Post-Game Talk: Bruins feeling Blue..Fall 3-2

[TCL40]

I don't think it is Tuukka hate to say he just isn't on top of his game right now.

The first goal is one he should have had-and I am willing to bet he thinks he should have had it too.

I still think Tuukka is one of the best goalies in the league and wouldn't bench him for Johnson but Tuukka isn't playing his best right now.

It would be nice though if the skaters could help out by scoring more goals. There were a lot of flubbed passes last night and missed shots.

Blues however made scoring goals difficult-they blocked a lot of shots and really got into shooting and passing lanes.

 

[Dellstrom]

I think the Olympic break will benefit Rask and Eriksson, to name two in particular. Rask isn't playing his best, but the hate isn't justified. Playing for his country should give him some fire. Eriksson is starting to get back to normal, easy to see. But I think playing for Sweden will also give him some drive and he'll get more playing time.

After the break, hopefully McQuaid will be back. Then we'll have a healthy team, obviously Seids excepted.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

I think the Olympic break will benefit Rask and Eriksson, to name two in particular. Rask isn't playing his best, but the hate isn't justified. Playing for his country should give him some fire. Eriksson is starting to get back to normal, easy to see. But I think playing for Sweden will also give him some drive and he'll get more playing time.

After the break, hopefully McQuaid will be back. Then we'll have a healthy team, obviously Seids excepted.

If Rask continues to play like he has been (like garbage) he will get a nice rest because he will be watching from the stands or from the bench in Sochi. Sorry but he looks far from "elite" at the moment.

As far as the bolded part the last thing this guy(Rask) needs is more playing time and I would hope making 7m is enough of a drive or fire for him.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Johnson starts and plays well tomorrow we should be looking at a 17 day goalie controversy.

I think I picked up on this one

 

[remer]

If Loui ends on the fourth line that would mean he needs to be traded. He is supposed to be at worst a second liner. He is not playing up to a game level expected of him as indication of his past seasons. Concussions have slowed him down but he has to find his game again for the playoffs

Loui was suppose to be a top line replacement. 2nd line at best. It is looking like a total disaster of a trade if it wasn't for Smith.

He is soft, doesn't keep his head up and has been very underwhelming. I know he has had two concussions, but keep your head up!

 

[kdog82]

Is Eriksson even tradable?

I am very dissapointed in his play. Thank goodness for Smith otherwise the Seguin trade would look 10 x worse.

 

[ODAAT]

Thought the boys played a heckuva game last night. Ya know, in recent weeks, I was watching either online/TV and posting here from time to time during the game. Last night I decided, "I`m done with that", way too much crud slinging here for my liking. If it`s not Rask, anything negative happening for the B`s is on Kelly.

I`m more than prepared to admit what a foolish penalty he took last night, stuff happens, seen some of our golden boys here take their share too and not receive a quarter of the heat. And while I won`t argue Rask has been nowhere near as sharp as we have become accustomed to seeing, Steen`s goal went to the ONLY possible spot Tuukka gave him and was a seeing eye goal and one that had it come off the stick of Marchand or some Bruin, these boards would erupt with fans talking about how the other goalie never had a chance, the second goal as well through a wack of bodies.

Didn`t like the OT goal which was/is really the only one I "believe" he had a chance on, but truth is, one of the golden boys I was speaking about made a horrific play and one Rask couldn`t have anticipated and he reacted poorly.

You show me another team who could walk into that barn in St.Louis, face a team who is on the radar of many to compete for a Cup, with the youth on the back end the B`s were forced to ice, and compete the way the boys did last night?? A ton of fans here, as I was reading, literally threw the towel in on the boys once the second goal went in.

I`ll let you do the work, but as soon as I read the post I thought "really, is this a fan"? I know the B`s haven`t been a huge come from behind team this year, but with still about 36 minutes left in the game, this post was made.

"Well hate to say it but Bruins are done tonight-recipe for beating the Bruins is to up by two goals-team still hasn't come back from two goals down."

Post 362, GDT #1....and this one is/was from a fan usually not as quick to toss the towel in (not pickin on this fan, I could have chosen from loads of silliness).

