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Post by The OC on Jan 19, 2021 15:40:31 GMT
Two games in, are the Bruins more rugged, equally as rugged or less rugged than last year? I think the team looks noticeably bigger and fast overall than last year, despite losing Chara. Smith bigger than whoever Ritchie bigger than whoever Freddie bigger than Per Nordholm Gryz bigger than Krug Zboril bigger than Gryz Miller bigger than Clifton Overall, that's 6 lineup spots that grew, all by quite a bit. The only downgrade is Chara to Lauzon, but Lauzi's not small or fragile either, except when compared to Zdeno. The guys can all skate, too, so overall I find them a better fit for grind games like we've seen the first few games of the season, and against TB and St Louis. Not quite where I'd like it, but a step in the right direction, I think.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Jan 19, 2021 15:45:39 GMT
“Through three games, Jakub Zboril has not lined up for a defensive-zone faceoff (12 Oz starts, 11 neutral, 41 on the fly). Partner Kevan Miller -- experienced and trusted in the D zone -- has 2 Dz starts. Through three games, Charlie McAvoy leads all defensemen not in the Canadian division in xGF (2.6).“ My first concern at the beginning of camp was the defense. Some real positive signs on team defense. Now the 2nd n 3rd lines offense is buggered. Cassidy is in charge of the lineup so its on him. Last season Bjork-Coyle-Senyshyn was good i’d like to see it again before Pastrnak gets back. I agree, see what Senyshyn can do. Not hitting the panic button, but his game is offense and they need some. Tough spot open up with some young speed or grind out more games. I’d go with youth n speed against Filthy.
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Post by kelvana33 on Jan 19, 2021 16:25:35 GMT
Two games in, are the Bruins more rugged, equally as rugged or less rugged than last year? I think the team looks noticeably bigger and fast overall than last year, despite losing Chara. Smith bigger than whoever Ritchie bigger than whoever Freddie bigger than Per Nordholm Gryz bigger than Krug Zboril bigger than Gryz Miller bigger than Clifton Overall, that's 6 lineup spots that grew, all by quite a bit. The only downgrade is Chara to Lauzon, but Lauzi's not small or fragile either, except when compared to Zdeno. The guys can all skate, too, so overall I find them a better fit for grind games like we've seen the first few games of the season, and against TB and St Louis. Not quite where I'd like it, but a step in the right direction, I think. In no world is Gryz an upgrade over Krug. Good player, just not good as Krug, who the B's sorely miss.
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Post by The OC on Jan 19, 2021 16:36:59 GMT
I think the team looks noticeably bigger and fast overall than last year, despite losing Chara. Smith bigger than whoever Ritchie bigger than whoever Freddie bigger than Per Nordholm Gryz bigger than Krug Zboril bigger than Gryz Miller bigger than Clifton Overall, that's 6 lineup spots that grew, all by quite a bit. The only downgrade is Chara to Lauzon, but Lauzi's not small or fragile either, except when compared to Zdeno. The guys can all skate, too, so overall I find them a better fit for grind games like we've seen the first few games of the season, and against TB and St Louis. Not quite where I'd like it, but a step in the right direction, I think. In no world is Gryz an upgrade over Krug. Good player, just not good as Krug, who the B's sorely miss. Gryz is bigger. Not by much, but he is. That's all I was talking about. Now, as far as what you're talking about in many worlds Gryz is better than Krug. At least several known planets, including Speeditron, Decision Making Orbital Station-5, and Turnoverdaria.
