Your Top 10 Bruins - Poster DNA

Was born in 1994 but don't remember much pre-Bergeron.

Brad Marchand - Underdog all the way. One of the most skilled and effective pests I've ever seen and watching him blossom into the player he became was nothing short of incredible.

Milan Lucic - The meanest mf I have ever, and probably will ever, see in a Bs uniform and on top of that he could play at top 6 level in his prime. A prototypical Bruin through and through and I'm still crushed on how it ended.

Marc Savard - He saw the ice like no other player, some of the passes he'd slip through a non-existent seem were unhuman. F Matt Cooke.

PJ Stock - Just an absolute pit bull. Little guy who would constantly go toe-to-toe with the heavies in some of the most entertaining fights I've ever seen. He also got into a fight at my very first Bruins game so I'll always have a soft spot for him lol

David Krejci - One of the most underappreciated players in Bruins history and maybe NHL history honestly. His ability to slow the game down to open up passing lanes was uncanny and he routinely carried a line saddled with a rotating cast of AHL wingers for the latter half of his career. A playoff monster on top of that.

Shawn Thornton - Knew his role and played it perfectly. A great teammate and and one of the rare enforcers who could play a regular shift without being a liability. Great technical fighter, rarely saw him get decisively beat. Also, backhand toe drag.

Tim Thomas - Certainly the most entertaining goalie of my time. Fiery guy who did everything possible to make saves that were nigh-impossible and wouldn't take any crap. Any time a game would start getting out of hand you knew he would be feeding someone the blocker at some point. Legendary Cup Final performance.

Andrew Ference - Heart and soul guy. A great leader in the room and always had his teammates back. Him leveling Steve Ott in one of the Dallas games plays on repeat in my head and giving the Habs faithful the bird is just the icing on the cake.

Adam McQuaid - The embodiment of meat and potatoes. Everything he did was for the team. Hit, fought and ate pucks for all three meals. Unfortunately all that meant he was pretty banged up most of the time.

David Pastrnak - The most fun I've ever had watching one specific player. Not really much else to say on him, his body of work speaks for itself.
 
Jonathan — My first favorite player. Tough, hard working, tenacious and undersized.

Leveille — Was crushed when he had his aneurysm. Fast, tough and skilled.

Neely — Probably will be on everyone’s list too. For obvious reasons.

Poulin — Really made me appreciate the effectiveness a defense first forward could have.

Dave Reid - Quietly professional and hard working guy.

Krejci — A guy without top end speed or size, but was a pleasure to watch how he made others better.

Looch — It didn’t matter that I was about 20 years older than him….if I could play in the NHL, I’d want to play like him.

McQuaid —- Team first guy, who embraced his role and did it well.

Dave Christian — Miracle on Ice was one of my best childhood memories….was so happy that he was Bruin!

Oates — So good, so smooth and smart.
Fantastic list, Sarge. My list would be similar. Poulin, Dave Reid and Dave Christian are outstanding choices.

This is a thread where I would spend an unhealthy amount of time on. I think I would add Gerry Cheevers, Don Marcotte, Randy Burridge, and dump Oates, Dave Reid and, unfortunately, Norman Levelle.

Levelle is in a different class for me, along with Louie Sleigher who was the consummate Bruin and whose career got derailed by a fluke injury.
 
I was born in 90' so let's see... Here's mine: (in no particular order)

Tim Thomas (because that was available)
David Pastrnak
Byron Dafoe
Milan Lucic
Sergei Samsonov
Glen Murray
Shawn Thornton
PJ Stock
Marc Savard
PJ Axelsson
Zdeno Chara

I guess that's 11 but I had to throw Big Z in there. :laugh:
 
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Larson seems out of place but he could scrap when angry. Fought a lot as a Red Wing, Bruins got the nicer version. I remember the day he had a shot tipped by the blue line and it flew over our heads in balcony section 73 and whacked the back wall. Besides Chara the hardest shot I have seen and he used it more than Chara did. Always loved Nevin
That boy could rip it, that is for sure.

Of course, in terms of frightening the fans, that honor had to go to Bobby Schmautz. Had to be on your toes when you were in the shooting end and Bobby was on the ice. :laugh:
 
Not to mention All Iafrate, he could really fire a puck! Couldn't stay healthy, so he wasn't here long.
I was soooooooo excited when Planet Al came here. As you say, too banged up at that time. What a character and what an nasty nasty shot.
 
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This is a great topic.
Here are my 10

Adam Oates - always tried to model my game after his

Cam Neely - ultimate power forward

Randy Burridge - got to see him play in Germany

Bob Carpenter - great complimentary player

Sergei Samsonov - blazing fast

Andrei Nazarov - scary individual

John Wensink - invited the entire Whalers bench to dance. Nuff said!

Bob Sweeney - saw him in Germany

Mikko Eloranta - Finnish worker bee

PJ Axelsson - Swedish worker bee
 
That boy could rip it, that is for sure.

Of course, in terms of frightening the fans, that honor had to go to Bobby Schmautz. Had to be on your toes when you were in the shooting end and Bobby was on the ice. :laugh:
I still hear a Bobby Schmautz reference on occasion at pick-up hockey when someone shoots one over the high glass.
 
