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Post by dannycater on Mar 6, 2024 15:02:32 GMT
Love Lowrider..hope he is part of the 6 d in postseason.
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Post by Lord Markwart on Mar 6, 2024 15:06:58 GMT
Not going to trust Lohrei yet come playoff time. Too many costly mistakes from the young man. Me thinks they need another Dman in addition to Lindholm coming back. It was Mac and Carl on for BOTH goals with Freddy. March and Coyle were the others for the tying Yeah..I am aware of that.. but he also gave up 3-4 grade A chances by either falling, passing to the other team, or making bad choices. This was by far the most of any Bruin player including Grizz. He got away with it due to luck and Linus. To be specific...he had that pass to Carlo from 2 feet away, he fell down turning that almost cost them the game, and he had the reverse behind the net to Edm...there was 1 more as well...this won't get it done.
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Post by 49thparalel on Mar 6, 2024 15:12:15 GMT
Tried keeping my hands off the keyboard to milk out another win but no luck. Great effort vs a well “oiled” machine. Ully with a great game and b’s had a lot of great opps where skinner bailed them out. Tough loss but the last 2 games shows they can hang with 2 of the better teams after the islander performance. Do we ever miss bergy at the dots. and 46.
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Post by dannycater on Mar 6, 2024 15:49:10 GMT
Tried keeping my hands off the keyboard to milk out another win but no luck. Great effort vs a well “oiled” machine. Ully with a great game and b’s had a lot of great opps where skinner bailed them out. Tough loss but the last 2 games shows they can hang with 2 of the better teams after the islander performance. Do we ever miss bergy at the dots. and 46. Gonna cry. *tears*
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Post by sandogbrewin on Mar 6, 2024 16:24:08 GMT
Love Lowrider..hope he is part of the 6 d in postseason. I don't think he will be. But he will get plenty of TOI the rest of the season. Traveling and being up with the team will be good during the playoffs. Monty had Lohrei out late in the game. So there is that. But the kid probably sits unless there are injuries.
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Post by nitelite on Mar 6, 2024 16:46:04 GMT
Love Lowrider..hope he is part of the 6 d in postseason. I don't think he will be. But he will get plenty of TOI the rest of the season. Traveling and being up with the team will be good during the playoffs. Monty had Lohrei out late in the game. So there is that. But the kid probably sits unless there are injuries. Boo!
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Post by davinator on Mar 6, 2024 17:13:53 GMT
Just hoping — those 6 involved 3 on 3 OT’s and SO’s. None of which we see in playoffs. Hopefully DS can pull something out by Friday. Lots of other quality teams will be out there jockeying for the same. Nets won’t get bigger for playoff overtime either…. Donnie needs to bring in a guy who’s able to find the back of the net… All he needs to do is find someone who has confidence in his backhand shot....stopping to turn and shoot forehand cost him some gap time. He could have used a one-handed backhand to pot that one.
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Post by davinator on Mar 6, 2024 17:15:14 GMT
Not going to trust Lohrei yet come playoff time. Too many costly mistakes from the young man. Me thinks they need another Dman in addition to Lindholm coming back. It was Mac and Carl on for BOTH goals with Freddy. March and Coyle were the others for the tying Don't let facts get in the way of a good stoning, GOAT.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Mar 6, 2024 17:37:43 GMT
Not going to trust Lohrei yet come playoff time. Too many costly mistakes from the young man. Me thinks they need another Dman in addition to Lindholm coming back. It was Mac and Carl on for BOTH goals with Freddy. March and Coyle were the others for the tying How the flock was Draisatl that open in the crease on the tying goal ? He should have been mangled.
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Post by socca10 on Mar 6, 2024 20:01:46 GMT
It was Mac and Carl on for BOTH goals with Freddy. March and Coyle were the others for the tying How the flock was Draisatl that open in the crease on the tying goal ? He should have been mangled. Just re-watched it because we got no replay in the Garden and I couldn't figure out how the puck went up and over Ullmark. 1. Faceoff loss (again); Bruins are getting killed at the dots this season; 2. Draisatl gets a clean tip that Ullmark fumbles, and 3. Hyman very deliberately trips Carlo, who instead of being able to make a play on the puck, ends up on his backside while the puck goes up and over Ullmark's shoulder. So, a lot is just dumb fucking luck, because 9 times out of 10, Draisatl's tip just sticks in Ullmark's chest. Instead Leenus soccer chest-traps it into the air and Hyman gets away with yanking down Carlo. None if it matters if a. the Bruins could hit an open net a few seconds earlier, and 2. if anyone on the fucking team could win a critical defensive-zone faceoff.
