What do you want em to do?

[BlackFrancis]

same. i look at what washington did and it's impressive (and doable). they have zero players in the 4 nations tournament.
the GM just made a lot of very savvy moves and took a crusty roster and revitalized it.

i look at what vancouver does regularly and when things aren't working they find ways to make it work. in boston i see a
GM who likes to observe, observe more, observe more, still do nothing...lacks creativity, is too in love with his own players.

retool on the fly is the way to go. move out the freddy/coyle/carlo faction and use all that capital to get better now and in
the long run. it's not only doable but it's smart business. but what do i expect? more of the same.

Got to ease off on the Caps as a blueprint thing. Riding high on PDO via shooting percentage and marginally magic goaltending. Their expected vs actual goals is over 30, which is like what the Bruins score in a normal month. They give up more high danger chances than their opponents, which is never a harbinger of immediate and long term success.

As far as the Sweeney "observe, observe, observe" bit, I'd be shocked if that isn't the way it actually goes down. The characterization gets shook when you think about how he makes trades. Can anyone recall a Don Sweeney trade that required secondary assets to be moved to the Bruins? We can all name one that had those assets moved off to Jeff Gorton's home for whatever he wants.

Sweeney comes across as a dude buying a car on the lot, knowing the make/model/color, and heads into the office, slaps down his requirement data sheet, provided by the Providence Bruins GM on nice glossy paper stock. He then proceeds to put his cash/bank letter/bullion/buttcoin on the table and proceeds to wait for his keys/title/insurance so he can leave. It is likely five words would be spoken by Sweeney in such a transaction.

Retool on the fly is a decent swing at it. They need someone to run the PP from whatever position works that can make the other four guys on the ice with him suck less. Someone brought up Karlsson - a guy who's been a PP master since birth. Well, Erik is losing it. He's got one PP goal and 10 assists on a Pittsburgh team that kinda sucks but is still scoring a ton of goals this season. I checked EK's PP production three months ago and was almost as shocked then as I was upon seeing it wasn't improving. The toilet seats will probably be looking to cast off Laine come summer or next season. He fits some of the bill and would help the PP, but for only the half year he isn't injured.

Anyway, they need a PP guy. They need to fix what has been an odious PK. Need to add speed, front or back end. Need to trade off some of their vets for guys who can pass the damn puck. They should also probably get a native English speaking goalie in here, so Swayman has a close, personal friend again that can tell him how awesome and special he is.

Get all that done and we can go back to decrying the team for being soft again (still?)

 

[RoccoF14]

Got to ease off on the Caps as a blueprint thing. Riding high on PDO via shooting percentage and marginally magic goaltending. Their expected vs actual goals is over 30, which is like what the Bruins score in a normal month. They give up more high danger chances than their opponents, which is never a harbinger of immediate and long term success.

As far as the Sweeney "observe, observe, observe" bit, I'd be shocked if that isn't the way it actually goes down. The characterization gets shook when you think about how he makes trades. Can anyone recall a Don Sweeney trade that required secondary assets to be moved to the Bruins? We can all name one that had those assets moved off to Jeff Gorton's home for whatever he wants.

Sweeney comes across as a dude buying a car on the lot, knowing the make/model/color, and heads into the office, slaps down his requirement data sheet, provided by the Providence Bruins GM on nice glossy paper stock. He then proceeds to put his cash/bank letter/bullion/buttcoin on the table and proceeds to wait for his keys/title/insurance so he can leave. It is likely five words would be spoken by Sweeney in such a transaction.

Retool on the fly is a decent swing at it. They need someone to run the PP from whatever position works that can make the other four guys on the ice with him suck less. Someone brought up Karlsson - a guy who's been a PP master since birth. Well, Erik is losing it. He's got one PP goal and 10 assists on a Pittsburgh team that kinda sucks but is still scoring a ton of goals this season. I checked EK's PP production three months ago and was almost as shocked then as I was upon seeing it wasn't improving. The toilet seats will probably be looking to cast off Laine come summer or next season. He fits some of the bill and would help the PP, but for only the half year he isn't injured.

Anyway, they need a PP guy. They need to fix what has been an odious PK. Need to add speed, front or back end. Need to trade off some of their vets for guys who can pass the damn puck. They should also probably get a native English speaking goalie in here, so Swayman has a close, personal friend again that can tell him how awesome and special he is.

Get all that done and we can go back to decrying the team for being soft again (still?)

I agree with some of this, but I think that whatever rebuild/retool that takes place needs to start with an overhaul behind the bench and a fresh perspective there.

Get your coaching staff set, figure out how you want to play and THEN get the players you need to fit your style. Right now, I don’t know what this team is. It’s a mish-mosh of non-complementary parts.