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Post by dannycater on Jan 19, 2021 17:00:17 GMT
I think the team looks noticeably bigger and fast overall than last year, despite losing Chara. Smith bigger than whoever Ritchie bigger than whoever Freddie bigger than Per Nordholm Gryz bigger than Krug Zboril bigger than Gryz Miller bigger than Clifton Overall, that's 6 lineup spots that grew, all by quite a bit. The only downgrade is Chara to Lauzon, but Lauzi's not small or fragile either, except when compared to Zdeno. The guys can all skate, too, so overall I find them a better fit for grind games like we've seen the first few games of the season, and against TB and St Louis. Not quite where I'd like it, but a step in the right direction, I think. In no world is Gryz an upgrade over Krug. Good player, just not good as Krug, who the B's sorely miss. Krug was a fit for the B's. He will learn and the Blues will learn that. Krug has to be on a team with at least 4 other d guys who can play the PK and 5-on-5 defensive zone faceoffs. He has to be on a team that has super skill PP guys like 63, 88, 46 to allow him to find guys for 1-timers. Krug was great for the B's in my opinion and he probably would work well on the Oilers and even Toronto. But on the Blues, he is lost and the B's don't have a guy of Krug's offensive skill set that replace his numbers and his PP efficiency. It sucks and at same time you wish Krug and his agent might have gone back to the B's with a team-friendly deal that may not have netted him more money but allowed him to continue in the role of top PP quarterback, offensive spark d guy and a 3-on-3 specialist. No one needs to make more than a million a year to keep their family in a well to do situation for years to come even. But he went for the money, the Blues gave him the money (over Pieterangelo...still a monster head-scratcher), and now they are going to swallow that money hard over the next few years. Krug will get some points but at a minus and he will likely not perform to the level he did as a B. And the sad part is the B's could use him a lot more than the Blues could.
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Post by shuperman on Jan 19, 2021 17:25:00 GMT
In no world is Gryz an upgrade over Krug. Good player, just not good as Krug, who the B's sorely miss. Krug was a fit for the B's. He will learn and the Blues will learn that. Krug has to be on a team with at least 4 other d guys who can play the PK and 5-on-5 defensive zone faceoffs. He has to be on a team that has super skill PP guys like 63, 88, 46 to allow him to find guys for 1-timers. Krug was great for the B's in my opinion and he probably would work well on the Oilers and even Toronto. But on the Blues, he is lost and the B's don't have a guy of Krug's offensive skill set that replace his numbers and his PP efficiency. It sucks and at same time you wish Krug and his agent might have gone back to the B's with a team-friendly deal that may not have netted him more money but allowed him to continue in the role of top PP quarterback, offensive spark d guy and a 3-on-3 specialist. No one needs to make more than a million a year to keep their family in a well to do situation for years to come even. But he went for the money, the Blues gave him the money (over Pieterangelo...still a monster head-scratcher), and now they are going to swallow that money hard over the next few years. Krug will get some points but at a minus and he will likely not perform to the level he did as a B. And the sad part is the B's could use him a lot more than the Blues could. They offered Krug a deal. He found a better deal and went to a better situation. Sound familiar.
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Post by kelvana33 on Jan 19, 2021 17:25:34 GMT
In no world is Gryz an upgrade over Krug. Good player, just not good as Krug, who the B's sorely miss. Gryz is bigger. Not by much, but he is. That's all I was talking about. Now, as far as what you're talking about in many worlds Gryz is better than Krug. At least several known planets, including Speeditron, Decision Making Orbital Station-5, and Turnoverdaria.I can't argue that!
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 19, 2021 19:11:56 GMT
Krug was a fit for the B's. He will learn and the Blues will learn that. Krug has to be on a team with at least 4 other d guys who can play the PK and 5-on-5 defensive zone faceoffs. He has to be on a team that has super skill PP guys like 63, 88, 46 to allow him to find guys for 1-timers. Krug was great for the B's in my opinion and he probably would work well on the Oilers and even Toronto. But on the Blues, he is lost and the B's don't have a guy of Krug's offensive skill set that replace his numbers and his PP efficiency. It sucks and at same time you wish Krug and his agent might have gone back to the B's with a team-friendly deal that may not have netted him more money but allowed him to continue in the role of top PP quarterback, offensive spark d guy and a 3-on-3 specialist. No one needs to make more than a million a year to keep their family in a well to do situation for years to come even. But he went for the money, the Blues gave him the money (over Pieterangelo...still a monster head-scratcher), and now they are going to swallow that money hard over the next few years. Krug will get some points but at a minus and he will likely not perform to the level he did as a B. And the sad part is the B's could use him a lot more than the Blues could. They offered Krug a deal. He found a better deal and went to a better situation. Sound familiar. I agree, Krug got offered the same yearly rate from the Blues that the B's were willing to pay but St Loo offered another year. I hope he likes St Louis. I'm not sure its a better situation, Binnington is a sieve.