One Rule: To make it interesting list cannot include Orr, Bourque, or Bergeron.
Hmmmm.......I think I can make a Top 10 list without using Chris Bourque or Colton Orr. :nod:

1 - Terry O'Reilly ( before Bergeron came along I always thought Taz was the perfect example of a Boston Bruin )
2 - Don Marcotte ( one of the rare Bruins during the 1970's that seemed to play his best hockey against those #@%&$@!$% Montreal Canadiens )
3 - Gerry Cheevers ( l loved his mask and how he would give any opponent player that dared to enter his crease a little taste of lumber )
4 - Peter McNab ( steady regardless of the situation )
5 - Rick Middleton ( outside of Orr probably the most exciting Bruin up to that point ever although Pasta is catching up )
6 - Jean Ratelle ( never realized how good he was until he was traded to Boston )
7 - Brad Park ( I hated him with a passion when he was a Ranger but he impressed me from Day 1 after the trade to Boston )
8 - David Pastrnak ( during a season like this one I'm even happier to have him on the team )
9 - Milan Lucic ( I remember going to a Vancouver Giants game and a buddy pointed out Lucic and said that the Bruins should draft him.....I guess he was right )
10 - Tim Thomas ( thanks for 2011 )
11 - Gilles Gilbert ( I couldn't decide between Gilbert and Thomas so I'm including both - Gilbert was simply unbelievable during the last 5 games vs Montreal in the 1978-79 Semi-Finals )
 
I was born in 1980, so I missed a lot of the god-like figures in Bruins lore. Still, I've seen my fair share of good to great ones:

Neely (I named my son after him for god's sake. I tried to hit as hard as him when I played...and got a lot of penalties)
Oates (for some reason I have a giant blank spot in my memory w/r/t Craig Janney, but Oates was slick as f***. Also met him at my HS back in the day when he showed up with Steve Heinze and he was a good dude. My mother's friend also dated him for a bit)
Bourque (yeah, he's Ray)
Pastrnak
Bergeron
Heinze (Probably the most famous NHL player to come out of my HS and he skated with our team during the 94-95 lockout)
Chara
McLaren (that dude could hit. He closed the board off laterally faster and harder than anyone I can remember not named Chara)
Dafoe (his 10 shutout season was awesome. He also caved Patrick Lalime's face in with his blocker and then llaughed about it...)
PJ Stock (that dude was touched. I also stole the poster for his "PJ Stock's Irish-American Youth Hockey/Hitting Camp" from a local rink when I was playing in a beer league about a decade ago...because that's f***ing hilarious)
 
Not being allowed to put Bourque or Bergeron on your list is tough for me because those are my two favorite all time Bruins ( keeping things to who I've watched ).

Here's my 10 in order

Thomas
Lucic
Samsonav
Allison
Marchand
Chara
Dafoe
Murray
McQuaid
Savard
 
I was born in 1980, so I missed a lot of the god-like figures in Bruins lore. Still, I've seen my fair share of good to great ones:

Neely (I named my son after him for god's sake. I tried to hit as hard as him when I played...and got a lot of penalties)
Oates (for some reason I have a giant blank spot in my memory w/r/t Craig Janney, but Oates was slick as f***. Also met him at my HS back in the day when he showed up with Steve Heinze and he was a good dude. My mother's friend also dated him for a bit)
Bourque (yeah, he's Ray)
Pastrnak
Bergeron
Heinze (Probably the most famous NHL player to come out of my HS and he skated with our team during the 94-95 lockout)
Chara
McLaren (that dude could hit. He closed the board off laterally faster and harder than anyone I can remember not named Chara)
Dafoe (his 10 shutout season was awesome. He also caved Patrick Lalime's face in with his blocker and then llaughed about it...)
PJ Stock (that dude was touched. I also stole the poster for his "PJ Stock's Irish-American Youth Hockey/Hitting Camp" from a local rink when I was playing in a beer league about a decade ago...because that's f***ing hilarious)
My reading comprehension sucks, I guess. No Bergy or Bourque? Adjusted list:

Neely
Oates
Pastrnak
Heinze
Chara
McLaren
Dafoe
PJ Stock
Knuble (That line with Murray and Thornton was awesome and this dude was a big body, who put the puck in the net, and we picked him up for nothing)
Allison (His skating was ugly AF, but he got there. He also protected the puck better than any player I remember seeing with the massive, awkward frame)
 
My reading comprehension sucks, I guess. No Bergy or Bourque? Adjusted list:

Neely
Oates
Pastrnak
Heinze
Chara
McLaren
Dafoe
PJ Stock
Knuble (That line with Murray and Thornton was awesome and this dude was a big body, who put the puck in the net, and we picked him up for nothing)
Allison (His skating was ugly AF, but he got there. He also protected the puck better than any player I remember seeing with the massive, awkward frame)
We traded Dimaio for Knuble. We won the trade but he was a solid, gritty, fast third liner. He was almost captain material. I wish we had him today.
 
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