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Post by kelvana33 on Apr 17, 2024 3:22:28 GMT
Could be done in 4, or like you say win it in 6…I agree with San, Samsonov doesn’t scare anyone
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Post by Lord Markwart on Apr 17, 2024 3:36:47 GMT
This loss was a blessing in disguise. Here is why...
**Bruins cannot play any shittier than they did over the last 2 games both with awful first half of the games.
**Bruins should be more hungry than ever to score after getting stoned the last 2.
**Tampa is much better than Toronto. 3 players that went for 40+ goals (one of which could easily be MVP), Hedmen, and Vag is probably the best 5 players in the Eastern Conference/NHL even at their older ages. They just don't have the depth they used to, but benches can be shortened for the playoffs.
**Much easier to key in on Matthews than the TB threesome. Bruins have the D to take out one player.
**Toronto goaltending and D are suspect. They can be rattled.
**March and Pasta will be ready after sleepwalking through 2 games.
**Bruins will be ready physically to slow down Toronto's offense.
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Post by brewwins on Apr 17, 2024 3:45:39 GMT
All aware reg season means nothing and perhaps 2 teams currently headed in different directions but B’s did take all 4 meetings this season — 2 of them after the all star break. TO has the fire power and no doubt — super human goalkeeping could do it. That and a resurgence of our guys getting the big bucks. Laffs not looking any better than the B’S, having lost their last three games…. Bolts worried me a lot more than the Laffs…. Exactly and they probably wanted to win those 3 games too. The Bruins really had no reason to play hard other than to win the division and play Tampa instead. Pick your poison. This guy won't ever say anything good about the Bruins and just about every post he brings up his "Rags" for some reason.
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Post by brewwins on Apr 17, 2024 3:49:36 GMT
Not being a pessimist here. Just honest. I think the Leafs slay the dragon in 4 straight. that isn't pessimism, it's your opinion. heres mine. the bruins have had horse shoes against toronto for a long time. toronto is due. i think the odds are better than 50-50, they do it this year.
I much preferred tampa But our boys can win, and they should be expected to win. You know it's coming sooner or later for Nostrils. Mario toiled for years on bad teams then won 2 straight Cups. Depending on which team shows up for the Bruins I can see this series going either way. Bruins sweep, Toronto sweeps, takes all 7 to decide the winner. Should be fun though. Would have been even more fun seeing balloon play against his old teammates.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Apr 17, 2024 10:05:38 GMT
LoL equating "woke" to athletic competition hilarious (funniest made up catch phrase and peole bit). Last two games the Bs skated, not to get hurt. These final games meant nothing after they toyed with Shittsburgh. yeah...tossed that word in for a little exclamation. the bold is horse shit. they played 2 periods like they didn't care. played one like their life depended on it. that's a big fat choke, over 60 minutes. losing 4 of the last 5...choke. for a bunch who've under delivered for a living these last several years..I think it needs pointed out...they've done it again. an assumption what's transpired... is some kind of net positive...is whacked. Sometime tomorrow..it's time to move forward with resolve. Trying to sugar coat things tonight....aint the way to do that. this team is not going into the most important time of the year...the way they should be I think they know that. we should too. Big fat fail with your lame attempt at at what you called **laughing** "exclamation point". Not sure you know what the word means. More Steve assumptions. Never said anything about "net positive". Watched enough sports to know when an athlete is going through the motions near the end of a season. Once an NHL team gets 100 points in a regular season the rest is gravy. Grabbing every regular season point last season got the Bs nothing.
