Boston NYR is the epitome of the nhl now.

[cliffclaven]

Down 6-1? Don’t try anymore. Just go out and skate around. Even 5 years ago that 3rd would’ve taken over an hour, easily. Then again, you can’t hit, fight or send any messages. Someone might get offended.

Ps.. in before “ok boomer”

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[Dr Jan Itor]

Hitting and fighting are both legal.

Players are free to "send messages" if they want to as well.

 

[Bruin4Life]

If you don't like the product , you aren't forced to watch

 

[Profet]

Hitting and fighting are both legal.

Players are free to "send messages" if they want to as well.

Hitting is legal.

Fighting is a major penalty and thus not legal.

 

[The Macho King]

Darn certainly miss constant hugging matches between dudes that can hardly skate.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Someone got up the wrong side of bed this morning.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Hitting is legal.

Fighting is a major penalty and thus not legal.

Semantics.

 

[7even]

Agreed. If there's one team the NHL has made its mission to reel in and neuter, it's Brad Marchand's Boston Bruins.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Players are all friends now.


Animosity is gone.

 

[Groo]

Down 6-1? Don’t try anymore. Just go out and skate around. Even 5 years ago that 3rd would’ve taken over an hour, easily. Then again, you can’t hit, fight or send any messages. Someone might get offended.

Ps.. in before “ok boomer”

 

[MattMartin]

Darn certainly miss constant hugging matches between dudes that can hardly skate.

Says the dude with a "pro wrestler" in his avatar. The irony.

 

[Anglesmith]

Even 5 years ago that 3rd would’ve taken over an hour, easily.

And?

What surprises me (if we accept the shaky premise) is how long it took to realize that not one member of the NHL benefits from such things.

 

[Machinehead]

Did we watch the same game?

That game was extremely spicy.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Dumb. This is the NHL, guys don’t stop trying or playing. There are guys fighting for jobs and contracts.

Rangers locked the game down Boston couldn’t establish a forecheck and get much going.

Gooning it up wouldn’t have done much of anything

 

[danpantz]

These aren't the early 2010's Bruins either. Especially with Lauzon and Miller out.

No Lucics, McQuaids, Hortons, Thorntons, Chara's or Campbells out there to stir shit up.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I can't think of anything more pathetic than throwing a hissy fit because you're getting your ass kicked on the ice and needing to fight to show how tough you are despite getting blown out. Maybe being upset that a team didn't do that.

 

[RMimagery]

Oof Bos gives up 13 goals in 24 hours.

Over 26% of their GA for the season in 2 games.

They will be coming out very hard on Sunday afternoon.

 

[JT Kreider]

Bruins played last night

 

[HanSolo]

I wanna think of something more clever than OK boomer but you invited it.

Players are allowed to do everything you said they can't. They just don't do it as much as they used to. Get over it.

 

[TD Charlie]

I refuse to acknowledge that the Bruins have played a game since Tahoe

 

[aufheben]

Players are all friends now.


Animosity is gone.

Three different players were cross-checked in the head tonight during the 2nd period. It was a violent game until the Bruins got caught with their pants down and effectively lost the game in a span of 12 seconds.

 

[Number8]

Dumb. This is the NHL, guys don’t stop trying or playing. There are guys fighting for jobs and contracts.

Rangers locked the game down Boston couldn’t establish a forecheck and get much going.

Gooning it up wouldn’t have done much of anything

I agree, gooning it up wouldn’t have done a thing and that era of hockey is over for good.

My issue as a Bruins fan is we’ve been embarrassed two nights in a row. Take away our rout of Philly in Lake Tahoe we are in a putrid 4 of 5 skid. Too short a season for that not to be a problem,

Add to that NY ran Pasta in the first (as would I, by the way). Lindgren alone tagged him hard twice.

Bruins should have “run around” a bit in the third, finishing checks hard. If that leads to fight, so be it. But they didn’t and were very tame. Just playing out the game. Not good.

Next game better be very high energy and high intensity.

Shed load of injuries to an already young D, yes. But going to need effort and intensity to change tide.

 

[bl02]

First two periods looked pretty mean and feisty. More than most games you will see in the nhl these days

 

[Sniper99]

Down 6-1? Don’t try anymore. Just go out and skate around. Even 5 years ago that 3rd would’ve taken over an hour, easily. Then again, you can’t hit, fight or send any messages. Someone might get offended.

Ps.. in before “ok boomer”

OK Boomer

You should learn to use the remote on your tv if you dont like what you see.

 

[lottster14]

This is what happens when the NHL wants to slowly rid the game of physicality. All special teams and 10 goal games with not much intensity in the regular season.