Former Bruins EX Bruins Discussion Thread Part II All Talk Here..

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Always liked Joe Thornton, but I always wanted the Bruins to win a cup before he did. And that happened, so I feel like I have no issues with him. I'd love to see him in a Bruins one more time before the end of his career, but I don't see any likely chance of that happening as he's more or less established all of his roots in SJ and doesn't seem to have a close connection to the current team, management, or the city to "come home" before he retires. SJ is his home, and he'll be remembered as a Shark more than a Bruin.

 

[Ladyfan]

I always liked Big Joe. I would love for him to win the cup before his career is done.

My daughter is a San Jose fan (Boston is still her # 1) so she gets to see him play often.

I know a few of the guys who work for the B's keep in touch with both Joe and Looch. Both were favorites of the guys who work for the team.

 

[Fossy21]

Hi guys. I'm not a Bruins fan. Hey do you guys all feel like Joe Thornton is your baby? You watched him be born in Boston and learn how to walk and then he grew up and went away to San Jose. Now he's a shark but he was born a bruin and you'll always love him like your baby.

This post made me smile, especially the last part. Went from hypothetical to irrefutable fact in a hurry.

 

[Gee Wally]

Hes not a Bruin.

**** him.

 

[TaroTsujimoto]

Seems that Seidenberg is outplaying the overrated Boychuk on the Islanders back end. 4 goals and 12 points in 26 games, +12 with an average TOI of 19:17. He wasn't done, he just needed time to recover from his injury.

 

[Aeroforce]

Reilly Smith was the recipient of a devastating (but legal) hit from Niklas Kronwall.

I'll play Eddie O for a second. "Kids, if you are watching at home, you canNOT make that pass."

I don't know if they were ever confirmed, but I recall reading rumors that Reilly Smith was incensed his then-Bruins teammates were going after his brother when the B's faced the Wings in the playoffs.

I wonder how Brendan Smith feels about this?

 

[Number8]

Reilly Smith was the recipient of a devastating (but legal) hit from Niklas Kronwall.

I'll play Eddie O for a second. "Kids, if you are watching at home, you canNOT make that pass."

I don't know if they were ever confirmed, but I recall reading rumors that Reilly Smith was incensed his then-Bruins teammates were going after his brother when the B's faced the Wings in the playoffs.

I wonder how Brendan Smith feels about this?

If that's true, Reilly Smith is really lucky his last name isn't Suter!

 

[Aeroforce]

This was on my YouTube sidebar. Apparently McDavid's dad told Lucic Connor was a big Bruins fan growing up.

 

[22Brad Park]

I'm not a big fan of Hamilton and I'm glad we traded him but he's been killing it lately. Funny how many Bruins fans called a 21-23 year old a bust.

The Kevin Miller fans hahahahaha

 

[Scruffy]

The Kevin Miller fans hahahahaha

The only people who are fans of Kevan miller are his family, management and claude

 

[Over the volcano]

I'm not a big fan of Hamilton and I'm glad we traded him but he's been killing it lately. Funny how many Bruins fans called a 21-23 year old a bust.

The Kevin Miller fans hahahahaha

The only people who are fans of Kevan miller are his family, management and claude

Funny, I'd guess 95% of the time KMiller is brought up it's to absolve another player (even guys on other teams! ) from some kind of criticism.

 

[JCRO]

Buddy pass. And I cant help but enjoy it. Hope hes not hurt but HAHA Smith.

 

[Pia8988]

Buddy pass. And I cant help but enjoy it. Hope hes not hurt but HAHA Smith.

Concussion from the hit

 

[Oates2Neely]

Dougie with game winner.

7g 18a 25p in 43 games played. With a -2. Improving

 

[DKH]

Dougie with game winner.

7g 18a 25p in 43 games played. With a -2. Improving

If Chiarelli had only traded for Freddie we'd still have him

Sometimes extortion has a happy ending

 

[Number8]

If Chiarelli had only traded for Freddie we'd still have him

Sometimes extortion has a happy ending

Calgary sucks. Dougie sucks. I bet somewhere deep inside Freddie's toes curled when Dougie and his mum and dad kept badgering teams to bring in poor old Fredo and give him a cushy Vegas job that he never earned or was qualified for. Hope it doesn't end with a fsmall ishing boat ride in a mountain lake!

 

[Over the volcano]

Dougie with game winner.

7g 18a 25p in 43 games played. With a -2. Improving

Wonder what him happier, his stats, his brother, or being 2000 miles away from Boston.

 

[GoBs]

If the Bruins didn't trade Hamilton and Seguin two very good your players the future would look brighter.
Wouldn't be as bad if some of the players they received were playing for the team.

 

[Oates2Neely]

If Chiarelli had only traded for Freddie we'd still have him

Sometimes extortion has a happy ending

All jokes aside, any insight as to why he didn't want to play here? Was it really the teams refusal to sign bro Freddy? Or his dislike for Clode? A combination of both..?

 

[jgatie]

All jokes aside, any insight as to why he didn't want to play here? Was it really the teams refusal to sign bro Freddy? Or his dislike for Clode? A combination of both..?

Everyone says his helicopter parents wanted him in Canada, that was the number one rumor/insider info. Others spun it that he hated Claude (you can guess who did that), hated the system (ditto), and hated his teammates, blah, blah, blah. The one insider I trust stated way back before Dougie ever played a game with Boston that he would never, ever sign a RFA contract. Pretty hard to hate Claude, the system, or the players before your first training camp, eh?

 

[BruinDust]

Don't look now, but a guy Boston couldn't even give a qualifying offer to last summer in Brett Connolly, has 7 goals in 30 games for the Washington Capitals, essentially a 20 goal pace.

To put that into perspective.

That's the combined goal scoring output of Nash, Hayes, Belesky, and Blidh so far this season in almost FOUR times as many man-games at 125.

It's a good thing Boston let him walk for free so they could give Nash a two-year deal and retain Jimmy Hayes.

 

[mark3361]

So you want Brett Connolly on this team?

 

[BruinDust]

So you want Brett Connolly on this team?

More than Nash and Hayes? You betcha.

And this isn't hindsight. I stated last year that Connolly is a better player than Hayes and should be retained if they are choosing between the two.

But Connolly was a Chiarelli acquisition, and Hayes was Sweeney's, hence Hayes is the one still here.

 

[Alberta_OReilly_Fan]

Team game like hockey can't be won by an individual... even orr didn't win every game he played

That said, guys who play a weak team game AND are skilled enough to be looked at as the captain (even when they have no leadership value) tend to have losing and underachievement follow them around

I mean 29 teams lose every year so all players experience some losing... but there are still guys who have gobs of talent and NEVER WIN... and these are guys you can't give your cap too... guys you can't get stuck with as your team 'leader'

Luckily bruin management has always understood this and other than a brief period of time when thornton, boynton, raycroft ran the clubhouse we'vs always been quick to move guys that would cripple the team identity

Other SUPER talented teams miss playoffs.. underachieve... so fans that want to say our team philosophy dooms us... probably are fans that forget we are one of the three most successful playoff franchises over the last 8 years

No one wins every single season

 

[TMac21]

Don't look now, but a guy Boston couldn't even give a qualifying offer to last summer in Brett Connolly, has 7 goals in 30 games for the Washington Capitals, essentially a 20 goal pace.

To put that into perspective.

That's the combined goal scoring output of Nash, Hayes, Belesky, and Blidh so far this season in almost FOUR times as many man-games at 125.

It's a good thing Boston let him walk for free so they could give Nash a two-year deal and retain Jimmy Hayes.

Never understood why Connolly didn't come back, wouldn't have cost much at all.