I think the reason they lost against Tampa that year was because of the injury to Riley Nash along with Rick and Carlo. The three players on the third line had 47, 41, and 33 points and all 3 were over half a point per game players. His injury before the end of season really destroyed any production we got from that line.
Love switching from criticizing Sweeney’s moves as a “giant f*** you to Hall” before calling Hall a turd in the punch bowl yourself. Keep all fires burning!Take off the black and yellow colored glasses buddy. This team isn't a real contender. It's a one line team, like it's been for the last 4 years. You go from the perfection line to 3 4th lines, essentially. What a giant f*** you this must be to Hall. Signs here and the next order of business is that he learns he's going to be playing with a bunch of grinders slotting up, via the old center by committee.
The real question is how long before Hall turns back into the turd in the punchbowl and forces his way out of town like he did in Edmonton, New Jersey, and Buffalo.
I say 3 months into next season, but maybe we should make a poll?
Yah, I e thought about this. EeekkTake off the black and yellow colored glasses buddy. This team isn't a real contender. It's a one line team, like it's been for the last 4 years. You go from the perfection line to 3 4th lines, essentially. What a giant f*** you this must be to Hall. Signs here and the next order of business is that he learns he's going to be playing with a bunch of grinders slotting up, via the old center by committee.
The real question is how long before Hall turns back into the turd in the punchbowl and forces his way out of town like he did in Edmonton, New Jersey, and Buffalo.
I say 3 months into next season, but maybe we should make a poll?
It seems to me Sweeney is loyal to a fault, allowing his players to prove they aren't good enough rather than anticipating it. Last season, both Krug and Chara walked, and the logic behind it, 'we need to see what we have with the kids.' Regardless if you think the Bruins should've signed Krug, Chara, or neither, it was apparent from day one that neither Lauzon nor Zboril were going to give them 20 minutes a night. While Lauzon became a steady 5-6 guy, the Bruins were short-handed on defence all year and needed to dip in the waiver wire to get Tinordi. There aren't many cup winners who had to get a waiver defencemen to play regularly. Had this been an 82 game season, this strategy would've been disastrous- it was almost ruinous over a 56 game season. The Bruins needed to get one player to play 20 minutes a night to replace the two players going out, and leave one spot for a kid.
This is not just a Sweeney mistake. In Bruins history since 1970, besides the smallest haul in what was the best ever Bruins lineup... missing a key player to put the Bruins over the top has been an every year kind of thing. The only exception is 2011.
Cups fraudulent
