for a spot. Kuntar you could keep around but I don't see him making the roster. He's been fine, but not so good that you have to think twice about sending him down. He'd benefit from getting more TOI in providence vs sitting upstairs in Boston.

Bussi's been ok, not great, not terrible. IF Swayman remains unsigned for the season, I imagine Korpi gets 50-55 starts for the Bruins.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Jones has proven he's a jag in the NHL.... I would like to see Kuntar at some point.

Were you expecting a star to play on the 4th line?

 

[yazmybaby]

I think you see the roster really start to shrink after the game in PHI on Saturday.

Johnson has only take 7 face-offs his pre-season. I said before, I think he's that insurance policy if Lysell falls flat. I could see him getting Heinen'd and hanging around the team to start the year but not having a contract.

Merk has been just meh to me and he's competing against Lysell for a spot. Kuntar you could keep around but I don't see him making the roster. He's been fine, but not so good that you have to think twice about sending him down. He'd benefit from getting more TOI in providence vs sitting upstairs in Boston.

Bussi's been ok, not great, not terrible. IF Swayman remains unsigned for the season, I imagine Korpi gets 50-55 starts for the Bruins.

Bussi is an NHL goalie, albeit a backup and I am 100% convinced he gets claimed if waived.
I think Korpi will have a great season with the dee we have, if Swayze is still on the outside looking in when the season starts.

 

[bruins cup]

They already said Johnson won't be on opening roster because of cap space but want him to hang around aka heinen last year

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

We have 4 pre season games left and I would think they start to shrink the roster down after the next game.
I think Johnson is a lock to make the team. He has been great on the faceoffs and has played a consistent two way game.
Would make a perfect 13th forward ( hybrid ) for us.
Lysell / Merk / Kuntar should get a long look and be in the mix until the last cuts.
Bussi played good last night, I liked what I saw. Two of the goals he let in were not his fault.

So 2 goals were his fault, and you thought that was playing well?

 

[Dr Hook]

So 2 goals were his fault, and you thought that was playing well?

Why not? If a goalie has a GAA of 2.00 it would be really good I thought Bussi was decent, but his rebound control needs some work based on that performance (but maybe it was just a bad night for him in that area- I haven't seen him enough to know if that is an ongoing issue). He wasn't helped by a fairly lackadaisacal defensive effort out there. Some of the stuff around the net looked like an ECHL game.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

Were you expecting a star to play on the 4th line?

yeah that's what I said.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Why not? If a goalie has a GAA of 2.00 it would be really good I thought Bussi was decent, but his rebound control needs some work based on that performance (but maybe it was just a bad night for him in that area- I haven't seen him enough to know if that is an ongoing issue). He wasn't helped by a fairly lackadaisacal defensive effort out there. Some of the stuff around the net looked like an ECHL game.

Two bad goals a game isn't going to keep a goalie around for long.

True, not exactly a great defensive game by the Bruins minor league lineup.

 

[ODAAT]

Aside from the guy who are locks to be on the NHL roster I'd keep these guys around to get a little longer look

Fabian Lysell
Riley Tufte
Cole Koepke
Georgii Merkulov
Jaxson Nelson
Tyler Johnson
Billy Sweezey
Frederic Brunet

never heard of that Sweezey guy before, liked what I saw in the one full game I watched and half of another

 

[dugg133]

We have 4 pre season games left and I would think they start to shrink the roster down after the next game.
I think Johnson is a lock to make the team. He has been great on the faceoffs and has played a consistent two way game.
Would make a perfect 13th forward ( hybrid ) for us.
Lysell / Merk / Kuntar should get a long look and be in the mix until the last cuts.
Bussi played good last night, I liked what I saw. Two of the goals he let in were not his fault.

Maybe I'm just biased cause I came into preseason really hoping they'd go with the kids, but I'm just not seeing this version of Johnson. He's looked fine, but in a way that kinda has done nothing for me.

 

[Beesfan]

Maybe I'm just biased cause I came into preseason really hoping they'd go with the kids, but I'm just not seeing this version of Johnson. He's looked fine, but in a way that kinda has done nothing for me.

I cannot like this enough. Johnson has one assist in two games against mostly AHL talent. What exactly has he done to show he is a better player than he was last year when he went under 0.5ppg and -35 last year? So the guy can complete a pass, who cares? If you want small and skilled, just roll with Lysell. If you want most effective take Brazeau or Koepke.

Johnson is a good injury contingency plan, but that is about it.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

They already said Johnson won't be on opening roster because of cap space but want him to hang around aka heinen last year

That makes zero sense, unless they would somehow be willing to give him more than 1 million . He's a PTO, he should get the NHL minimum and not a penny more than that (Heinen got 775K) if they sign him, which means you actually should save space if you had him on the roster instead of Jones, This would mean you would save 88 thousand dollars in cap space signing him and sending Lysell down assuming Johnson got the Heinen contract (which is all he should get as a pTO)

 

[BamBamCam]

The Kings owner owns that arena in Quebec apparently.

No he doesn't. The Quebec government is paying the Kings to play there.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/los-angeles-kings-quebec-city-1.7028228

 

[dugg133]

That makes zero sense, unless they would somehow be willing to give him more than 1 million . He's a PTO, he should get the NHL minimum and not a penny more than that (Heinen got 775K) if they sign him, which means you actually should save space if you had him on the roster instead of Jones, This would mean you would save 88 thousand dollars in cap space signing him and sending Lysell down assuming Johnson got the Heinen contract (which is all he should get as a pTO)

I mean this assumes that Jones is a player they'd be willing to waive, and I think the fact that he was a day 1 UFA signing for them probably means that isn't the case.