What the Bruins are doing/What you'd like to see this off-season 2014 Part IV

[LouJersey]

I hear ya Lou, but on the other hand, that team didn't make it out if the 2nd round. If you have to reference the PT instead of the SC, they didn't get it done.

Smith and Looch will be back. It's the Iginla hole I'm worried about.

Might be best to run Knight, Pastrnak and Griffith out there then try to upgrade during the season... I like Loui with Soderberg.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Might be best to run Knight, Pastrnak and Griffith out there then try to upgrade during the season... I like Loui with Soderberg.

Me too. I want at least two top-6 player on each of our top-3 lines:

Lucic-Krejci-XXX
Marchand-Bergy-XXX
XXX-Yeti-Loui

Fill the rest with Smith and the two most deserving players after camp.

 

[Flannelman]

Me too. I want at least two top-6 player on each of our top-3 lines:

Lucic-Krejci-XXX
Marchand-Bergy-XXX
XXX-Yeti-Loui

Fill the rest with Smith and the two most deserving players after camp.

yup. It's just the top spot I'm most concerned with right now.

Ideally, I think Spooner's speed (amongst other things) could be so beneficial to that 3rd line. But I don't get that warm and fuzzy feeling about it.

 

[LouJersey]

yup. It's just the top spot I'm most concerned with right now.

Ideally, I think Spooner's speed (amongst other things) could be so beneficial to that 3rd line. But I don't get that warm and fuzzy feeling about it.

Would be a perfect LW for that 3rd line IMO, but the Bruins refuse to even try him there in preseason.

 

[Over the volcano]

Might be best to run Knight, Pastrnak and Griffith out there then try to upgrade during the season... I like Loui with Soderberg.

I'm on the Fraser train -

Fraser on the left (his home)- Yeti- Loui would be one of the best 3rd lines the team has ever seen. Really a 1b line in the league.

Soderberg and Loui can maintain the puck long enough to allow Fraser to get to his spots and Loui can clean up around the net as well as anyone in the league.

 

[Flannelman]

Would be a perfect LW for that 3rd line IMO, but the Bruins refuse to even try him there in preseason.

Dude, it's **** like this that's going to make me start lifting again.

 

[ap3lovr]

I'm on the Fraser train -

Fraser on the left (his home)- Yeti- Loui would be one of the best 3rd lines the team has ever seen. Really a 1b line in the league.

Soderberg and Loui can maintain the puck long enough to allow Fraser to get to his spots and Loui can clean up around the net as well as anyone in the league.

I'd rather see Gagne on that line. I feel like Krejci deserves someone that thinks shot first for a change. Someone that will put 250+ shots at the net in a season. Lucic likes to get cute and only put 153 shots at the net last year. Iginla put 209 for 2nd best on the team behind Bergeron. Eriksson was on pace for 154 SOG, and I don't think that is nearly enough for that line.

 

[DKH]

Might be best to run Knight, Pastrnak and Griffith out there then try to upgrade during the season... I like Loui with Soderberg.

this is the line Lou eventually

Smith-Soderberg-Knight (has a good chunk of everything and like Smith on the left side)

although I do liket the Paille-Spooner-Knight line a lot; Knight just has played so little hockey for two years and near zero special teams- when he did play he was amazingly on left wing
this would be top 20% if not a lot higher for speed in the league- Paille is still fast, Spooner is quick and has a turbo gear, Knight is fast and has some quickness as well especially chasing pucks

 

[DKH]

I'm on the Fraser train -

Fraser on the left (his home)- Yeti- Loui would be one of the best 3rd lines the team has ever seen. Really a 1b line in the league.

Soderberg and Loui can maintain the puck long enough to allow Fraser to get to his spots and Loui can clean up around the net as well as anyone in the league.

Fraser to give him the best shot should get left side and Soderberg for the Chris Bourque 20 games and see what he is.

 

[ap3lovr]

Fraser to give him the best shot should get left side and Soderberg for the Chris Bourque 20 games and see what he is.

Can't be any worse that Kelly. If you prorate his SOG over 80 games he would have had a whopping 96 SOG. That is not enough from a line you need to generate offense.

 

[bb_fan]

Moving Krug would be a mistake.

The kid is an impact player who plays big in big games. You can't replace what he brings by simply dressing someone with a similar skill set. Not without taking a big step backwards.

No different than moving Kessel or Seguin. Arguably they were the two most gifted offensive players we had, but it wasn't enough.

Krug is pretty similar, pretty talented offensively, but that's about it.

 

[zaYG]

No different than moving Kessel or Seguin or was. Arguably they were the two most gifted offensive players we had, but it wasn't enough.

Krug is pretty similar, pretty talented offensively, but that's about it.

Krug might not be perferct because he can get pushed off the puck due to his size. However, he fits into the system perfectly and plays exactly how he is expected to play. You couldn't have asked that of Kessel or Seguin. You definitely couldn't expect Seguin to show up in big games the way that Krug tends to.