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Post by stevegm on Apr 17, 2024 10:50:19 GMT
yeah...tossed that word in for a little exclamation. the bold is horse shit. they played 2 periods like they didn't care. played one like their life depended on it. that's a big fat choke, over 60 minutes. losing 4 of the last 5...choke. for a bunch who've under delivered for a living these last several years..I think it needs pointed out...they've done it again. an assumption what's transpired... is some kind of net positive...is whacked. Sometime tomorrow..it's time to move forward with resolve. Trying to sugar coat things tonight....aint the way to do that. this team is not going into the most important time of the year...the way they should be I think they know that. we should too. Big fat fail with your lame attempt at at what you called **laughing** "exclamation point". Not sure you know what the word means. More Steve assumptions. Never said anything about "net positive". Watched enough sports to know when an athlete is going through the motions near the end of a season. Once an NHL team gets 100 points in a regular season the rest is gravy. Grabbing every regular season point last season got the Bs nothing. it should be obvious, I'm not making assumptions, rather countering them. the bold makes zero sense. Zero. Explain how and why winning so much last year hurt them. Explain how and why losing 4 out of 5 helped this year. Explain how playing the 3rd period like your hair is on fire, validates your claim of "going through the motions" Every playoff team in the conference had more success, post Feb 1 than the Bruins. All of them secured more points Except 1. Tampa was a hair more futile. Maybe you mean Feb 1 is "gravy" ??
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Post by sandogbrewin on Apr 17, 2024 10:55:08 GMT
Big fat fail with your lame attempt at at what you called **laughing** "exclamation point". Not sure you know what the word means. More Steve assumptions. Never said anything about "net positive". Watched enough sports to know when an athlete is going through the motions near the end of a season. Once an NHL team gets 100 points in a regular season the rest is gravy. Grabbing every regular season point last season got the Bs nothing. it should be obvious, I'm not making assumptions, rather countering them. the bold makes zero sense. Zero. Explain how and why winning so much last year hurt them. Explain how and why losing 4 out of 5 helped this year. Explain how playing the 3rd period like your hair is on fire, validates your claim of "going through the motions" Every playoff team in the conference had more success, post Feb 1 than the Bruins. All of them secured more points Except 1. Tampa was a hair more futile. Maybe you mean Feb 1 is "gravy" ?? The Bruins got bounced out of the 1st round after a historical regular season. How did all that winning in 2022-2023 down the stretch, near the end of the season, help the Bruins get past Florida ?
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Post by thanx4memORRies on Apr 17, 2024 12:05:11 GMT
that isn't pessimism, it's your opinion. heres mine. the bruins have had horse shoes against toronto for a long time. toronto is due. i think the odds are better than 50-50, they do it this year.
I much preferred tampa But our boys can win, and they should be expected to win. You know it's coming sooner or later for Nostrils. Mario toiled for years on bad teams then won 2 straight Cups. Depending on which team shows up for the Bruins I can see this series going either way. Bruins sweep, Toronto sweeps, takes all 7 to decide the winner. Should be fun though. Would have been even more fun seeing balloon play against his old teammates. Matthews should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Mario le magnifique….
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Post by dannycater on Apr 17, 2024 12:47:15 GMT
This loss was a blessing in disguise. Here is why... **Bruins cannot play any shittier than they did over the last 2 games both with awful first half of the games. **Bruins should be more hungry than ever to score after getting stoned the last 2. **Tampa is much better than Toronto. 3 players that went for 40+ goals (one of which could easily be MVP), Hedmen, and Vag is probably the best 5 players in the Eastern Conference/NHL even at their older ages. They just don't have the depth they used to, but benches can be shortened for the playoffs. **Much easier to key in on Matthews than the TB threesome. Bruins have the D to take out one player. **Toronto goaltending and D are suspect. They can be rattled. **March and Pasta will be ready after sleepwalking through 2 games. **Bruins will be ready physically to slow down Toronto's offense. Not even the Lord and all his disciples could stop the Lakers..*Chick Hearn*...Great post, Lord.