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Post by socca10 on Mar 6, 2024 20:15:51 GMT
Some other game observations from the Garden... someone said that was like a playoff game? The atmosphere in the building was... apathetic. It was a boring game for most of the night. Some of this was good: Bruins actually had good sticks all night, blocked a ton of shots, and McJesus never really got his legs moving much. He was not very dynamic and the Oilers PP wasn't very good.
Bruins offensively were not sharp. Morgan Geekie looked like a Division 3 college player who was inserted into his first game ever. I think 90% of his touches in the first period went directly to an Oilers player. He just looked completely lost, or exhausted, or drunk, or something.
Cody Ceci played the Zacha goal like he was in a pickup game, that was an opportunistic finish and a nice pass by Heinen, but shit defending. Side note, whoever had that rant about nobody passing to Heinen (JMW maybe?)... you're on crack.
McAvoy clearly the best player on the ice. Ullmark was #1 until the tying goal. He has to take some blame for that one.
In OT Monty put Gryz, Pasta and Zacha on the ice and I thought, that's it, Oiler's goal coming. Then the Oil threw McJesus, Draisatl and Ecklund out and Bruins countered with McAvoy, Carlo and Freddy and you're thinking, ok, we're gonna defend first here, decent strategy... guess not. We got no replay on the game winner and it looked like Ullmark twisted himself up and missed, but the replay clearly shows Carlo making a grade-A tip for the wrong team with Ullmark already reading/committing to the shot (which I think would have been a pretty easy save). Maybe if Ullmark just stays on his feet and doesn't "overreact" he still makes the stop, but that one again is just shit luck for Carlo and the Bruins. Carlo ended up with a full McQuaid kind of night last night, tough breaks.
Back to back, lots of energy spent in Toronto, playing a dynamic team... there were some positives last night even if one wasn't the result.
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Post by bookboy007 on Mar 6, 2024 20:17:10 GMT
How the flock was Draisatl that open in the crease on the tying goal ? He should have been mangled. Just re-watched it because we got no replay in the Garden and I couldn't figure out how the puck went up and over Ullmark. 1. Faceoff loss (again); Bruins are getting killed at the dots this season; 2. Draisatl gets a clean tip that Ullmark fumbles, and 3. Hyman very deliberately trips Carlo, who instead of being able to make a play on the puck, ends up on his backside while the puck goes up and over Ullmark's shoulder. So, a lot is just dumb fucking luck, because 9 times out of 10, Draisatl's tip just sticks in Ullmark's chest. Instead Leenus soccer chest-traps it into the air and Hyman gets away with yanking down Carlo. None if it matters if a. the Bruins could hit an open net a few seconds earlier, and 2. i f anyone on the fucking team could win a critical defensive-zone faceoff.Overall? Yeah, I'm already on to Cincinnati. If they beat Toronto at home tomorrow, and take 5/6 points this week going into the weekend, then in my mind they did their jobs and they got the right 4 points out of the 6. 100%. But on the bold - I'd love to see a stat on FO% in 6on4 and 6on5 situations. I would be very surprised if most of the league doesn't struggle to win those late game draws in 6on4 situations, but also 6on5 just because of wingers diving in hard to win the puck. Just to my eye, it sure seem like the difference is a lot of winger wins vs. 5 on 5.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Mar 6, 2024 20:20:13 GMT
How the flock was Draisatl that open in the crease on the tying goal ? He should have been mangled. Just re-watched it because we got no replay in the Garden and I couldn't figure out how the puck went up and over Ullmark. 1. Faceoff loss (again); Bruins are getting killed at the dots this season; 2. Draisatl gets a clean tip that Ullmark fumbles, and 3. Hyman very deliberately trips Carlo, who instead of being able to make a play on the puck, ends up on his backside while the puck goes up and over Ullmark's shoulder. So, a lot is just dumb fucking luck, because 9 times out of 10, Draisatl's tip just sticks in Ullmark's chest. Instead Leenus soccer chest-traps it into the air and Hyman gets away with yanking down Carlo. None if it matters if a. the Bruins could hit an open net a few seconds earlier, and 2. if anyone on the fucking team could win a critical defensive-zone faceoff. Draisatl should have been decked in the crease.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Mar 6, 2024 20:22:51 GMT