Crud way to lose a pt, great effort, thankfully the boys on the ice aren`t giving up on themselves as quickly as the fans do here

Just gonna go back to posting the day/night after a game

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

New definition of softie on this board

softie=any puck that goes in the net against a Bruin wearing #40

**** is getting stupid up in here

lol I just watched the highlights again. The first two goals were absolute snipes to the top corners. No idea what people are seeing, not soft goals.

 

[GoBs]

Thought the boys played a heckuva game last night. Ya know, in recent weeks, I was watching either online/TV and posting here from time to time during the game. Last night I decided, "I`m done with that", way too much crud slinging here for my liking. If it`s not Rask, anything negative happening for the B`s is on Kelly.

I`m more than prepared to admit what a foolish penalty he took last night, stuff happens, seen some of our golden boys here take their share too and not receive a quarter of the heat. And while I won`t argue Rask has been nowhere near as sharp as we have become accustomed to seeing, Steen`s goal went to the ONLY possible spot Tuukka gave him and was a seeing eye goal and one that had it come off the stick of Marchand or some Bruin, these boards would erupt with fans talking about how the other goalie never had a chance, the second goal as well.

Didn`t like the OT goal which was/is really the only one I "believe" he had a chance on, but truth is, one of the golden boys I was speaking about made a horrific play and one Rask couldn`t have anticipated.

You show me another team who could walk into that barn in St.Louis, face a team who is on the radar of many to compete for a Cup, with the youth on the back end the B`s were forced to ice, and compete the way the boys did last night?? A ton of fans here, as I was reading, literally threw the towel in on the boys once the second goal went in.

I`ll let you do the work, but as soon as I read the post I thought "really, is this a fan"? I know the B`s haven`t been a huge come from behind team this year, but with still about 36 minutes left in the game, this post was made.

"Well hate to say it but Bruins are done tonight-recipe for beating the Bruins is to up by two goals-team still hasn't come back from two goals down."

Post 362, GDT #1....and this one is/was from a fan usually not as quick to toss the towel in (not pickin on this fan, I could have chosen from loads of silliness).

Crud way to lose a pt, great effort, thankfully the boys on the ice aren`t giving up on themselves as quickly as the fans do here

If Rask stayed on the post easy play for the keeper. The young D, through three periods they only allowed 18 shots. This one is on Rask the 7 million dollar man.

 

[ODAAT]

If Rask stayed on the post easy play for the keeper. The young D, through three periods they only allowed 18 shots. This one is on Rask the 7 million dollar man.

Your right, shouldn`t be on any of the forwards unable to convert one of the numerous chances they had.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Thought the boys played a heckuva game last night. Ya know, in recent weeks, I was watching either online/TV and posting here from time to time during the game. Last night I decided, "I`m done with that", way too much crud slinging here for my liking. If it`s not Rask, anything negative happening for the B`s is on Kelly.

I`m more than prepared to admit what a foolish penalty he took last night, stuff happens, seen some of our golden boys here take their share too and not receive a quarter of the heat. And while I won`t argue Rask has been nowhere near as sharp as we have become accustomed to seeing, Steen`s goal went to the ONLY possible spot Tuukka gave him and was a seeing eye goal and one that had it come off the stick of Marchand or some Bruin, these boards would erupt with fans talking about how the other goalie never had a chance, the second goal as well.

Didn`t like the OT goal which was/is really the only one I "believe" he had a chance on, but truth is, one of the golden boys I was speaking about made a horrific play and one Rask couldn`t have anticipated.

You show me another team who could walk into that barn in St.Louis, face a team who is on the radar of many to compete for a Cup, with the youth on the back end the B`s were forced to ice, and compete the way the boys did last night?? A ton of fans here, as I was reading, literally threw the towel in on the boys once the second goal went in.

I`ll let you do the work, but as soon as I read the post I thought "really, is this a fan"? I know the B`s haven`t been a huge come from behind team this year, but with still about 36 minutes left in the game, this post was made.

"Well hate to say it but Bruins are done tonight-recipe for beating the Bruins is to up by two goals-team still hasn't come back from two goals down."

Post 362, GDT #1....and this one is/was from a fan usually not as quick to toss the towel in (not pickin on this fan, I could have chosen from loads of silliness).