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Post by stevegm on Apr 17, 2024 13:07:56 GMT
it should be obvious, I'm not making assumptions, rather countering them. the bold makes zero sense. Zero. Explain how and why winning so much last year hurt them. Explain how and why losing 4 out of 5 helped this year. Explain how playing the 3rd period like your hair is on fire, validates your claim of "going through the motions" Every playoff team in the conference had more success, post Feb 1 than the Bruins. All of them secured more points Except 1. Tampa was a hair more futile. Maybe you mean Feb 1 is "gravy" ?? The Bruins got bounced out of the 1st round after a historical regular season. How did all that winning in 2022-2023 down the stretch, near the end of the season, help the Bruins get past Florida ? you got this all backwards sandog. it didn't help last year. it didn't hurt either. it had dik all to do with anything that happened post season. they won regularly last year.."the stretch" didn't mean jack you and some others are proclaiming otherwise. it's a ridiculous assumption for an adult
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Post by dannycater on Apr 17, 2024 13:16:02 GMT
65 2011-03-05 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 3 L OT 38 19 8 L 1 66 2011-03-08 @ Montreal Canadiens 1 4 L 38 20 8 L 2 67 2011-03-10 Buffalo Sabres 3 4 L OT 38 20 9 L 3 68 2011-03-11 @ New York Islanders 2 4 L 38 21 9 L 4 69 2011-03-15 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 3 2 W SO 39 21 9 W 1 70 2011-03-17 @ Nashville Predators 3 4 L OT 39 21 10 L 1 71 2011-03-19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2 5 L 39 22 10 L 2 72 2011-03-22 New Jersey Devils 4 1 W 40 22 10 W 1 73 2011-03-24 Montreal Canadiens 7 0 W 41 22 10 W 2 74 2011-03-26 New York Rangers 0 1 L 41 23 10 L 1 75 2011-03-27 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2 1 W 42 23 10 W 1 GP Date Opponent GF GA W L OL Streak 76 2011-03-29 Chicago Blackhawks 3 0 W 43 23 10 W 2 77 2011-03-31 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 4 L SO 43 23 11 L 1 78 2011-04-02 Atlanta Thrashers 3 2 W 44 23 11 W 1 79 2011-04-04 @ New York Rangers 3 5 L 44 24 11 L 1 80 2011-04-06 New York Islanders 3 2 W 45 24 11 W 1 81 2011-04-09 Ottawa Senators 3 1 W 46 24 11 W 2 82 2011-04-10 @ New Jersey Devils 2 3 L 46 25 11 L 1
From March 5 to the end of the reg. season..B's were 8-10...8 wins in 18 games...and won the Cup...point being, REGULAR SEASON DOES NOT MEAN SHIT!
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Post by dannycater on Apr 17, 2024 13:20:53 GMT
Ask the Blues, ask the Panthers...both were fucking dreadful for long stretches in reg. season. Didn't matter playoff time.
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Post by thanx4memORRies on Apr 17, 2024 13:25:58 GMT
This loss was a blessing in disguise. Here is why... **Bruins cannot play any shittier than they did over the last 2 games both with awful first half of the games. **Bruins should be more hungry than ever to score after getting stoned the last 2. **Tampa is much better than Toronto. 3 players that went for 40+ goals (one of which could easily be MVP), Hedmen, and Vag is probably the best 5 players in the Eastern Conference/NHL even at their older ages. They just don't have the depth they used to, but benches can be shortened for the playoffs. **Much easier to key in on Matthews than the TB threesome. Bruins have the D to take out one player. **Toronto goaltending and D are suspect. They can be rattled. **March and Pasta will be ready after sleepwalking through 2 games. **Bruins will be ready physically to slow down Toronto's offense. Glad you’ve come around and realized that the Laffs are a better matchup than the Bolts would’ve been….
