Pre-Game Talk: 11/9 | Fishy, Fishy | Bruins v. New York Fishsticks | 7pm ET (Yahoo!) | NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub

[Dr Hook]

Oh, and the JVR/Coyle/TF line- its like a horribly, utterly impoverished man's Legion of Doom.

 

[Blowfish]

Brown is pissing me off...send him down already and allow others to get promoted. I love Don but this doesn't make any sense.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Brown is pissing me off...send him down already and allow others to get promoted. I love Don but this doesn't make any sense.

Why is that?

 

[Bones45]

Heres all you need to know about the Isles so far this year:

If Sorokin or Varly don't have absolutely stellar games, we'll lose. Our D and O have been awful.

Dobson, the lone bright spot.

 

[BruinsFanMike82]

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Heres all you need to know about the Isles so far this year:

If Sorokin or Varly don't have absolutely stellar games, we'll lose. Our D and O have been awful.

Dobson, the lone bright spot.

Sounds familiar.

 

[Blowfish]

Why is that?

Brown simply isn't needed in Boston and would be more valuable to Boston playing in Providence ... the focus should be on promoting more players to help with development.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Brown simply isn't needed in Boston and would be more valuable to Boston playing in Providence ... the focus should be on promoting more players to help with development.

He's a right-shooting RW who can also play center, pretty good on faceoffs.. He is physical, defensively responsible. Better suited for 4th line duty than a prospect who needs more than 8 minutes a night of playing time.

 

[Sheppy]

I get that Brown isn't good, but on a 4th line with injuries I don't see the HUGE issue. He's not really doing anything and I don't think he's really f***ing anything up either. He's a placeholder until Lauko/Lucic return.

 

[Carl Hungus]

I really don't think Brown's 8-9 minutes a night on the 4th line while the team recovers from injuries is worth losing sleep over

 

[Alicat]

Darla's dad is back!

I will post the GDT no later than 4:30 and then will need the mods to do their magic so that everyone will be able to see it

 

[SPLBRUIN]

He's a right-shooting RW who can also play center, pretty good on faceoffs.. He is physical, defensively responsible. Better suited for 4th line duty than a prospect who needs more than 8 minutes a night of playing time.

He is slow as molasses and has very very limited offensive ability, there is a reason why he has been an AHL player for most of his career. He should be down in Providence helping to mentor the kids, not with the Bruins, bringing down the 4th line.

 

[22Brad Park]

He is slow as molasses and has very very limited offensive ability, there is a reason why he has been an AHL player for most of his career. He should be down in Providence helping to mentor the kids, not with the Bruins, bringing down the 4th line.

Last time he played he was ok.In fact he setup Beecher for an open net that he missed.I have to agree with Bonvie here.

 

[Saxon Eric]

4-2 win

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Last time he played he was ok.In fact he setup Beecher for an open net that he missed.I have to agree with Bonvie here.

Yup I remember that, 2 on 1 on the pk and I think Beecher hit the post point blank?

 

[Alicat]

Good news is that 3 of our centers are above 50%. Poitras is struggling but Geekie has helped him out and he's at 55%.

Still a lot of work to be done but it is nice to see Coyle, Zacha and Beecher above 50%.

 

[missingchicklet]

Good news is that 3 of our centers are above 50%. Poitras is struggling but Geekie has helped him out and he's at 55%.

Still a lot of work to be done but it is nice to see Coyle, Zacha and Beecher above 50%.

Rookies generally aren't great at the dot (don't tell that to Beecher), so I'm not too worried about Poitras.

For sure it is good news about the centers holding their own on faceoffs. Beecher at 55% when 92% of his starts are in the defensive zone is a big deal. Didn't see that coming from a rookie this season. He has been taking quite a bit of pressure off the D and goalie.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

He is slow as molasses and has very very limited offensive ability, there is a reason why he has been an AHL player for most of his career. He should be down in Providence helping to mentor the kids, not with the Bruins, bringing down the 4th line.

I have yet to see him "bring down" the 4th line.

 

[missingchicklet]

I know I am a sad Heiney, but I am actually looking forward to seeing how he and Poitras do together. I feel like there could be some magic there with JDB being the North-South shooter

I think it's an intriguing line as well. All three guys are smart and responsible players. Heinen and Poitras are good at finding open players. Jake of course is great at pushing the play. Poitras has been finding open areas without the puck quite a bit but his teammates have not been great at reading the play and getting him the puck in those areas. Heinen might reverse that.

Seems more like a second line than a third one to me, but it doesn't matter since Monty spreads mins fairly evenly across the top 3 lines.

 

[yazmybaby]

I think it's an intriguing line as well. All three guys are smart and responsible players. Heinen and Poitras are good at finding open players. Jake of course is great at pushing the play. Poitras has been finding open areas without the puck quite a bit but his teammates have not been great at reading the play and getting him the puck in those areas. Heinen might reverse that.

Seems more like a second line than a third one to me, but it doesn't matter since Monty spreads mins fairly evenly across the top 3 lines.

You can see Potsie has a bit of Adams Oates in his game, which I like.

 

[shelbysdad]

I think I would prefer Wotherspoon over Mitchell.....

 

[Blowfish]

He's a right-shooting RW who can also play center, pretty good on faceoffs.. He is physical, defensively responsible. Better suited for 4th line duty than a prospect who needs more than 8 minutes a night of playing time.

Through 5 games Brown is a -1, sees limited ice time, 0 minutes on the PK, turtle like skating, but yes can win some Face Offs. He's simply a JAG better served in Providence.

Is he hurting the team? Yes, on two significant fronts "taking away player development minutes" and "zero minutes playing PK because he's unreliable. The dude provides no sustained pressure on O or D.

Yes he's a "Filler" for injuries...but he's a bad filler. How exactly does that help the bruins moving forward?

BTW Marchand started off playing 8 minutes a game...thinking in helped him...No?

 

[quietbruinfan]

Oh, and the JVR/Coyle/TF line- its like a horribly, utterly impoverished man's Legion of Doom.

Rofl chest rasping...I needed that lol. Thanks.

 

[smithformeragent]

What idiot scheduled parent teacher conferences the night of a 7pm B’s game?

 

[bruinshoper]

How has Lindholm only secured 1 point so far? I haven't seen much Bruins hockey so far, other than occasionally catching the 3rd period, but has he been as bad as his stat sheet say?