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 19, 2021 19:13:10 GMT
He's already stated he wants to play for the B's and thats it, management might have other ideas. As long as his play doesn't slip i don't see why they wouldn't re-sign him, at less money of course. Halak will likely be let go, so one of Swayman, Vladar Keyser or Booth can be the backup hopefully. If he wants to play and he isn't asking for Carey Price money, they aren't going to find a better 'tender available. So not signing him is, in some ways, their way of signaling that they think they're on the downside and want to move on...like with Zdeno. Likely do a handshake deal by Easter and then sign him after the expansion draft. Rask will be a better option than any UFA goalie available next summer, might as well re-sign him, he'll stay.
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Post by dannycater on Jan 19, 2021 19:13:48 GMT
Krug was a fit for the B's. He will learn and the Blues will learn that. Krug has to be on a team with at least 4 other d guys who can play the PK and 5-on-5 defensive zone faceoffs. He has to be on a team that has super skill PP guys like 63, 88, 46 to allow him to find guys for 1-timers. Krug was great for the B's in my opinion and he probably would work well on the Oilers and even Toronto. But on the Blues, he is lost and the B's don't have a guy of Krug's offensive skill set that replace his numbers and his PP efficiency. It sucks and at same time you wish Krug and his agent might have gone back to the B's with a team-friendly deal that may not have netted him more money but allowed him to continue in the role of top PP quarterback, offensive spark d guy and a 3-on-3 specialist. No one needs to make more than a million a year to keep their family in a well to do situation for years to come even. But he went for the money, the Blues gave him the money (over Pieterangelo...still a monster head-scratcher), and now they are going to swallow that money hard over the next few years. Krug will get some points but at a minus and he will likely not perform to the level he did as a B. And the sad part is the B's could use him a lot more than the Blues could. They offered Krug a deal. He found a better deal and went to a better situation. Sound familiar. I agree, they did try to bring him back. It's on Krug and I hope the money was more important than a potential Cup with the B's.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Jan 20, 2021 17:52:20 GMT
“Grzelcyk skated around and shot a few pucks with Pastrnak before practice. Zambonis on the ice now. We’ll see if he comes out for practice”
Don’t believe Cassidy gave updates yet today.
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Post by dannycater on Jan 20, 2021 18:07:37 GMT
We need more stretch passes, not stretch practices! Go B's!
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 20, 2021 20:43:17 GMT
Could be Moore's big chance!
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 20, 2021 20:45:33 GMT
No thanks,
Would the Bruins be interested in Yandle for the next three seasons at a $6.3 million cap hit?
Last month Bruins GM Don Sweeney did talk to the Panthers about Yandle to see what the cost might be.
The Bruins appear to be happy with what they have now when all players are healthy. GM Sweeney did say last week that if they weren’t all healthy, they may have been more aggressively looking for more depth when it comes to cheaper, left-handed defensemen on the waiver wire.
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 20, 2021 21:26:43 GMT
The more i think of it the B's couldn't have faced two more defensively minded teams to open their sched than they just did. I won't predict that the floodgates will open against the Flyers but they will score 5 v 5, count on it.
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Post by seobrien on Jan 20, 2021 21:30:30 GMT
No thanks,
Would the Bruins be interested in Yandle for the next three seasons at a $6.3 million cap hit?
Last month Bruins GM Don Sweeney did talk to the Panthers about Yandle to see what the cost might be.
The Bruins appear to be happy with what they have now when all players are healthy. GM Sweeney did say last week that if they weren’t all healthy, they may have been more aggressively looking for more depth when it comes to cheaper, left-handed defensemen on the waiver wire.
