Confirmed with Link: Bruins re-sign Liles

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Chara
Krug
Liles

all on the left.

K Miller
McQuaid
C. Miller

On the right

Morrow as the 7th d-man.

We really need an upgrade; and that likely also means someone else on our roster is going out.

 

[N o o d l e s]

I see no problem with this for one year, especially if Sweeney is able to move another d-man out.

 

[Hali33]

I honestly never noticed he was as bad as the numbers say he was for us.
Our cheapest bottom pairing defenseman is 2.0 million. That I don't love.

 

[EverettMike]

I honestly never noticed he was as bad as the numbers say he was for us.
Our cheapest bottom pairing defenseman is 2.0 million. That I don't love.

At least our D corps is bad.

 

[BruinDust]

I honestly never noticed he was as bad as the numbers say he was for us.
Our cheapest bottom pairing defenseman is 2.0 million. That I don't love.

Here's the question on Liles.

Were his numbers bad because.

A) He needed time to adjust to the system.

B) He's a bad fit for the system

C) He's just not very good

D) A combination of B and C.

 

[Hali33]

At least our D corps is bad.

Maybe Liles was just trying to fit in.

 

[bb74]

Chara
Krug
Liles

all on the left.

K Miller
McQuaid
C. Miller

On the right

Morrow as the 7th d-man.

We really need an upgrade; and that likely also means someone else on our roster is going out.

Add a N° 2 on the left side and trade one of KM or McQ and the "bridge year" will lead to playoffs and a chance while waiting for the yutes to develop.

 

[Cronuss]

I was pleasantly surprised by him. He is no solution by any means, but I don't hate this.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

I see no problem with this for one year, especially if Sweeney is able to move another d-man out.

No disrespect to Seids but at this point I much prefer having Liles . He is fine for the third pair .

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

If like to see everyone's stats the last 17 games. The whole team sucked

Don't bring logic into this. He was bad, you hear me....BAD.

Not a huge fan of Liles myself. But I thought he played well his first 4-5 games. The collapse was a team effort, and he struggled along with everyone. Not ideal, but he doesn't suck.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

Who's pumped for our all new and improved blueline?

 

[EverettMike]

Don't bring logic into this. He was bad, you hear me....BAD.

Not a huge fan of Liles myself. But I thought he played well his first 4-5 games. The collapse was a team effort, and he struggled along with everyone. Not ideal, but he doesn't suck.

Logic? I used actual stats to support my argument. Did this days ago in the Sweeney thread.

You just disagree with me.

Although, even that guy didn't refute my point, just said everyone sucked.

 

[Speed Shooter]

Who's pumped for our all new and improved blueline?

I am officially convinced.

Donald Clarke Sweeney's greatest ally for decision making is to consult a magic 8-ball.

There truly could be no other reason for his personnel moves.

As random and nonsensical as I have ever seen.

 

[Gordoff]

I am officially convinced.

Donald Clarke Sweeney's greatest ally for decision making is to consult a magic 8-ball.

There truly could be no other reason for his personnel moves.

As random and nonsensical as I have ever seen.

Although I like the signings made today, I love the Magic 8 Ball! It rules, Canadiens Drools....

 

[ORR2Sanderson2ORR]

At least our D corps is bad.

Are d-core and the wild are pretty weak at the center position. Sounds like a match to me.

 

[neelynugs]

pretty much a no-risk move at 2M for only 1 year. but it does probably mean they aren't meeting the asking price for a D, at least not yet...and maybe not before season starts. sink or swim, colin miller? don't like the D at all right now.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

pretty much a no-risk move at 2M for only 1 year. but it does probably mean they aren't meeting the asking price for a D, at least not yet...and maybe not before season starts. sink or swim, colin miller? don't like the D at all right now.

I don't think anybody does but it is only July 1st . Let's see how it plays out .

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

pretty much a no-risk move at 2M for only 1 year. but it does probably mean they aren't meeting the asking price for a D, at least not yet...and maybe not before season starts. sink or swim, colin miller? don't like the D at all right now.

I mean you can give Miller, McQuaid and Liles the equivalent of what a good D costs, and then NOT have Morrow/Chiller on the bottom pair. Why would you ever want to do it the other way? We just give every mediocre #6 2 or 2.5M and we just do our thing!

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

Logic? I used actual stats to support my argument. Did this days ago in the Sweeney thread.

You just disagree with me.

Although, even that guy didn't refute my point, just said everyone sucked.

Sorry, I'm not singling you out. My main point was simply that watching him, he didn't look that bad to me, that's all. Especially in a relative sense to the other Bruins players down the stretch. You used +/- as a stat, and even if I don't agree that it's always the best metric, it does have value, so you have a point. Our two best D, Krug and Chara, were themselves only even/+1 in that time frame, so it stands to reason that a lower rung defenceman coming to a new team would struggle a bit in a tough situation. I'm not absolving his bad play, just putting it into perspective. Also, over the course of the whole season he was a -10. Not great, but if you talk to Carolina fans, most liked him and thought he was decent. He was a top 4 for them as well for certain stretches. Ideally, we only need him to be a #5-6 if no younger player steps up, for one year. Not that horrible.

 

[HeartsAlive]

I'd rather have Liles next year than Seidenberg. He's obviously not a top pairing, but he's not Matt Irwin either.

 

[Jorah Marshmont]

"What should we do about the defense for this season, and long term?"

 

[pierre gagnon*]

When you look at the money spent on McQuaid and Liles = 4.75 million, we could have Shattenkirk and play the kids. Chara and Shatt, Krug and Kevan, play Colin, Morrow on the bottom. Have Cross as the extra. We find out what the young guys can do and then we have no problem signing them or releasing them. This needs to happen this year, we wasted last year finding it out. In 2017 Chara may be gone and Shatt takes over and the next wave of young dee gets a shot.

 

[NewJackEdwards]

When you look at the money spent on McQuaid and Liles = 4.75 million, we could have Shattenkirk and play the kids. Chara and Shatt, Krug and Kevan, play Colin, Morrow on the bottom. Have Cross as the extra. We find out what the young guys can do and then we have no problem signing them or releasing them. This needs to happen this year, we wasted last year finding it out. In 2017 Chara may be gone and Shatt takes over and the next wave of young dee gets a shot.

Chiller and Morrow would get abused as a pair. Kevin Shattenkirk is not a number one defenseman so I'm not sure what he would take over.

 

[bigcat188]

Sweeney Sucks!!

 

[Over the volcano]

No risk insurance move- has zero to do with fixing the defense or not. It's a one year deal and might not even be that long on the ice if the kids develop as they should and sweeny fixes the defense as he should.