Krug absolutely tears up big games. I would hate to see a player with that kind of skill set go on to another team. I don't think we have even seen his peak offensive potential yet.

 

[World of Wardlow]

What I do like about Fraser is that he has a "Shoot first" mentality rather than over think it.

Edit: I hate what PC and the bruins management are doing to Krug & Smith. Totally not fair. It's not like they refuse to sign because they want more money. This is entirely the organization's fault. Ugh.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

Would be a perfect LW for that 3rd line IMO, but the Bruins refuse to even try him there in preseason.

Defensive liability.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

I'm on the Fraser train -

Fraser on the left (his home)- Yeti- Loui would be one of the best 3rd lines the team has ever seen. Really a 1b line in the league.

Soderberg and Loui can maintain the puck long enough to allow Fraser to get to his spots and Loui can clean up around the net as well as anyone in the league.

Agree with this. Fraser shot would a great complement to the Yeti-Loui duo.

 

[LouJersey]

I'm on the Fraser train -

Fraser on the left (his home)- Yeti- Loui would be one of the best 3rd lines the team has ever seen. Really a 1b line in the league.

Soderberg and Loui can maintain the puck long enough to allow Fraser to get to his spots and Loui can clean up around the net as well as anyone in the league.

Agreed....Sign me up...

Lucic-DK-Smith
Marchand-Bergy-Gagne
Fraser-Yeti-Eriksson
Paille-Spooner-Knight..

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Defensive liability.

So...Spooner is a "defensive liability" on the 3rd line, but the much, much slower afoot Gagne and Fraser are not?

Hmmmmm?

Cuz Stone Clode says so?

 

[DitClapper]

Agreed....Sign me up...

Lucic-DK-Smith
Marchand-Bergy-Gagne
Fraser-Yeti-Eriksson
Paille-Spooner-Knight..

That fourth line could be deadly with that speed. I'd be all for that.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

So...Spooner is a "defensive liability" on the 3rd line, but the much, much slower afoot Gagne and Fraser are not?

Hmmmmm?

Cuz Stone Clode says so?

Yeah, I'm not buying it either. I know Gagne has been a good two-way player in his career, but who knows where he's at now. And Fraser? Well let's just say that I think the comments about Spooner being lousy in his own end are way overblown. He hasn't been noticeably worse than a lot of the same players vying for the final spots in Boston. I hate that we're buying this narrative.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

So...Spooner is a "defensive liability" on the 3rd line, but the much, much slower afoot Gagne and Fraser are not?

Hmmmmm?

Cuz Stone Clode says so?

For the record, I was just playing with the defensive liability even if partly true.

But unless Spooner starts getting some reps on the wing, I will not have him as possible option for 1st, 2nd or 3rd line duty.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Yeah, I'm not buying it either. I know Gagne has been a good two-way player in his career, but who knows where he's at now. And Fraser? Well let's just say that I think the comments about Spooner being lousy in his own end are way overblown. He hasn't been noticeably worse than a lot of the same players vying for the final spots in Boston. I hate that we're buying this narrative.

I'm not sure what the deal is with Spooner? People I have talked to that were at the last game said he was one of the better players on the ice offensively and defensively he was good.

I don't think they like him on the wing, period. The other stuff could be a number of things:

1) They want him on team, just trying to keep him in line, so he keeps working at it? They know he has the ability to play 3 zones, but they need him to buy in.

2) Readying the faithful with some criticism in case they move him? But, doesn't that hurt his trade value?

3) Internal struggle. FO wants Spooner in lineup, and wants to move $$$ in the form of Kelly and/or Campbell. Clode wants his veteran binkies and is making a big deal out of "defensive lapses".


Personally, I think it's a little bit of 1 and 3.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

For the record, I was just playing with the defensive liability even if partly true.

But unless Spooner starts getting some reps on the wing, I will not have him as possible option for 1st, 2nd or 3rd line duty.

I think he has a better shot at 4th line C then 3rd line LW, but could just be me?

The only thing I don't get is, I thought defensive liabilities were easier to "hide" on the W, then they were at C?

 

[LouJersey]

I think he has a better shot at 4th line C then 3rd line LW, but could just be me?

The only thing I don't get is, I thought defensive liabilities were easier to "hide" on the W, then they were at C?

That's what we were told with Bergeron, Kessel, Seguin, Wheeler....etcccc

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

I think he has a better shot at 4th line C then 3rd line LW, but could just be me?

The only thing I don't get is, I thought defensive liabilities were easier to "hide" on the W, then they were at C?

He just has to be the 4th line C/PP specialist for game 1. If he is not, it better be because they traded him for a comparable winger prospect ready to step in.

If Campbell ain't traded, then put him on Spooner's wing 5 on 5 and give him C time on the PK.

Krejci-Bergy-Yeti-Spooner

That's the way to go.

 

[member 96824]

Defensive liability.

1st line has performed just fine with a defensive "liability"