Player Discussion Trent Frederic
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Said 20/20 at start of summer, he may top it. Aggravating, big forward that can score and fight. Where are all the "trade him for cap space" people now?
Terrier
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Watch insane moment NHL star bloodies opponent with two right hooks
NHL stars Trent Frederic and Andreas Englund dropped their gloves and exchanged fists as tempers flared in the Boston Bruins' 4-2 win over the LA Kings on Saturday night.
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Watch insane moment NHL star bloodies opponent with two right hooks
NHL stars Trent Frederic and Andreas Englund dropped their gloves and exchanged fists as tempers flared in the Boston Bruins' 4-2 win over the LA Kings on Saturday night.www.dailymail.co.uk
Wow, the pearl clutching in the comments for that UK based article makes our fight averse posters look like the Stan Jonathan Fan Club circa 1978.
Imagine Milan Lucic teaching you how to fight lol
man the life these kids lead
man the life these kids lead
MarchysNoseKnows
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Frederic now on a 25 goal pace. Just saying…
KrejciMVP
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I think he’s been playing great regardless of the goals and it’s not a victory lap after game 16. But just acknowledging he’s a plus player for us is all.
RussellmaniaKW
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the thing that really stands out to me is how dramatically is skating has improved since he entered the league. He really turned on the jets on his 2nd goal tonight after coming out of the box.
He always had an above average shot and good size. His toughness creates space for himself. Add in his new-found skating prowess and you end up with a really effective player. And oh by the way he's very good defensively.
He always had an above average shot and good size. His toughness creates space for himself. Add in his new-found skating prowess and you end up with a really effective player. And oh by the way he's very good defensively.
KWbruin
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Noticed him being much more physical last night too. Perhaps a bit of offensive success leads to more confidence in other parts of his game. Loved seeing finish some checks!
Perhaps his most noticeable game of the season, at last. Even played physically. If this can be consistent it would be most welcome rather than a handful of games each season.
DKH
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Underrated player - my only real issue is he looks to young and not mean enough
It’s a shame he can’t shave and has all his teeth
Bobby Clarke couldn’t shave either but he was at least missing his two front teeth
I’m sure his mother would be horrified but Bruins fans want A. Tough guys, B. Guys that look tough, C. Preferably both
Regardless congrats on a nice season
Monty needs to keep CC & T-Fred together it’s a high end third line
It’s a shame he can’t shave and has all his teeth
Bobby Clarke couldn’t shave either but he was at least missing his two front teeth
I’m sure his mother would be horrified but Bruins fans want A. Tough guys, B. Guys that look tough, C. Preferably both
Regardless congrats on a nice season
Monty needs to keep CC & T-Fred together it’s a high end third line
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mikelvl
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From today’s Globe:
Had NHL scouts been aware of the hockey talent that gathered regularly inside the Frederic family basement, the talent birddogs could have saved themselves considerable time, mileage, and meal costs if they’d just rung the doorbell, trudged downstairs, and pulled up a folding chair to watch the array of roller hockey games.
“Let’s see, yeah, both Tkachuks were regulars,” mused Frederic, thinking back some 15 years ago when neighborhood pals Brady and Matthew Tkachuk were fixtures in the basement lineup. “And we had Logan Brown, Clayton Keller, Luke Kunin, and my brother [Grant] had some pals who made it to the American [Hockey] League.”
Frederic, now the right winger on the Bruins’ No. 2 line (with James van Riemsdyk and Charlie Coyle), was a first-round draft pick (No. 29) in the 2016 NHL Draft. The Tkachuk brothers, sons of former Blue Keith Tkachuk, were primo first-rounders — Brady to Ottawa (No. 4, 2018) and Matthew to Calgary (No. 6, 2016).
In fact, Matthew Tkachuk, Frederic, Brown (Ottawa, No. 11), Keller (Arizona, No. 7), and Kunin (Minnesota, No. 15) all were first-round picks in that ‘16 draft. They also were part of the same crew, beginning in grammar school, that would gather routinely in the Frederics’ basement and play deep into the night and early into the morning.
One house rule: No one was allowed to make their way up the basement stairs in their rollerblades, no matter what the circumstances, such as the night Brady Tkachuk’s stiff check of Frederic into the basement boards left the future Bruin with a deep gash over his left eye.
“Mom was asleep, and she wasn’t happy when I woke her up,” noted Frederic, a scar of roughly one inch still visible above his eye. “Had to go to the hospital. It was late, obviously, Mom and Dad were asleep. Might have been midnight, pretty sure it was a Friday because we had a practice the next day.”
The basement was also where Frederic and his brothers designed other games, hybrid forms of football and baseball and whatever form of competition they could imagine with a ball or puck. It often got rough.
“I bet I carved my head open three of four times down there,” recalled Frederic, his smile widening as he recounted the smacks.. “I remember one night, one of my buddies cracked open his head during a baseball game we had. We ran up to tell the babysitter, and she was young, didn’t have her driver’s license. She thought we were kidding her, but we’re like, ‘No, he’s hurt, he’s bleeding, we’ve got to get him some help.’ ”
All great memories, said Frederic, adding, “You know, even the injuries are great memories, sort of, I guess.”
Losing pucks in the cellar ceiling, where they’d have to be fished out from between insulation or pipes, was a constant issue, he said. Eventually, after too many broken windows, Trent’s father boarded them up. There was a roller hockey rink just down the street, and that was OK, but the Frederic basement was the place to be.
“One thing I’d change,” said Frederic. “If I’m ever married and lucky enough to have kids, I’d have a very deep basement, maybe 10 or 12 feet deep. I’d want my kids to be down there having fun like we did. And I’d change the walls a little. My dad owns a roofing business, and he had his guys put up wooden walls on one side — those were our boards. The other side was cement. I’d have plastic or something on the walls, I guess, you know, something a little more forgiving.”
