GDT: Game 75: Bruins @ Stars | Friday, March 23rd | 7:30pm CT

[Smelling Salt]

Home sweet home (?) for the Stars. They are facing a pretty injury depleted Boston lineup.

Prediction: Seguin gets his 40th against his old team, flips the bird at Neely and sends a nice fruit basket to Chiarelli from him and Hall.


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Stars Injuries:

Bishop, Hanzal, Spezza

Bruins Injuries:

Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy, Zdeno Chara, Jake DeBrusk, David Backes, Rick Nash, Torey Krug (GTD)

Projected Bruins Lineup:

LW	C	RW
BRAD MARCHAND	RILEY NASH	DAVID PASTRNAK
RYAN DONATO	DAVID KREJCI	DANTON HEINEN
JORDAN SZWARZ	TOMMY WINGELS	BRIAN GIONTA
TIM SCHALLER	NOEL ACCIARI	SEAN KURALY

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
NICK HOLDEN	BRANDON CARLO
MATT GRZELCYK	KEVAN MILLER
PAUL POSTMA	ADAM MCQUAID

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

GOALIES
TUUKKA RASK	ANTON KHUDOBIN

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

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[Smelling Salt]

 

[brighteststars]

Oh no, Betty White is back in tomorrow?

 

[Troy McClure]

The Spezza news is not good.

Maybe Spezza is done. Maybe he comes back next season with his back in better shape and looks more like himself. Either way, Nill can’t enter next season with $12.25 million of his cap tied up in two centers with known back trouble who are aged 35 and 31.

 

[Satan]

Maybe we can send them to Robidas Island

 

[Kcb12345]

Need a win here. More than anything. Sadly we usually only beat Boston on their home ice. If we lose this game then the nail is officially in the coffin if it isn't already.

My prediction:
If the Bruins win:
Bruins win 5-3 (5th goal is into an empty net). GWG is scored with 4 minutes remaining.

Stars goals:
Seguin
Janmark
Radulov

Bruins goals:
Donato (2)
Marchand (2)
Riley Nash - empty net goal

If the Stars win:
Stars win 4-2

Seguin
Roussel
Janmark
Radulov (empty net goal)

 

[mjhfb]

We all want a good game but with 3 of the Bruins top forwards out and their 3 best defenseman out this could get lopsided.

 

[BfantZ]

Fingers crossed they get a big lead hold it down and get a huge momentum boost to go on an 8-0 run here . Never mind these boring , no risk games that they end up being tied late in the game .They might work with bishop but kari is no good in one shot games . They need to go for the jugular and get a lead to sit on .

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

So, you suggest bringing back Ruff to coach the last 8 games?

 

[Smelling Salt]

OP updated with Burnside's preview.

Also, Methot confirmed to play.

 

[SourTemplePilot]

Ritchie in the top 6 and Honka a HS.

 

[Satan]

Ritchie is the GOAT

 

[Kcb12345]

Good to see Jamie back to his old self lately

 

[Kcb12345]

Ritchie is the GOAT

- Ken Hitchcock

 

[VicVinegar]

Now that is some vintage Stars hockey.

 

[SourTemplePilot]

Pathetic. We just let the Providence Bruins beat us. F*** right off.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Clutch

 

[Satan]

f***ing embarrassing

 

[VicVinegar]

It's laughable at this point. Why would Seguin want to resign here?

 

[brighteststars]

Betty White and Pateryn Lol. That is all.

 

[Satan]

Rasmus Dahlin

 

[Kcb12345]

I literally was yelling at the TV for Pateryn to shoot the puck down the ice because he had control in the corner. But nope, let's just kill the clock with 15 seconds left. Not like we are gonna turn it over possibly or anything while literally no one is in front of the net defending.

Also, why the hell is Ritchie still playing in the top 6 and on the top powerplay unit. Hitchcock does not want this team to succeed at all.

 

[Kalamazoo Wings]

Pateryn was an absolute disaster in that final minute. Just a matter of time before he gets an extension I guess.

Hitch has gotta go.

 

[Kcb12345]

Rasmus Dahlin

Not with the new draft lottery chances announced today

 

[brighteststars]

I literally was yelling at the TV for Pateryn to shoot the puck down the ice because he had control in the corner. But nope, let's just kill the clock with 15 seconds left. Not like we are gonna turn it over possibly or anything while literally no one is in front of the net defending.

Also, why the hell is Ritchie still playing in the top 6 and on the top powerplay unit. Hitchcock does not want this team to succeed at all.

Yeah Betty White in the top 6 and taking Shore's PP spot was just the tops. I was also thinking, is Dal going to get scored on here, WTF is Pateryn doing?