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Post by bookboy007 on Apr 17, 2024 13:38:07 GMT
You know it's coming sooner or later for Nostrils. Mario toiled for years on bad teams then won 2 straight Cups. Depending on which team shows up for the Bruins I can see this series going either way. Bruins sweep, Toronto sweeps, takes all 7 to decide the winner. Should be fun though. Would have been even more fun seeing balloon play against his old teammates. Matthews should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Mario le magnifique…. I was more inclined to take that a different direction. For all Mario's scoring exploits, he didn't win shit - could barely even make the playoffs when only 5 teams missed the playoffs - until they got Francis, Jagr, Samuelsson, Trottier, Murphy, Mullen and Young. In the Cap world, Nostrils is never going to see that kind of airlift of talent, rings, and leadership. So it's a fallacy to think that the supremely talented players just eventually get theirs. They don't always, and in many cases when they do, it's not just them going back to the well enough times. It's them being put into a situation where they are surrounded by a ton of other talented players. I think MacKinnon is one of the most talented players I've ever seen, and can dominate in ways even McDavid can't because of his power, but I don't think he's going to win another Cup for a long time because the Avs put together a deep team with a lot of talent for their run, and now they're a shadow of that time. Until Toronto finds a way out of the Catch-22 they've created for themselves by using all of the money on a very few players who have no pedigree as winners, it's a gambler's fallacy to think they're just "due". Due, or due not....
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Post by dannycater on Apr 17, 2024 13:41:07 GMT
Yaz was due...never got his ring. Yet, Pokey Reese did.
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Post by Lord Markwart on Apr 17, 2024 13:42:42 GMT
This loss was a blessing in disguise. Here is why... **Bruins cannot play any shittier than they did over the last 2 games both with awful first half of the games. **Bruins should be more hungry than ever to score after getting stoned the last 2. **Tampa is much better than Toronto. 3 players that went for 40+ goals (one of which could easily be MVP), Hedmen, and Vag is probably the best 5 players in the Eastern Conference/NHL even at their older ages. They just don't have the depth they used to, but benches can be shortened for the playoffs. **Much easier to key in on Matthews than the TB threesome. Bruins have the D to take out one player. **Toronto goaltending and D are suspect. They can be rattled. **March and Pasta will be ready after sleepwalking through 2 games. **Bruins will be ready physically to slow down Toronto's offense. Glad you’ve come around and realized that the Laffs are a better matchup than the Bolts would’ve been…. Knew it all along...I just needed a way to think positively after the last 2. Also, part of me says to be careful what you wish for.. There is a steep drop off after the Top 6 in the Eastern conference,.and unfortunately, 4 of those teams are in the Atlantic, so no easy outs.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Apr 17, 2024 13:46:23 GMT
The Bruins got bounced out of the 1st round after a historical regular season. How did all that winning in 2022-2023 down the stretch, near the end of the season, help the Bruins get past Florida ? you got this all backwards sandog. it didn't help last year. it didn't hurt either. it had dik all to do with anything that happened post season. they won regularly last year.."the stretch" didn't mean jack you and some others are proclaiming otherwise. it's a ridiculous assumption for an adult You are the last poster on this board who could determine who is an adult and who is not. You missed the point and you do that often. Never a dull watching you wait to read your responses.
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Post by thanx4memORRies on Apr 17, 2024 13:50:52 GMT
Matthews should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Mario le magnifique…. I was more inclined to take that a different direction. For all Mario's scoring exploits, he didn't win shit - could barely even make the playoffs when only 5 teams missed the playoffs - until they got Francis, Jagr, Samuelsson, Trottier, Murphy, Mullen and Young. In the Cap world, Nostrils is never going to see that kind of airlift of talent, rings, and leadership. So it's a fallacy to think that the supremely talented players just eventually get theirs. They don't always, and in many cases when they do, it's not just them going back to the well enough times. It's them being put into a situation where they are surrounded by a ton of other talented players. I think MacKinnon is one of the most talented players I've ever seen, and can dominate in ways even McDavid can't because of his power, but I don't think he's going to win another Cup for a long time because the Avs put together a deep team with a lot of talent for their run, and now they're a shadow of that time. Until Toronto finds a way out of the Catch-22 they've created for themselves by using all of the money on a very few players who have no pedigree as winners, it's a gambler's fallacy to think they're just "due". Due, or due not.... Even without the cups, Matthews doesn’t belong in the same conversation as Mario….