Crud way to lose a pt, great effort, thankfully the boys on the ice aren`t giving up on themselves as quickly as the fans do here

Just gonna go back to posting the day/night after a game

Agree with most of this, except for the bolded. A goalie, especially a Pro, should absolutely be prepared for the worst, particularly when the puck is behind his own net. Rask can read the play as well/or better than anybody here, and when you see your own player behind the net and a STL player in front of him and behind him, is it that shocking for him to turn it over? I am not absolving Soderberg of his role on the goal, and I am sure he would tell you he should have gotten that puck through, but Rask could and should have been ready.

While many here just like to bash Rask for the heck of it, I'm not in that category. He's a great goalie that has had some mental lapses in games of late, that's all. Every great goalie has these lapses, it's about keeping them to a minimum and making the timely save. If you make the timely save (as Thomas often did after a softie earlier in the game), people tend to forgive/forget the bad ones. When you give a soft one up in OT, people notice more, that's all.

But, what do I know, I thought Eriksson played a pretty strong game.

 

[ODAAT]

Agree with most of this, except for the bolded. A goalie, especially a Pro, should absolutely be prepared for the worst, particularly when the puck is behind his own net. Rask can read the play as well/or better than anybody here, and when you see your own player behind the net and a STL player in front of him and behind him, is it that shocking for him to turn it over? I am not absolving Soderberg of his role on the goal, and I am sure he would tell you he should have gotten that puck through, but Rask could and should have been ready.

While many here just like to bash Rask for the heck of it, I'm not in that category. He's a great goalie that has had some mental lapses in games of late, that's all. Every great goalie has these lapses, it's about keeping them to a minimum and making the timely save. If you make the timely save (as Thomas often did after a softie earlier in the game), people tend to forgive/forget the bad ones. When you give a soft one up in OT, people notice more, that's all.

But, what do I know, I thought Eriksson played a pretty strong game.

Didn`t like the goal as I stated, either way, the boys had plenty of chances to produce at the other end long before that. Tuukka is in a slump, plain and simple, not nearly as sharp as we have seen him.

I think, this old guy is just so tired of coming on the boards and hearing nothing but whining and complaining about a team (certain player I need not mention) who, with a ton of injuries/suspensions and a selfish player leaving early all for the sake of carrying his countries flag, sitting comfortably in 2nd place in the Conference, and 7th overall.....man, just nitpicking way too much for me


Then again, I need to ask myself, why do I continue to subscribe to the definition of insanity by continually coming on here

I am more than able to handle player criticisms when warranted, but some here seem to reach for the easiest of targets when things aren`t going well, Kelly gets blamed for seemingly any play Soderberg can`t make (his spin-o-rama was on Kelly) as an example.

By the way, you`ll draw the ire of fans here saying Loui had a good game

 

[TheBigBadB]

Agree with most of this, except for the bolded. A goalie, especially a Pro, should absolutely be prepared for the worst, particularly when the puck is behind his own net. Rask can read the play as well/or better than anybody here, and when you see your own player behind the net and a STL player in front of him and behind him, is it that shocking for him to turn it over? I am not absolving Soderberg of his role on the goal, and I am sure he would tell you he should have gotten that puck through, but Rask could and should have been ready.

While many here just like to bash Rask for the heck of it, I'm not in that category. He's a great goalie that has had some mental lapses in games of late, that's all. Every great goalie has these lapses, it's about keeping them to a minimum and making the timely save. If you make the timely save (as Thomas often did after a softie earlier in the game), people tend to forgive/forget the bad ones. When you give a soft one up in OT, people notice more, that's all.

But, what do I know, I thought Eriksson played a pretty strong game.

I don't think Ericksson played awful, but he was brought in to provide offense creativity and goals. So far he is playing like a defense specialist with no offense sense. Add another defensive specialist in Kelly and you can see why sodeberg seems to be the only offense on that line. Loui needs to be better

 

[ODAAT]

I don't think Ericksson played awful, but he was brought in to provide offense creativity and goals. So far he is playing like a defense specialist with no offense sense. Add another defensive specialist in Kelly and you can see why sodeberg seems to be the only offense on that line. Loui needs to be better

3 total shots from the 3rd line last night...not enough

 

[Spooner st]

there is no such thing as jinxes, but there is karma

One the the funniest post iv'e read in a long time.

