So it seems. 1PM matinee vs Buffalo.So when is the next Bruins game ? January 1 ?
players are gonna miss a lot less games now
As far as I know, Rask doesn't have a contract.
I don't think Sweeney ever planned on bringing Rask back. However, with the current state of the team, he may be using a Rask return to shake up the squad. Better to make Rask a focal point than Cassidy.
No contract, but I strongly believe he had an understanding with Sweeney. I think it was always the plan to bring him back unless it turned out he wasn't able to. Some think that signing Ullmark shows that Don was intending to move on from Rask but I don't see it that way - I think he simply didn't want to play half a season with two young goalies, and/or he didn't want Swayman carrying the load of being the no. 1 goalie at this point in his career, and he was willing to send Jeremy back down to Providence if and when necessary, and sort out everything else at the end of the season.
Swayman has to have known this all along, and at his age and with his meagre amount of experience to date, he's really not in a position to complain about it. But then who knows, I don't think it's yet 100% guaranteed that Ullmark isn't the guy who'll end up making way somehow for Tuuk. Either way, to me Rask has continued to be a part of the squad right through, and once healthy he's just reclaiming his spot. The contract is just a piece of paper that wasn't signed sooner for obvious reasons.
I'm not sure though how his return will 'shake up the squad'? It doesn't change anything about the rest of the roster or how they play, or are expected to play, on the ice. If it's meant to be a sign that the business end of the season has arrived, and it's time to get really serious, then the group is in pretty deep trouble if they need something to spell that out for them. And if it's a way to remove an excuse for some supposedly cheap goals against, well that's a problematic attitude too. I'm sure it'll be a nice boost for everyone to officially have Rask back and playing, but that little bit of extra motivation won't last more than a week.
I tend to think bringing back the goalie who has been their primary netminder for the last decade or so would instill some confidence in the team.
But if the plan all along was to bring Rask back, why sign another guy for 4 years at $5 mil per? If Sweeney didn't want to play half a season with two rookies there were other options that didn't need to be that expensive or long term.
Bruins’ Wednesday game vs. Ottawa postponed as league announces new changes
The Bruins’ next game is now scheduled for New Year’s Day, a matinee at home against the Buffalo Sabres.
Assuming that one goes on as scheduled, it’ll be more than two weeks between games for the B’s.
Hey, it’s just like the beginning of the season!
Bruins have 2 guys left and it looks like Carlo comes back either tomorrow or Wednesday.I did not expect so many players going into protocol after the pause. Assumed it would have been a fairly clean slate starting Dec 27...
Sorry, I was referring to the NHL, not just the Bruins. A few announcements todayBruins have 2 guys left and it looks like Carlo comes back either tomorrow or Wednesday.
I tend to think bringing back the goalie who has been their primary netminder for the last decade or so would instill some confidence in the team.
But if the plan all along was to bring Rask back, why sign another guy for 4 years at $5 mil per? If Sweeney didn't want to play half a season with two rookies there were other options that didn't need to be that expensive or long term.
Lmao. Just do away with needing to isolate unless they’re symptomatic.
I’m there as well. Haven’t missed watching or trying to stay up late to do so.I still don't miss it. I don't miss the time commitment or the aggravation of not playing well. I really enjoyed the WJC yesterday
I’m there as well. Haven’t missed watching or trying to stay up late to do so.
I’ll have it in as background noise, watch a period or two when I can, and catch up with whatever I miss if it’s compelling enough to bother with.
Too many teams. Too much mediocrity. Too many boring regular season games against nameless, faceless opponents that I have no real dislike for or interest in.
Now this two week break? Meh.
Plenty to watch.
I’ve seen the new Spider-Man twice. Finished Hawkeye. Started Midnight Mass last night.
Book of Boba Fett and Cobra Kai just around the corner.
Still love to play the sport, but the NHL product is no longer compelling viewing.
Haha I was talking with my old man about this and he was like 'what are they gonna hire replacement refs or cancel the season' my first thought was the disaster of a memory from 10 years ago when they NFL refs went on strike and they hired replacements
Hey Tim, maybe they'll just start doing them remotely; even with two refs most important calls are video reviewed anyway.