GDT: WhaleCanes @ Bruins: AKA Whale v.s. Bear

[DaveG]

Tough way to lose, but this is a great team, and that point is gold.

Time for some home cooking.

terrible by Faulk, but not mad. we got the point we wanted coming into this

This is about where I am. We're still 3rd in the Metro due to ROW. Got the OT point tonight which, you know what, considering everyone else was playing the little sisters of the poor tonight I'm good with keeping our spot. Take care of business against the Jets and especially take care of business ourselves against Columbus and Pittsburgh.

 

[Highest Boss]

I just bought a $20 five-team money line parlay ticket with BOS, NYI, MON, PIT, CBJ.

So now we know, at least one thing will go our way tonight.

well...

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

It's not even scapegoating faulk at this point he is just not very good. Why he is on the ice for any big game situation is beyond me.

He’s the new Derek Ryan.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

Glad for the point, but damn that was ****ing awful by Faulk. Got beat, what, 3 times in 15 seconds?

Yeah Faulk turned it over, but Seabass and Dougie really didn't look That interested in picking up anybody either...

 

[Primetime8]

When everyone says "culture change" I wonder if getting rid of plays like Faulk had is what they mean. Faulk is a good player whether anyone wants to admit it but.... plays like that in OT shouldnt happen.

 

[Canes]

Faulk is every bit as good in OT as Derek Ryan.

Derek Ryan at least has the skating ability to not embarrass himself. Probably equal in the decision making department as well.

Faulk still has a place on this team, but not in 3 on 3 OT. Him and Brindy got exposed there.

 

[Vagrant]

He's a Faulking liability at this point


He needs to be healthy scratched going forward. He provides no offense and he's a negative on defense.

faulk has 8.8 point shares on the season. i don't have the full stats in front of me, but that probably puts him comfortably inside the top 20 in the league at the position and perhaps higher. now that metric isn't the end all metric, but it's certainly a good one in my opinion. don't blame his poor deployment on him. he takes the shifts he's given.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Well, got a point, which was more than I was expecting going into the game. Wish some of the other games around the league had gone our way, but beggars can't be choosers.

 

[My Special Purpose]

well...

Go Kings!!

 

[zman77]

 

[My Special Purpose]

faulk has 8.8 point shares on the season. i don't have the full stats in front of me, but that probably puts him comfortably inside the top 20 in the league at the position and perhaps higher. now that metric isn't the end all metric, but it's certainly a good one in my opinion. don't blame his poor deployment on him. he takes the shifts he's given.

Yeah, I'll take the point, but Roddy didn't handle that OT very well. I just realized Hamilton was out *with* Faulk. Against Krejci and DeBrusk. That's overly conservative, even for a hockey coach.

 

[The Faulker 27]

The bruins have been in beast mode for a while now. If nothing else I think we proved we belong in something other than a 10oa draft position.

 

[zman77]

 

[Roboturner913]

When everyone says "culture change" I wonder if getting rid of plays like Faulk had is what they mean. Faulk is a good player whether anyone wants to admit it but.... plays like that in OT shouldnt happen.

Faulk is not a bad player overall, let's get that straight. He is a good player. But I feel like he's had a case of the yips for about 3 years now. When the stick's on his puck his eyes get wide and he starts to panic. I don't know why we can't use him like a regular #4 d-man, the days of him running the PP and being the man are long over.

 

[Wolfpuck]

As much as I want to bag on Faulk, the bigger concern is the power play. Why the hell can't they get it going?

 

[Ole Gil]

Faulk can’t play 3 on 3. At all. At either end. No coach has noticed that yet in his career. It’s really odd.

They only have one Slavin. I think all 5 non slavins struggle defending 3v3.

 

[Roboturner913]

As much as I want to bag on Faulk, the bigger concern is the power play. Why the hell can't they get it going?

not skating

 

[FreshSeabass]

When everyone says "culture change" I wonder if getting rid of plays like Faulk had is what they mean. Faulk is a good player whether anyone wants to admit it but.... plays like that in OT shouldnt happen.

I see many players giving it their all on their shifts. faulk is not one of those players. Faulk has not looked invested in this team for at least the last 3 seasons.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Boston played without Pastrnak, who generally gets somewhere between 2-10 goals against us. I don't think we showed as well as we could have. I'm still confused by our play in our own end. We have good defensemen, and they make good plays off the rush, but we really struggle moving the puck in our own end. I think between not being able to come up with a defensive plan that makes sense and not doing *anything* on the power play, Rod has his work cut out for him if we're going to win a playoff series.

 

[Tryamw]

Aho blames the Power play... hes not wrong.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Yeah, how dare Faulk play entirely too loose with the puck around on the blueline, turning it over and leading to a breakaway in OT.

No wait, that was Aho, literally last game. Guess we should be benching him for eternity as well.

EDIT: Shit, I should have waited for the required 30 minutes post-game to allow rationality to take hold.

 

[Joe McGrath]

They only have one Slavin. I think all 5 non slavins struggle defending 3v3.

It’s not about defending only. His decision making at both ends of the ice is terrible at 3 on 3 and it always has been. It’s not new, I’ve ranted about it for several seasons.

 

[spockBokk]

As much as I want to bag on Faulk, the bigger concern is the power play. Why the hell can't they get it going?

Adam Fox?

(Maybe in 2 years...)

 

[zman77]

 

[My Special Purpose]

Adam Fox?

The way Brindy operates, it will be 2030 before Fox gets a shot on PP1.