EverettMike
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Kelly has been good overall since returning from injury. pre-injury he was atrocious.
Pre-Game Talk: BRUINS Vs. LEAFS pre-series talk
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Kelly has been good overall since returning from injury. pre-injury he was atrocious.
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I should have added throughout the season.
But I agree Kelly has been good, which is why he should play with Peverley and Horton/Jagr
EverettMike
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I still can't believe Dougie is out of the lineup. I just.....I just hate it.
We can't score. We just can't score.
We can't score. We just can't score.
BoyntBergie
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Claude clearly doesn't like Peverley. Been glaringly obvious most of this season, especially so after scratching him. Not sure why, you would think he's a Claude type- pesky, defensively responsible, fast. But agreed, there's some sort of friction there.
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I wonder what Chiarelli thinks of this.. he bring in injury replacements from the NHL scrap heap, and they find their way into his fully healthy lineup.
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It surprises me as well. He can play up and down the lineup without looking glaringly out of place.
I think he is overpaid for his production, but that is a GM's problem not a coaches.
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Plus he is one of the few Bruins that seem to be able to consistently elevate his game in the play-offs... He turns it up it seems...
He's going to be a compliance buy out or trade at this point it seems.
LouJersey
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Yeah me too. Chara and Seids are lethal together in a series... you need them combined...Ference and Boychuk have the track record right now...leaves you two RH defensemen for the bottom pair... McQuaid is a must IMO. Especially vs Toronto..
EverettMike
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It isn't a crazy, no-logic decision. I see the argument to be made.
I just disagree with it, vehemently.
Artemis
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See my previous post. Julien said the lineup isn't set.
The coaching staff doesn't just throw guys out on the ice in a playoff series. They consider everything - how players are practicing, how they're feeling (illness, injury), what the matchups are, how certain players/combinations have performed against the opponent, and vice versa, the current state of the opponent, and on and on it goes. I would believe that following practice today Julien and his staff are putting in a significant amount of time working out various scenarios, and it will continue tomorrow. And throughout the series as well.
Sometimes I wish HBO would do a 24/7 on the Bruins so people would realize how much work these guys put in. They're not assigning players roles based on how much they like them and then going out and having a few beers. It ain't the '70s anymore.
Addendum - this isn't addressed to you, specifically, Patty. I know you know better.
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I hope at least one or possibly two of Pevs and the Yeti are fighting flu like symptoms if either is truly benched over DogagonnagetbannedifIputwhatI'mthinking
jmeehan1985
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I think it's funny how many so called Bruins fans are taking the leafs in this series. Lets be real here Toronto has no goaltending. Kessel hasn't produced against us. The only player that might do something is Kadri. Bruins in 5
SerenityRick
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I think Bozak has been quite the Bruins "killer". Seems like he's always involved in goals against
Minny Shinny
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Leaf fans seem legitimately concerned about Bozak's health and being able to be productive, at least to start the series.
Reimer Career v. BOS: 4-4-1, .917sv%
Reimer 2012/13 v. BOS: 1-1-1, .948sv%
I wouldn't say we have no goaltending.
Let's not pretend Toronto is a sucky team
And don't forget guys like Grabovski, MacArthur, etc
Toronto played Boston incredibly close this year (the biggest margin being a 4-2 win for us, one was a EN)
The Bruins in 6, let's hope they don't make another average goalie look like the second coming of Ken Dryden.. they should take this series, there is no excuses not too.
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EverettMike
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I think many of Claude's head-scratching decisions can be explained via reward/punishment theory. Bizarre shootout choices often include somebody who had a great game; 4th liners getting significant PP time or icetime when the game's on the line in the waning minutes; scratches in playoff games. In this case it's not that he thinks Daugavins is better than Peverley, he thinks that by rewarding Daugavins and punishing Peverley the rest of the team will see this and respond accordingly, thus creating an overall benefit. "You play like Daugavins on Sunday? You'll get icetime. You play like Peverley...you'll get no icetime."
I'm not saying I agree with this kind of thinking, I've just found that over the years it helps explain Claude.
Daug played well, I like his tenacity. Not sure he's the answer to the lineup questions but at least he's not Jay Pandolfo. My guess is this might be a bit of a jab at Pevs to get him going. It's surprising to me not because it's not like Claude to put a mucker out there but because he loves center depth and PK depth and Pevs provides both those things along with versatility.
End of the day, my guess is we see Kelly on LW and Pevs slot into C, although I wouldn't be surprised to see Claude roll the practice lines for G1
End of the day, my guess is we see Kelly on LW and Pevs slot into C, although I wouldn't be surprised to see Claude roll the practice lines for G1
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