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Post by dannycater on Apr 17, 2024 13:57:59 GMT
Look, let's stop the Matthews hate...it's not fair to anyone to be compared to Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr...also shave that fucking mustache!
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Post by thanx4memORRies on Apr 17, 2024 14:02:40 GMT
Glad you’ve come around and realized that the Laffs are a better matchup than the Bolts would’ve been…. Knew it all along...I just needed a way to think positively after the last 2. Also, part of me says to be careful what you wish for.. There is a steep drop off after the Top 6 in the Eastern conference,.and unfortunately, 4 of those teams are in the Atlantic, so no easy outs. You always have a preference and mine was the Laffs…. We’ll never know if the B’S would’ve beat the Bolts but we’re about to find out if they can beat the Laffs….
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Post by stevegm on Apr 17, 2024 14:02:50 GMT
you got this all backwards sandog. it didn't help last year. it didn't hurt either. it had dik all to do with anything that happened post season. they won regularly last year.."the stretch" didn't mean jack you and some others are proclaiming otherwise. it's a ridiculous assumption for an adult You are the last poster on this board who could determine who is an adult and who is not. You missed the point and you do that often. Never a dull watching you wait to read your responses. as usual, you didn't/can't back up your own points, you try and dodge in another direction.
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Post by stevegm on Apr 17, 2024 14:11:07 GMT
Glad you’ve come around and realized that the Laffs are a better matchup than the Bolts would’ve been…. Knew it all along...I just needed a way to think positively after the last 2. Also, part of me says to be careful what you wish for.. There is a steep drop off after the Top 6 in the Eastern conference,.and unfortunately, 4 of those teams are in the Atlantic, so no easy outs. you made fair points. mine are simple. you have to beat good teams to win. something about avoiding Tampa doesn't sit well with me. backing into a different seed doesn't sit well. losing to play to a perceived favorable opponent is spitting at the gods. I'll take TO. We can beat TO. I just don't like the notion that "things are working out nicely". We can beat Tampa too, and we damn well should be expected to, if we face them.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Apr 17, 2024 14:18:47 GMT
You are the last poster on this board who could determine who is an adult and who is not. You missed the point and you do that often. Never a dull watching you wait to read your responses. as usual, you didn't/can't back up your own points, you try and dodge in another direction. You didn't make any points. Except that your pissed off about the Bs being inconsistent but everyone knows that already. The Bs are a flawed team.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Apr 17, 2024 14:25:03 GMT
The Bruins got bounced out of the 1st round after a historical regular season. How did all that winning in 2022-2023 down the stretch, near the end of the season, help the Bruins get past Florida ? you got this all backwards sandog. it didn't help last year. it didn't hurt either. it had dik all to do with anything that happened post season. they won regularly last year.."the stretch" didn't mean jack you and some others are proclaiming otherwise. it's a ridiculous assumption for an adult It doesn't matter if a team wins alot down the stretch or doesn't. A great team can still get bounced in the 1st round. Getting mad about a couple of losses at the end is not worth a moments time. The Bruins were awful down the stretch in 2010. But then shocked all of the NHL media and fans by taking out a 100+ point team in Buffalo. Who many thought could go all the way. You are getting worked up about nothing. If Toronto wins the series it's because they played better like Florida last spring.
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Post by stevegm on Apr 17, 2024 14:27:09 GMT
as usual, you didn't/can't back up your own points, you try and dodge in another direction. You didn't make any points. Except that your pissed off about the Bs being inconsistent but everyone knows that already. The Bs are a flawed team. bullshit. i countered yours, and you don't have the courage to stay on topic. if you want to argue, and insult, at least have the decency to back up your own flawed points. you've cluttered the page with nothing more than childish pivots
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