 

[mislysBB]

Cooled off now...I think I was too fired up last night

I think my biggest issue are these posters who never post in the GDT (or regularly for that matter) and the second Rask lets in a questionable goal they come in out of nowhere like a bunch of wolves and go all open season on him. I mean, it's one thing to point out him letting in a softie, but it's another to go chicken little, bring up his contract, and other little things that more than likely don't matter (but hey, let's bring those little things up anyways just to make things out to be much worse than they really are).

 

[Spooner st]

horrific play and one Rask couldn`t have anticipated

Bashing one to defend the other, Excuse making at it's finest.

 

[Spooner st]

Cooled off now...I think I was too fired up last night

I think my biggest issue are these posters who never post in the GDT (or regularly for that matter) and the second Rask lets in a questionable goal they come in out of nowhere like a bunch of wolves and go all open season on him. I mean, it's one thing to point out him letting in a softie, but it's another to go chicken little, bring up his contract, and other little things that more than likely don't matter (but hey, let's bring those little things up anyways just to make things out to be much worse than they really are).

How long have you been reading the board?

 

[bp13]

I'm not going to rip Rask because he's probably the best goalie in the NHL, and absolutely top 3. He's been very good but not great this season, and I'll take that. Better to have your off games early than late.

But Eriksson is starting to wear on me. I don't care about analyzing him in the spectrum of the Seguin trade. That's just old. But I watched him plenty in Dallas and he was simply better. I know it's a different system and Seguin is evidence, but there are still glaring problems. He held the puck more, controlled the play more, finished and created chances, etc. He still looks like he's trying to figure it out out there, and it's February! I mean Soderberg gives him a great pass in the first period and he's all alone in front and he can't even find the puck. He looked like Paille.

I said it a month ago...something just doesn't feel right with him here. It's not going to surprise me one bit if PC cuts bait on him.

 

[ODAAT]

I'm not going to rip Rask because he's probably the best goalie in the NHL, and absolutely top 3. He's been very good but not great this season, and I'll take that. Better to have your off games early than late.

But Eriksson is starting to wear on me. I don't care about analyzing him in the spectrum of the Seguin trade. That's just old. But I watched him plenty in Dallas and he was simply better. I know it's a different system and Seguin is evidence, but there are still glaring problems. He held the puck more, controlled the play more, finished and created chances, etc. He still looks like he's trying to figure it out out there, and it's February! I mean Soderberg gives him a great pass in the first period and he's all alone in front and he can't even find the puck. He looked like Paille.

I said it a month ago...something just doesn't feel right with him here. It's not going to surprise me one bit if PC cuts bait on him.

Did he play through two concussion in big D during the course of 1 season??

Can he be better? Yep, will he be better moving forward with each passing game? I`m willing to wager he will be, I`ll be patient before offering my astute assessment of his play

 

[BNHL]

I'm not going to rip Rask because he's probably the best goalie in the NHL, and absolutely top 3. He's been very good but not great this season, and I'll take that. Better to have your off games early than late.

But Eriksson is starting to wear on me. I don't care about analyzing him in the spectrum of the Seguin trade. That's just old. But I watched him plenty in Dallas and he was simply better. I know it's a different system and Seguin is evidence, but there are still glaring problems. He held the puck more, controlled the play more, finished and created chances, etc. He still looks like he's trying to figure it out out there, and it's February! I mean Soderberg gives him a great pass in the first period and he's all alone in front and he can't even find the puck. He looked like Paille.

I said it a month ago...something just doesn't feel right with him here. It's not going to surprise me one bit if PC cuts bait on him.

Taking into account his prior 500 NHL games versus his 37 here,his health (2 concussions) impeding his adjustment, and his probably misplacement on the Bergeron line I think he gets a pass. He may not completely find his way til next year or hopefully this year's playoffs.

 

[bp13]

Did he play through two concussion in big D during the course of 1 season??

