GDT: Boston Vs Carolina - Jan 28 @ 7:00 at Carolina

[whatsbruin]

PNC Arena

Carolina Hurricanes

Team Captains

Kevin Dineen, 1997–98
Keith Primeau, 1998–99
Ron Francis, 1999–2004
Rod Brind'Amour, 2005–10
Eric Staal, 2010– present
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First-round draft picks from 2000

2000: none
2001: Igor Knyazev (15th overall)
2002: Cam Ward (25th overall)
2003: Eric Staal (2nd overall)
2004: Andrew Ladd (4th overall)
2005: Jack Johnson (3rd overall)
2006: none
2007: Brandon Sutter (11th overall)
2008: Zach Boychuk (14th overall)
2009: Philippe Paradis (27th overall)
2010: Jeff Skinner (7th overall)
2011: Ryan Murphy (12th overall)
2012: none
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Retired Numbers

2 Glen Wesley D 1994–2003, 2003-2008 February 17, 2009
9 Gordie Howe LW 1976-1980
10 Ron Francis C 1981-19912, 1998–2004 January 28, 2006
17 Rod Brind'Amour C 2000–2010 February 18, 2011
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Boston Bruins

Team Captains

Sprague Cleghorn,[35] 1925–28
Lionel Hitchman, 1928–31
George Owen, 1931–32
Dit Clapper, 1932–38
Cooney Weiland, 1938–39
Dit Clapper, 1939–46
John Crawford, 1946–50
Milt Schmidt, 1950–54
Ed Sandford, 1954–55
Fernie Flaman, 1955–61
Don McKenney, 1961–63
Leo Boivin, 1963–66
John Bucyk, 1966–67; 1973–77
Wayne Cashman, 1977–83
Terry O'Reilly, 1983–85
Ray Bourque and Rick Middleton, 1985–88
(co-captains)
Ray Bourque, 1988–2000
Jason Allison, 2000–01
Joe Thornton, 2002–05
Zdeno Chara, 2006– present
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First-round draft picks from 2000

2000: Lars Jonsson (7th overall) and Martin Samuelsson (27th overall)
2001: Shaone Morrisonn (19th overall)
2002: Hannu Toivonen (29th overall)
2003: Mark Stuart (21st overall)
2004: None
2005: Matt Lashoff (22nd overall)
2006: Phil Kessel (5th overall)
2007: Zach Hamill (8th overall)
2008: Joe Colborne (16th overall)
2009: Jordan Caron (25th overall)
2010: Tyler Seguin (2nd overall Thank You Kessel)
2011: Dougie Hamilton (9th overall Thank You Kessel)
2012: Malcolm Subban (24th overall)
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Retired Numbers

2 Eddie Shore D 1926–40 January 1, 1947
3 Lionel Hitchman 1 D 1925–34 February 22, 1934
4 Bobby Orr D 1966–76 January 9, 1979
5 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper LW, D 1927–47 February 12, 1947
7 Phil Esposito C 1967–75 December 3, 1987
8 Cam Neely RW 1986–96 January 12, 2004
9 Johnny Bucyk LW 1957–78 March 13, 1980
15 Milt Schmidt LW 1936–55 March 13, 1980
24 Terry O'Reilly RW 1972–85 October 24, 2002
77 Ray Bourque D 1979–2000 October 4, 2001

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Top Scores to be posted after 1/25 games are offical.

Featuring Bobby Orr, Shawn Thornton, and Milan Lucic


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[SerenityRick]

lol pretty early for the GDT don't you think? Oh well! Cam Ward owns the Bruins... Staal too... slightly concerned for this one.

 

[3rdMangHigh]

Doesn't the GD in GDT stand for Game Day? I can see 24 hours before puck drop, but 3 days?

 

[whatsbruin]

Thought I'd kick it off after the last offical game.
If mod wants to lock till actual game day, so be it.

 

[Dellstrom]

I'm going to be watching this in my newly made Carolina-shelter. Staal and Ward were bad enough, now Semin joins the team?! They just need Vanek and we'll have to forfeit every game...

