Speculation: Where do the Bruins Finish 2023-24?

[UncleRico]

Very valid point by Ty here about how grossly bad you have to be to be in the bottom of the league. There’s a handful of teams that are tanking, some others whose owners just don’t care. There’s like 1-3 teams per conference who are actually trying to make the playoffs that end up missing.

 

[Bong Whisperer]

Isn't it a kinda tradition that you go from 1st to worse?

 

[Lobster57]

i think they'll end up somewhere around 95 points and 7th-9th seed in the east. Too strong in net and on the blue line to be really bad, too thin and not enough high-end talent up-front to be really good

 

[PlayMakers]

I picked wild card, but I could see it going one of two ways...

Bergeron is the straw that finally breaks the camel's back (Chara, Rask, Krejci, Bergeron...). His absence is felt all over the lineup and we see just how much he affected the game and the team, from matchups, to pushing guys down the lineup, face-offs, leadership, from PP to PK to ES... His absence hits this team like a freight train and we lose consistently.

The torch is passed successfully to Marchand who leads like he plays, with passion and intensity. The depth that helped us put together the best regular season in history is tested and proven to actually be pretty good. Coyle steps up in his new role, DeBrusk finally breaks the 30 goal barrier, Geekie/Boqvist prove to be sneaky good signings, McAvoy and Lindholm lead a strong defense and the goaltending proves they're for real. They finish at just over 100 points and are a dangerous playoff.

 

[rocketdan9]

Bruins will be better than many here predict. Folks already forgotten that the Bruins had an incomplete team at the start of the season. There was significant injuries 2nd part of the 2nd half. No Hall, no Krejci, Bergy etc.

The team kept trucking.

Bruins D core and goaltending tandem is too good to be bad. If the team wins (or loses) many close games. Sweeney will need to go out and find another goal scorer.

 

[nORRis8]

Bruins finished ahead of the pack by a wide margin last season. They can give up 20 points and still finish in the top 3.

They proved to be capable of winning without key players both during the season and in the PO's.

Elite goaltending and defense will be counted on more than ever.

I have full confidence in this team , I predict around 110 points regular season and I'm gonna say they will go further than last year in the PO's.

Precisely.
We were and for that matter let's throw in the Leafs a pretty good regular season team.
Playoff team?
Let's put it this way...we finished miles ahead of Florida last year but I totally did not like the match up vs them in the playoffs.
They were very deep at center, decent in goal and a very tough D.

We do not have to learn of how to return to the team we were last, we need to look good and hard as to what beat us.

Tampa is on a downward spiral and the Leafs still haven't fixed what's ailing them, so no worries there.

 

[JOKER 192]

Precisely.
We were and for that matter let's throw in the Leafs a pretty good regular season team.
Playoff team?
Let's put it this way...we finished miles ahead of Florida last year but I totally did not like the match up vs them in the playoffs.
They were very deep at center, decent in goal and a very tough D.

We do not have to learn of how to return to the team we were last, we need to look good and hard as to what beat us.

Tampa is on a downward spiral and the Leafs still haven't fixed what's ailing them, so no worries there.

Don't know why anyone thinks we're going anywhere icing the same team as last year. We lost to the 8th seed who only made the PO's because the Pens lost their last two games to bottom fedders.

Let's try something different.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Bertuzzi played well in that 15-1 stretch not just Orlov.

Hathaway had the game winner late in the 3rd at home vs Detroit and I believe the game winner against TB. He also had a great tip pass at Edmonton that set up I believe
Nosek, the game up that they won. So your Hathaway doing jack is another incorrect observation.

Hathaway did very little, very little to meet expectations.

 

[Bodit9]

96 points. Wild Card

 

[CDJ]

They’re still a good team

They were up 3-1 on a cup team with Zacha and Coyle as the top centers, ppl forget that. They only started losing when they played their broken down old men in those roles. And we’ve seen that late in the season from Bergeron and Krejci before so it wasn’t all that surprising. It’s not their fault, that’s just natural when you play this game at this level the right way for almost 2 decades. But it does beg the question-

Are they better off with Zacha/Coyle for a playoff run than Bergeron/Krejci? It’s sad but I think the debate can be made given how unhealthy the legends have been by the the time the playoffs start

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Honestly think we have a mediocre season where we just miss the playoffs.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Don't know why anyone thinks we're going anywhere icing the same team as last year. We lost to the 8th seed who only made the PO's because the Pens lost their last two games to bottom fedders.