Some other game observations from the Garden... someone said that was like a playoff game? The atmosphere in the building was... apathetic. It was a boring game for most of the night. Some of this was good: Bruins actually had good sticks all night, blocked a ton of shots, and McJesus never really got his legs moving much. He was not very dynamic and the Oilers PP wasn't very good. Bruins offensively were not sharp. Morgan Geekie looked like a Division 3 college player who was inserted into his first game ever. I think 90% of his touches in the first period went directly to an Oilers player. He just looked completely lost, or exhausted, or drunk, or something. Cody Ceci played the Zacha goal like he was in a pickup game, that was an opportunistic finish and a nice pass by Heinen, but shit defending. Side note, whoever had that rant about nobody passing to Heinen (JMW maybe?)... you're on crack. McAvoy clearly the best player on the ice. Ullmark was #1 until the tying goal. He has to take some blame for that one. In OT Monty put Gryz, Pasta and Zacha on the ice and I thought, that's it, Oiler's goal coming. Then the Oil threw McJesus, Draisatl and Ecklund out and Bruins countered with McAvoy, Carlo and Freddy and you're thinking, ok, we're gonna defend first here, decent strategy... guess not. We got no replay on the game winner and it looked like Ullmark twisted himself up and missed, but the replay clearly shows Carlo making a grade-A tip for the wrong team with Ullmark already reading/committing to the shot (which I think would have been a pretty easy save). Maybe if Ullmark just stays on his feet and doesn't "overreact" he still makes the stop, but that one again is just shit luck for Carlo and the Bruins. Carlo ended up with a full McQuaid kind of night last night, tough breaks. Back to back, lots of energy spent in Toronto, playing a dynamic team... there were some positives last night even if one wasn't the result. Game would have been 5-1 if not for some great saves throughout the game. Again Draisatl should have been on has ass in the crease.
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Post by bookboy007 on Mar 6, 2024 20:30:20 GMT
Some other game observations from the Garden... someone said that was like a playoff game? The atmosphere in the building was... apathetic. It was a boring game for most of the night. Some of this was good: Bruins actually had good sticks all night, blocked a ton of shots, and McJesus never really got his legs moving much. He was not very dynamic and the Oilers PP wasn't very good. Bruins offensively were not sharp. Morgan Geekie looked like a Division 3 college player who was inserted into his first game ever. I think 90% of his touches in the first period went directly to an Oilers player. He just looked completely lost, or exhausted, or drunk, or something. Cody Ceci played the Zacha goal like he was in a pickup game, that was an opportunistic finish and a nice pass by Heinen, but shit defending. Side note, whoever had that rant about nobody passing to Heinen (JMW maybe?)... you're on crack. McAvoy clearly the best player on the ice. Ullmark was #1 until the tying goal. He has to take some blame for that one. In OT Monty put Gryz, Pasta and Zacha on the ice and I thought, that's it, Oiler's goal coming. Then the Oil threw McJesus, Draisatl and Ecklund out and Bruins countered with McAvoy, Carlo and Freddy and you're thinking, ok, we're gonna defend first here, decent strategy... guess not. We got no replay on the game winner and it looked like Ullmark twisted himself up and missed, but the replay clearly shows Carlo making a grade-A tip for the wrong team with Ullmark already reading/committing to the shot (which I think would have been a pretty easy save). Maybe if Ullmark just stays on his feet and doesn't "overreact" he still makes the stop, but that one again is just shit luck for Carlo and the Bruins. Carlo ended up with a full McQuaid kind of night last night, tough breaks. Back to back, lots of energy spent in Toronto, playing a dynamic team... there were some positives last night even if one wasn't the result.Yeah, lots of excuses for them to have laid an egg and they didn't. Just a really ugly streak of bad luck lately. I'm reminded of the point steve always makes about the 2015 debacle - both the draft and the moves they made to accumulate the draft capital that they didn't do enough with. Everything that could have gone wrong in 2014-15 did; the reacted as though there was something fundamentally wrong with the team rather that recognize how much bad luck and the convergence of bad mojo was behind missing the playoffs by a hair, and only because of a freak run by a guy who had almost no career outside of that run - the "Hamburglar". Bergeron's career points/game was 0.82. In 2014-15, it was 0.68. Krejci - 0.76 vs. 0.66. Lucic - 0.6 even after several seasons on the 4th line. That year? 0.54. There is so much about losing a lead late in games that is about the opponent playing jesus take the wheel hockey - just throw everything at the next - pucks, bodies - and pray. Because eventually, 6 on 5, the puck is going to randomly end up on the stick of the open man. I'm not saying it's all been luck, especially the failure to win more of their share of OT games. They've made bad decisions, lazy plays, and failed to finish when they've had the chance. But there's also a lot more luck in that failure than character. Confidence maybe; that always takes a hit when you can't seem to get a break. But confidence comes back.