YIKES! No Thank You! Florida would jump for joy to get out from under that.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Jan 20, 2021 21:57:55 GMT
The more i think of it the B's couldn't have faced two more defensively minded teams to open their sched than they just did. I won't predict that the floodgates will open against the Flyers but they will score 5 v 5, count on it. Filthys per 60's at 5v5 so far this season among the league SA/60 - 2nd most xGA/60 - 9th highest SCA/60 - 10th most HDCA/60 - 6th most Also hoping for a more open game.
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Post by islamorada on Jan 20, 2021 23:40:18 GMT
If he wants to play and he isn't asking for Carey Price money, they aren't going to find a better 'tender available. So not signing him is, in some ways, their way of signaling that they think they're on the downside and want to move on...like with Zdeno. Likely do a handshake deal by Easter and then sign him after the expansion draft. Rask will be a better option than any UFA goalie available next summer, might as well re-sign him, he'll stay. As much as I think Rask is a primadona, he is an excellent goalie. He will give the Bs a chance to win a Cup, although after this year, less so. The real question is who backs up Rask. I have said this before, two years for Rask and Krejci at slightly reduced cost and do not trade picks. Accumulation of picks will come from finish in the season to the trade of the likes of Debrusk. Oh well, I am hoping the RW situation works to some favor of the Bs. My concerns of LD are becoming less with the play of Zboril and Lauzon. Musings....? Please define.
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Post by islamorada on Jan 20, 2021 23:43:42 GMT
Kase for a 1st keeps smelling more and more. I'm smelling an LITR hopefully, and Kase signing in elsewhere for pennies.
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 21, 2021 0:55:51 GMT
Rask will be a better option than any UFA goalie available next summer, might as well re-sign him, he'll stay. As much as I think Rask is a primadona, he is an excellent goalie. He will give the Bs a chance to win a Cup, although after this year, less so. The real question is who backs up Rask. I have said this before, two years for Rask and Krejci at slightly reduced cost and do not trade picks. Accumulation of picks will come from finish in the season to the trade of the likes of Debrusk. Oh well, I am hoping the RW situation works to some favor of the Bs. My concerns of LD are becoming less with the play of Zboril and Lauzon. Musings....? Please define. B's musings- Reflections or thought's on the B's day to day goings on related to the topics in the op etc.
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 21, 2021 1:12:45 GMT
Or musings on visits to the Union Oyster house will do Isla...........
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Post by sandogbrewin on Jan 21, 2021 14:11:12 GMT
“ The Frederic-Kuraly-Wagner line's xGoals% of 71.4 currently ranks higher than:
PIT's Guentzel-Crosby-Rodrigues 68.8% BUF's Hall-Eichel-Reinhart 63.3% COL's Landeskog-Mackinnon-Rantanen 61.9%”
Now just need the 2nd n 3rd lines can play like this.
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Post by davinator on Jan 21, 2021 16:46:26 GMT
Two games in, are the Bruins more rugged, equally as rugged or less rugged than last year? I think the team looks noticeably bigger and fast overall than last year, despite losing Chara. Smith bigger than whoever Ritchie bigger than whoever Freddie bigger than Per Nordholm Gryz bigger than Krug Zboril bigger than Gryz Miller bigger than Clifton Overall, that's 6 lineup spots that grew, all by quite a bit. The only downgrade is Chara to Lauzon, but Lauzi's not small or fragile either, except when compared to Zdeno. The guys can all skate, too, so overall I find them a better fit for grind games like we've seen the first few games of the season, and against TB and St Louis. Not quite where I'd like it, but a step in the right direction, I think. Awwww...you're just sitting too close to the TV now OC ! Even Griz looks big.
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Post by 50belowzero on Jan 21, 2021 20:05:41 GMT
Maybe some Pasta al dente next week? Hopefully, at the very least we'll have some fettucine al Frederic....
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Post by dannycater on Jan 21, 2021 20:10:32 GMT
Maybe some Pasta al dente next week? Hopefully, at the very least we'll have some fettucine al Frederic.... Don't forget the Gryz-sy meat-a-balls
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