In all seriousness, they're a much more serious threat this year. They got four wins out of us last year, but these games are important now, they're a legit playoff threat. As long as they make the playoffs, they're a Cup contender... The first goalie that comes to mind when I think of what Thomas did in 2011 is Ward. Staal can go absolutely beast mode, too. The additions of Skinner (since the last time they made the playoffs) and Semin makes their offense lethal, even more so when all of them are Bruins killers. A win is definitely possible, but I expect a close one.

EDIT: I forgot, they signed Corvo. This should be the easiest 6 points of the season.

 

[Greyhounds]

Bruins don't play again for 3 days. Slackers.

 

[Afam*]

Yes this can be locked and re opened on sunday. That way, the post count don't build up and the mods have too closed it. Nice GDT btw What'sABruin.

 

[Bi Coastal Bawse*]

I have class till 5 which just means I will be streaming the game and having it on mute

 

[westernhome]

Bruins are still one of four teams without a reg time loss this season, lets keep the streak going!!

 

[Ladyfan]

Excellent GDT. You really put some time into it . I like all of the info.

It's early but that is OK...better than being late

HERE WE GO BRUINS...HERE WE GO

 

[smithformeragent]

I have class till 5 which just means I will be streaming the game and having it on mute

I did this regularly a couple of years back. After one class, my professor approached me (I thought I was in trouble) and asked me how I was able to stream the game to my computer because he wanted to be able to do the same for when he traveled.

 

[ODAAT]

Excited?

 

[Shaun]

this was in the carolina GDT and made me laugh

 

[Gee Wally]

this was in the carolina GDT and made me laugh

LOL!
That's outstanding!

 

[TP]

this was in the carolina GDT and made me laugh

That is awesome.

 

[smithformeragent]

That's amazing

 

[Ladyfan]

this was in the carolina GDT and made me laugh

That's funny. I wonder if Timmy is watching the games from his bunker ?

 

[rfournier103]

I love a good Bruins - Whalers(ahem) Hurricanes matchup. The Bs look good so far, and I think they can keep it going. Sucks about the long layoff. Ever since the Pats lost last Sunday, the Bs have been keeping me from dwelling on it.

 

[Thrive]

Gleason's going to get it.

 

[BklyNBruiN]

Excellent GDT. You really put some time into it . I like all of the info.

It's early but that is OK...better than being late

HERE WE GO BRUINS...HERE WE GO

hehe You got that right. Go Bruins Go!!!! Hey gotta cut people some slack ya know, everyone is stoked that the season started.

 

[unifiedtheory]

Nothing would please me more than rolling this team. I LOATHE them.

 

[Pay Carl]

Gleason's going to get it.

Didnt that guy get traded to the Bruins at the deadline last year?

 

[KnightofBoston]

Let's go brooons

couple of mildly interesting stats so far

the third line is a combined minus 8 and has certainly been our overall weakest line thus far

Tyler Seguin, despite fighting it a bit and only putting up one assist so far, still leads the team in +/- with +4. Patrice Bergeron by comparison has 2 points (1 g 1 a) and is only +2

I hope they start Khudobin, he needs to be fresh and I always thought Carolina wasn't a great team for Tuukka...that said, we might see them in the playoffs so either way Tuukka would have to play them


despite the above stat thoughts, the B's still have taken 7 out of 8 possible, and have looked down right sloppy at times.

If the passes start clicking more consistently and Seguin heats up...look out. Something tells me this team will heat up at the correct time.

 

[mashmont]

I say Rask gets this one.. then khudobin gets the start vs nj

 

[SerenityRick]

I say Rask gets this one.. then khudobin gets the start vs nj

Other way around in my opinion. Devils have not dropped a game yet and at least so far, are one of the teams vying for first in the conference.

It's not a huge difference this early in the season but I imagine Claude will put Tuukka up against the better team in this back to back.

Although, he may opt to play Tuukka right away versus Carolina in order to give him an extra day off leading up to Buffalo on Thursday. Hmm.. *strokes beard*