Let's try something different.

rolling out a bunch of over the hill offseason acquisitions isnt moving the needle

 

[Sturm und Drang]

They’re still a good team

They were up 3-1 on a cup team with Zacha and Coyle as the top centers, ppl forget that. They only started losing when they played their broken down old men in those roles. And we’ve seen that late in the season from Bergeron and Krejci before so it wasn’t all that surprising. It’s not their fault, that’s just natural when you play this game at this level the right way for almost 2 decades. But it does beg the question-

Are they better off with Zacha/Coyle for a playoff run than Bergeron/Krejci? It’s sad but I think the debate can be made given how unhealthy the legends have been by the the time the playoffs start

Krejci played about 20 minutes a night the first two games of the series. Coyle and Zacha were good, but they weren’t carrying as much of the load for as long as you suggest they were. They will really be tested this year, especially since Nosek is gone too and he did a lot of work defensively.

 

[CDJ]

Krejci played about 20 minutes a night the first two games of the series. Coyle and Zacha were good, but they weren’t carrying as much of the load for as long as you suggest they were. They will really be tested this year, especially since Nosek is gone too and he did a lot of work defensively.

I was drunk that week my apologies

2-0 without them?

 

[KrejciMVP]

Bruins will be better than many here predict. Folks already forgotten that the Bruins had an incomplete team at the start of the season. There was significant injuries 2nd part of the 2nd half. No Hall, no Krejci, Bergy etc.

The team kept trucking.

Bruins D core and goaltending tandem is too good to be bad. If the team wins (or loses) many close games. Sweeney will need to go out and find another goal scorer.

Bertuzzi had 10 playoff points in 7 games and Hall 8 but lets keep pretending losing them along with Krejci and Bergeron wont matter

 

[JOKER 192]

rolling out a bunch of over the hill offseason acquisitions isnt moving the needle

Neither was rolling out the same guys every year. I'm ready for change. I'll bet these guys go further in the PO's than the last two seasons.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Neither was rolling out the same guys every year. I'm ready for change. I'll bet these guys go further in the PO's than the last two seasons.

they need the horses to make a run like that. ok be to be hopeful, but still need to have talent at the end of the day

 

[rocketdan9]

they need the horses to make a run like that. ok be to be hopeful, but still need to have talent at the end of the day

They do

Marchand, Zacha, Pasta, Debrusk are talented forwards. Frederic and Coyle was a strong 3rd line last season.

Keeping Bertuzzi would have helped solidify the top 6... but it is a long season/trade deadline acquisition a possibility.

On the brightside...some of the younger forwards get a chance to crack the lineup

 

[missingchicklet]

rolling out a bunch of over the hill offseason acquisitions isnt moving the needle

It'll be interesting to see if DS' Cash for Clunkers program is more effective than Obama's Cash for Clunkers program. Could be a close contest.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Very valid point by Ty here about how grossly bad you have to be to be in the bottom of the league. There’s a handful of teams that are tanking, some others whose owners just don’t care. There’s like 1-3 teams per conference who are actually trying to make the playoffs that end up missing.

Seriously?

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

It'll be interesting to see if DS' Cash for Clunkers program is more effective than Obama's Cash for Clunkers program. Could be a close contest.

I guess with no money because of the Cap, Sweeney should be bringing in a fleet of Cadillacs.

 

[KillerMillerTime]

Hathaway did very little, very little to meet expectations.

He had 2 game winners late in the 3rd period. That right there is meeting expectations for a 4th line guy.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Honestly think we have a mediocre season where we just miss the playoffs.

What did you honestly think last year at this time?

Have faith!

 

[Boston Bruno]

Really not sure.

I know this much, its going to be way harder for this team of put up offensive numbers,

Defensively we are good.

 

[TP70BruinsCup]

I voted wild card……and it will come down to the last weekend of the season for them to get in…..