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Post by socca10 on Mar 6, 2024 21:12:31 GMT
Some other game observations from the Garden... someone said that was like a playoff game? The atmosphere in the building was... apathetic. It was a boring game for most of the night. Some of this was good: Bruins actually had good sticks all night, blocked a ton of shots, and McJesus never really got his legs moving much. He was not very dynamic and the Oilers PP wasn't very good. Bruins offensively were not sharp. Morgan Geekie looked like a Division 3 college player who was inserted into his first game ever. I think 90% of his touches in the first period went directly to an Oilers player. He just looked completely lost, or exhausted, or drunk, or something. Cody Ceci played the Zacha goal like he was in a pickup game, that was an opportunistic finish and a nice pass by Heinen, but shit defending. Side note, whoever had that rant about nobody passing to Heinen (JMW maybe?)... you're on crack. McAvoy clearly the best player on the ice. Ullmark was #1 until the tying goal. He has to take some blame for that one. In OT Monty put Gryz, Pasta and Zacha on the ice and I thought, that's it, Oiler's goal coming. Then the Oil threw McJesus, Draisatl and Ecklund out and Bruins countered with McAvoy, Carlo and Freddy and you're thinking, ok, we're gonna defend first here, decent strategy... guess not. We got no replay on the game winner and it looked like Ullmark twisted himself up and missed, but the replay clearly shows Carlo making a grade-A tip for the wrong team with Ullmark already reading/committing to the shot (which I think would have been a pretty easy save). Maybe if Ullmark just stays on his feet and doesn't "overreact" he still makes the stop, but that one again is just shit luck for Carlo and the Bruins. Carlo ended up with a full McQuaid kind of night last night, tough breaks. Back to back, lots of energy spent in Toronto, playing a dynamic team... there were some positives last night even if one wasn't the result. Game would have been 5-1 if not for some great saves throughout the game. Again Draisatl should have been on has ass in the crease. Maybe, but as you watch that play unfold, Oilers have an extra skater and Carlo makes the choice to defend behind Ullmark, letting him take the very close-range tip. If he steps up there to hit Draisatl, there's no guarantee the puck doesn't slide right over to Hyman for the easy tap in. Positionally, I thought the Bruins were okay but still conceded the goal. Sometimes, shit happens and the other team makes a great play or (in this case) the horseshoe is up their ass in the "makes Danny happy" position and the goalie can't pull a Nite/Walrus save out of his.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Mar 6, 2024 22:21:31 GMT
Game would have been 5-1 if not for some great saves throughout the game. Again Draisatl should have been on has ass in the crease. Maybe, but as you watch that play unfold, Oilers have an extra skater and Carlo makes the choice to defend behind Ullmark, letting him take the very close-range tip. If he steps up there to hit Draisatl, there's no guarantee the puck doesn't slide right over to Hyman for the easy tap in. Positionally, I thought the Bruins were okay but still conceded the goal. Sometimes, shit happens and the other team makes a great play or (in this case) the horseshoe is up their ass in the "makes Danny happy" position and the goalie can't pull a Nite/Walrus save out of his. Good recap.
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Post by pastamon on Mar 7, 2024 2:14:32 GMT
Monty is shit until he proves me wrong, can't coach it correctly in crunchtime.
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Post by MrHulot on Mar 7, 2024 3:49:21 GMT
Monty is shit until he proves me wrong, can't coach it correctly in crunchtime. That's what you get when you're trying to be too nice to your players, especially the ones with some standing in the locker room.
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Post by RichHillOntario on Mar 7, 2024 4:08:54 GMT
It was Mac and Carl on for BOTH goals with Freddy. March and Coyle were the others for the tying How the flock was Draisatl that open in the crease on the tying goal ? He should have been mangled. They need some baggage smashers back there in the worst way. Setting up shop in the crease like Draisatl did is helping other teams come back on the B's. It's not the only reason but leaving them upright isn't doing them any good.
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Post by fiberglassmask on Mar 7, 2024 14:09:03 GMT
Whew, KPD points out this morning that the Bs have lost 10 of 15. I guess I kinda knew that, but it sounds staggering.
Hanafin to Vegas; working on an extension. No surprise. At least he didn’t end up on one of the Atlantic teams (all of them) that will eliminate this sad sack team first round.
Do we still have the Pollyanas saying stuff like, “they are Top 5 in the NHL, what’s all the doom & gloom about?”
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