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Great times at Frederic’s house
Trent Frederic grew up in the Ladue-Brentwood area of Missouri, the western suburbs of St. Louis, all but walking distance from the city’s renowned zoo.Had NHL scouts been aware of the hockey talent that gathered regularly inside the Frederic family basement, the talent birddogs could have saved themselves considerable time, mileage, and meal costs if they’d just rung the doorbell, trudged downstairs, and pulled up a folding chair to watch the array of roller hockey games.
“Let’s see, yeah, both Tkachuks were regulars,” mused Frederic, thinking back some 15 years ago when neighborhood pals Brady and Matthew Tkachuk were fixtures in the basement lineup. “And we had Logan Brown, Clayton Keller, Luke Kunin, and my brother [Grant] had some pals who made it to the American [Hockey] League.”
Frederic, now the right winger on the Bruins’ No. 2 line (with James van Riemsdyk and Charlie Coyle), was a first-round draft pick (No. 29) in the 2016 NHL Draft. The Tkachuk brothers, sons of former Blue Keith Tkachuk, were primo first-rounders — Brady to Ottawa (No. 4, 2018) and Matthew to Calgary (No. 6, 2016).
In fact, Matthew Tkachuk, Frederic, Brown (Ottawa, No. 11), Keller (Arizona, No. 7), and Kunin (Minnesota, No. 15) all were first-round picks in that ‘16 draft. They also were part of the same crew, beginning in grammar school, that would gather routinely in the Frederics’ basement and play deep into the night and early into the morning.
One house rule: No one was allowed to make their way up the basement stairs in their rollerblades, no matter what the circumstances, such as the night Brady Tkachuk’s stiff check of Frederic into the basement boards left the future Bruin with a deep gash over his left eye.
“Mom was asleep, and she wasn’t happy when I woke her up,” noted Frederic, a scar of roughly one inch still visible above his eye. “Had to go to the hospital. It was late, obviously, Mom and Dad were asleep. Might have been midnight, pretty sure it was a Friday because we had a practice the next day.”
The basement was also where Frederic and his brothers designed other games, hybrid forms of football and baseball and whatever form of competition they could imagine with a ball or puck. It often got rough.
“I bet I carved my head open three of four times down there,” recalled Frederic, his smile widening as he recounted the smacks.. “I remember one night, one of my buddies cracked open his head during a baseball game we had. We ran up to tell the babysitter, and she was young, didn’t have her driver’s license. She thought we were kidding her, but we’re like, ‘No, he’s hurt, he’s bleeding, we’ve got to get him some help.’ ”
All great memories, said Frederic, adding, “You know, even the injuries are great memories, sort of, I guess.”
Losing pucks in the cellar ceiling, where they’d have to be fished out from between insulation or pipes, was a constant issue, he said. Eventually, after too many broken windows, Trent’s father boarded them up. There was a roller hockey rink just down the street, and that was OK, but the Frederic basement was the place to be.
“One thing I’d change,” said Frederic. “If I’m ever married and lucky enough to have kids, I’d have a very deep basement, maybe 10 or 12 feet deep. I’d want my kids to be down there having fun like we did. And I’d change the walls a little. My dad owns a roofing business, and he had his guys put up wooden walls on one side — those were our boards. The other side was cement. I’d have plastic or something on the walls, I guess, you know, something a little more forgiving.”
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quietbruinfan
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His play is very unfocused and uneven from shift to shift and game to game. I take back my praise. It's been 200 games and he still has not seemed to figure out things. He is also playing a line too high.
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What does that mean? It’s a bad thing that Frederic production has gone up every year? Or it’s a bad thing that the Bruins care about that?
What? So do you disagree with the stats posted showing he's improved his numbers each year?
mjhfb
Easier from up here
This may sound strange, but the worst thing that can happen to Frederic is for him to start thinking he's a goal scorer, and stop emphasizing the other parts of his game.
Blowfish
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Frederic plays best when he's moving his feet using his frame to drive the net. For those looking for toughness, punching/hitting things, and pesting? He's not good at any of those things.
wintersej
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I’d actually love to see what would happen if he played with Zacha and Pasta for a minute.
I was thinking about how cool it would be to have Lawson Crouse in the top six. When I realized that Frederic only had 2 fewer 5 on 5 goals than Crouse last season (from the third line) and has more goals at 5 on 5 than Crouse this year from the third line.
Frederic Zacha Pasta
Marchand Poitras DeBrusk
JVR Coyle Geekie/Heinen
I mean next time Monty does a shake up it’s worth a look right?
I was thinking about how cool it would be to have Lawson Crouse in the top six. When I realized that Frederic only had 2 fewer 5 on 5 goals than Crouse last season (from the third line) and has more goals at 5 on 5 than Crouse this year from the third line.
Frederic Zacha Pasta
Marchand Poitras DeBrusk
JVR Coyle Geekie/Heinen
I mean next time Monty does a shake up it’s worth a look right?
Currently on pace for
19 goals
33 points
140 hits
7 fights
Those would all be career highs excepting for fighting, where he would be tying his prior career high.
I think he's been fine for his role, a third line two way forward who can bring some physicality and some scoring. I'd like to see him more consistent with his intensity, but maybe he's just not that guy.
19 goals
33 points
140 hits
7 fights
Those would all be career highs excepting for fighting, where he would be tying his prior career high.
I think he's been fine for his role, a third line two way forward who can bring some physicality and some scoring. I'd like to see him more consistent with his intensity, but maybe he's just not that guy.
missingchicklet
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Big goal tonight vs the Leafs. 3 pts in his last 4 games, and a fight. Getting it done.
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