Can he be better? Yep, will he be better moving forward with each passing game? I`m willing to wager he will be, I`ll be patient before offering my astute assessment of his play

I get it. And don't mistake me for one of the guys pining for our overrated young "star" back. I'm not. I predicted Seguin could be dealt and I applauded the move. I still like the intent behind it. But as someone who really liked Loui's game and really wanted him on this team even last season at the deadline, he's just not doing enough.

I get the concussions excuse. It's fair. It might be the reason he doesn't look like the same player, and I hope it is. But right from day one he seemed hesitant to me. So maybe he'll pick up some confidence playing for Sweden and maybe he'll break out of this in time, but we're over the halfway point and he's played like every bit of a third line forward, which is truly unacceptable. He's got a ton of skill and talent, and he needs to find a way to produce.

 

[bp13]

Taking into account his prior 500 NHL games versus his 37 here,his health (2 concussions) impeding his adjustment, and his probably misplacement on the Bergeron line I think he gets a pass. He may not completely find his way til next year or hopefully this year's playoffs.

I don't like the "misplacement" line. Yeah Krejci is more skilled and a possible better match, but Bergeron is still a top 10 center in this league and top 25 "offensive" center. And Marchand is no slouch himself. He had a fair chance to get things going with them.

I've been patient with him and will continue to be patient. But it's fair to start getting a bit concerned IMO. When I saw Soderberg find him with that brilliant pass out of the corner in the first last night and Loui didn't even guess it was coming until it was past him, it looked awful. He's not a 4th line talent. He should be thriving next to a guy in Soderberg who is literally blossoming in front of our eyes. If Loui was holding up his end of the bargain that line would be lighting it up, and that's even while carrying Chris Kelly.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

I'm not going to rip Rask because he's probably the best goalie in the NHL, and absolutely top 3. He's been very good but not great this season, and I'll take that. Better to have your off games early than late.

But Eriksson is starting to wear on me. I don't care about analyzing him in the spectrum of the Seguin trade. That's just old. But I watched him plenty in Dallas and he was simply better. I know it's a different system and Seguin is evidence, but there are still glaring problems. He held the puck more, controlled the play more, finished and created chances, etc. He still looks like he's trying to figure it out out there, and it's February! I mean Soderberg gives him a great pass in the first period and he's all alone in front and he can't even find the puck. He looked like Paille.

I said it a month ago...something just doesn't feel right with him here. It's not going to surprise me one bit if PC cuts bait on him.

eriksson just seems slow.
slow to make decisions and slow skating.

reminds me of how kevin stevens played when we signed him.

he's not cutting it. we need some offense besides #34 on that line.

 

[ODAAT]

I get it. And don't mistake me for one of the guys pining for our overrated young "star" back. I'm not. I predicted Seguin could be dealt and I applauded the move. I still like the intent behind it. But as someone who really liked Loui's game and really wanted him on this team even last season at the deadline, he's just not doing enough.

I get the concussions excuse. It's fair. It might be the reason he doesn't look like the same player, and I hope it is. But right from day one he seemed hesitant to me. So maybe he'll pick up some confidence playing for Sweden and maybe he'll break out of this in time, but we're over the halfway point and he's played like every bit of a third line forward, which is truly unacceptable. He's got a ton of skill and talent, and he needs to find a way to produce.

watching him alongside a fellow country-man in a Bruins jersey, already seeing a "different" level of comfort.

watched quite a bit of Red Wing games this season and Alfie also was looking a bit lost for some time.

Maybe just rose colored glasses for me but I "think" I am reasonable most of the time but it looked very much like Loui was finally getting comfortable before sustaining concussion #1, some nice chemistry with Bergy and Marchand. Comes back, takes a few games, but then is again looking better, creating and appearing like the player we have all heard he was in Dallas then boom....out again.

Really like this chemistry with Soderberg. Easy for me to say I`m disappointed in Loui and his lack of production, but if I do so, and not look at all the external factors then accept them not as excuses, but legitimate reasons as to why he has struggled to produce, I wouldn`t be able to offer an objective opinion.

For a guy who has sustained 2 brain injuries in one year, have to say, call me impressed that he continually goes to the dirty areas (he`s hardly a bruiser but), never shies away from contact etc.....couldn`t say that about Horty who played strictly perimiter hockey after his first concussion IMO